ISBN:
9781472546005
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (XII, 231 Seiten)
Edition:
London Bloomsbury Publishing 2014 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Technologies [3]
Series Statement:
Studies in culture and theory
Parallel Title:
Available in another form
DDC:
303.483
Keywords:
Technology Social aspects
;
Technological forecasting
;
Technological forecasting
;
Technology Social aspects
;
Technological forecasting
;
Technology Social aspects
;
Techniksoziologie
Abstract:
Introduction -- 1. Radical contingency and the materializations of technology -- 2. From stone to radiation: the depth and speed of technical embodiments -- 3. The technicity of time: 1.00 oscillations -- sec to 9,192,631,770 Hz -- 4. Infrastructure and individuation: speed and delay in Stelarc's Ping Body -- 5. Losing time at the PlayStation: realtime and the whatever body -- 6. Life, collectives and the pre-vital technicity of biotechnology -- Conclusion
Abstract:
Transductions explores the nature of technological speed and how technology becomes part of living bodies.Drawing on deconstruction and corporeal theory, Transductions re-examines the borders between bodies and machines, between what counts as social and what counts as technological. Using examples which include online computer games, military supercomputers, genomic databases, performance art and the global positioning system, Mackenzie critiques the widely accepted notion that technology speeds everything up, arguing instead that there are only ever differences in speed
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
DOI:
10.5040/9781472546005
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