Transmedia as experimental ethnography: The Exit Zero Project, deindustrialization, and the politics of nostalgia

How might "transmedia" approaches-or working across media-fit into histories of textual and visual innovation within anthropology, and what might they contribute to the discipline in the current moment? I explore this question through the Exit Zero Project, which includes a book, documenta...

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Main Author: Walley, Christine (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley Blackwell, 2017-04-13T14:42:10Z.
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