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Network nature : the place of nature in the digital age / Richard Coyne

Author
Coyne, Richard
Published
London ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2018.
Physical Description
xii, 245 pages ; 24 cm

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Contents
Tuning in to nature -- The book of nature -- Reproducing nature -- Digital autochthony -- Contested places -- Zoo-space -- Refuge -- Numinous places -- The machine stops.
Summary
"How do people avoid the stresses of the digital age? Urban dwellers must now turn to nature to recover, restore and rebalance after the stresses brought on by relentless digital connectivity. It is easy to task nature as the cure, with technology as the ailment. In Network Nature, Richard Coyne challenges the definitions of both the natural and the artificial that support this time-worn narrative of nature's benefits. In the process, he attacks the counter-claim that nature must succumb to the sovereignty of digital data. Covering a spectrum of issues and concepts, from big data and biohacking to animality, numinous spaces and the post-digital, he draws on the rich field of semiotics as applied to natural systems and human communication, to enhance our understanding of place, landscape and architecture in a digital world" -- From the publisher.
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ISBN
9781350029521 (hardcover alkaline paper)
1350029521 (hardcover alkaline paper)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Source of Acquisition
Purchased with funds from the Renee Cohen Friedman and Robert S. Friedman Libraries Endowment ; 2018
Endowment Note
Renee Cohen Friedman and Robert S. Friedman Libraries Endowment
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