Insect Media: An Archaeology of Animals and Technology
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Since the early nineteenth century, when entomologists first popularized the unique biological and behavioral characteristics of insects, technological innovators and theorists have proposed insects as templates for a wide range of technologies. In Insect Media , Jussi Parikka analyzes how insect forms of social organization-swarms, hives, webs, and distributed intelligence-have been used to structure modern media technologies and the network society, providing a radical newperspective on the interconnection of biology and technology.
Author: Jussi Parikka
Format: Paperback, 320 pages, 140mm x 216mm
Published: 2010, University of Minnesota Press, United States
Genre: Social Studies: General
Description
Since the early nineteenth century, when entomologists first popularized the unique biological and behavioral characteristics of insects, technological innovators and theorists have proposed insects as templates for a wide range of technologies. In Insect Media , Jussi Parikka analyzes how insect forms of social organization-swarms, hives, webs, and distributed intelligence-have been used to structure modern media technologies and the network society, providing a radical newperspective on the interconnection of biology and technology.
Insect Media: An Archaeology of Animals and Technology