Switching Codes: Thinking Through Digital Technology in the Humanities and the Arts - Hardcover

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9780226038308: Switching Codes: Thinking Through Digital Technology in the Humanities and the Arts
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ISBN 10: 0226038300 ISBN 13: 9780226038308
Publisher: University of Chicago Press, 2011

Synopsis

 

Half a century into the digital era, the profound impact of information technology on intellectual and cultural life is universally acknowledged but still poorly understood. The sheer complexity of the technology coupled with the rapid pace of change makes it increasingly difficult to establish common ground and to promote thoughtful discussion. 

Responding to this challenge, Switching Codes brings together leading American and European scholars, scientists, and artists—including Charles Bernstein, Ian Foster, Bruno Latour, Alan Liu, and Richard Powers—to consider how the precipitous growth of digital information and its associated technologies are transforming the ways we think and act. Employing a wide range of forms, including essay, dialogue, short fiction, and game design, this book aims to model and foster discussion between IT specialists, who typically have scant training in the humanities or traditional arts, and scholars and artists, who often understand little about the technologies that are so radically transforming their fields. Switching Codes will be an indispensable volume for anyone seeking to understand the impact of digital technology on contemporary culture, including scientists, educators, policymakers, and artists, alike.

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About the Authors

Thomas Bartscherer is the Peter Sourian Senior Lecturer in the Humanities at Bard College.
 



Roderick Coover is associate professor in the Department of Film and Media Arts at Temple University. He is the author of the digital publications Cultures in Webs: Working in Hypermedia with the Documentary Image and Vérité to Virtual: Conversations on the Frontier of Film and Anthropology.

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Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Publication date
2011
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0226038300
ISBN 13 
9780226038308
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
448
Editor
Bartscherer Thomas, Coover Roderick
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