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Transductions : bodies and machines at speed / Adrian Mackenzie

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Mackenzie, Adrian, 1962-
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London ; New York : Continuum, 2002.
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1 online resource (xii, 231 pages).
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Contents
Introduction --- 1. Radical contingency and the materializations of technology --- 2. From some radiation: the depth and speed of technical embodiments --- 3. The technicity of time: 1.00 oscillation/ second to 9, 192, 631, 770 Hz --- 4. Infrastructure and individuation: speed and dela in Stelarc's Ping Body --- 5. Losing time at the play station: real time and the whatever body --- 6. Life, collectives and the pre-vital technicity of biotechnology --- Conclusion.
Summary
What do the patented data structures embedded deep in the code of an online computer game or the massively complicated architecture of the latest supercomputer used to simulate nuclear explosions have to do with culture, life or meaning? Why does technology attract such wildly differing responses - from fervour to boredom to distrust? Transductions explores these questions by drawing on science and technology studies, contemporary critical theory and corporeal theory. An exploration of complex technologies such as online computer games, genomic databases and the global positioning system reveals how the borders between bodies and machines, between what counts as social and what counts as technical, are no less diverse and complicated than culture itself. Indeed, they constitute a crucial dimension of contemporary culture. Through a critical analysis of the widely accepted notion that technology speeds everything up, Transductions argues that there are only ever differences in speed. The question for us now is how can such differences be represented? Transductions was originally part of the Technologies: Studies in Culture and Theory series.
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1847141277 (electronic bk.)
9781847141279 (electronic bk.)
9781472546005 (online)
1472546008
9780826458841
9781847141279
0826458831
082645884X (pbk.)
9780826458834
0826481698 (pbk.)
9780826481696 (pbk.)
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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