The Erasure of Technology in Cultural Critique
How can we think technology in its material specificity? Contemporary critical theory treats technology as a trope or representation rather than a physical reality in the world. The "machine" is not just a metaphor for a particular technology, but for technology itself. And at a deeper lev...
Main Author: | Belinda Barnet |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Open Humanities Press
2003-01-01
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Series: | Fibreculture Journal |
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Online Access: | http://one.fibreculturejournal.org/fcj-005-the-erasure-of-technology-in-cultural-critique |
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