Assembly Codes (Paperback)

Matthew Hockenberry

ISBN 10: 1478010762 / ISBN 13: 9781478010760

Published by Duke University Press, North Carolina, 2021

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Paperback. The contributors to Assembly Codes examine how media and logistics set the conditions for the circulation of information and culture. They document how logistics-the techniques of organizing and coordinating the movement of materials, bodies, and information-has substantially impacted the production, distribution, and consumption of media. At the same time, physical media, such as paperwork, along with media technologies ranging from phone systems to software are central to the operations of logistics. The contributors interrogate topics ranging from the logistics of film production and the construction of internet infrastructure to the environmental impact of the creation, distribution, and sale of vinyl records. They also reveal how logistical technologies have generated new aesthetic and performative practices. In charting the specific points of contact, dependence, and friction between media and logistics, Assembly Codes demonstrates that media and logistics are co-constitutive and that one cannot be understood apart from the other. Contributors Ebony Coletu, Kay Dickinson, Stefano Harney, Matthew Hockenberry, Tung-Hui Hu, Shannon Mattern, Fred Moten, Michael Palm, Ned Rossiter, Nicole Starosielski, Liam Cole Young, Susan Zieger The contributors to Assembly Codes document how media and logistics--the techniques of organizing and coordinating the movement of materials, bodies, and information--are co-constitutive and key to the circulation of information and culture. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Assembly Codes (Paperback)
• Publisher: Duke University Press, North Carolina
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1478010762
• ISBN 13: 9781478010760
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

The contributors to Assembly Codes examine how media and logistics set the conditions for the circulation of information and culture. They document how logistics—the techniques of organizing and coordinating the movement of materials, bodies, and information—has substantially impacted the production, distribution, and consumption of media. At the same time, physical media, such as paperwork, along with media technologies ranging from phone systems to software are central to the operations of logistics. The contributors interrogate topics ranging from the logistics of film production and the construction of internet infrastructure to the environmental impact of the creation, distribution, and sale of vinyl records. They also reveal how logistical technologies have generated new aesthetic and performative practices. In charting the specific points of contact, dependence, and friction between media and logistics, Assembly Codes demonstrates that media and logistics are co-constitutive and that one cannot be understood apart from the other.

Contributors
Ebony Coletu, Kay Dickinson, Stefano Harney, Matthew Hockenberry, Tung-Hui Hu, Shannon Mattern, Fred Moten, Michael Palm, Ned Rossiter, Nicole Starosielski, Liam Cole Young, Susan Zieger
 

About the Author

Matthew Hockenberry is Assistant Professor of Communication and Media Studies at Fordham University.

Nicole Starosielski is Associate Professor of Media, Culture, and Communication at New York University.

Susan Zieger is Professor of English at the University of California, Riverside.

John Durham Peters is Maria Rosa Menocal Professor of English and of Film and Media Studies at Yale University.