Performing (the) digital: Positions of critique in digital cultures
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Digital cultures1 are performative cultures. This assumption is illustrated by the
ubiquitous and invisible infrastructures that constitute them, which are interstratified
by so-called ‘smart things’ (Engemann/Sprenger 2015; Günel/Halpern
2016), creating a socio-technical environment, in which performances of the
technological come about. While human users may not be able to comprehend
the entire technological performance, they are without a doubt intertwined with
it. The digital performs, the human reacts to the agency the technologies suggest,
and vice versa: “Performing (the) Digital”.
ubiquitous and invisible infrastructures that constitute them, which are interstratified
by so-called ‘smart things’ (Engemann/Sprenger 2015; Günel/Halpern
2016), creating a socio-technical environment, in which performances of the
technological come about. While human users may not be able to comprehend
the entire technological performance, they are without a doubt intertwined with
it. The digital performs, the human reacts to the agency the technologies suggest,
and vice versa: “Performing (the) Digital”.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Performing the Digital : Performativity and Performance Studies in Digital Cultures |
| Editors | Timon Beyes, Imanuel Schipper, Martina Leeker |
| Number of pages | 40 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Place of Publication | Bielefeld |
| Publisher | transcript Verlag |
| Publication date | 01.01.2017 |
| Edition | 1 |
| Pages | 21-60 |
| ISBN (print) | 978-3-8376-3355-9 |
| ISBN (electronic) | 978-3-8394-3355-3 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 01.01.2017 |
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- Digital media - Media Theory, Media, Technology, Culture, Performing Arts, Digital Media, Cultural Theory, Media Studies, Body
- Cultural studies
Research areas
- General Arts and Humanities
- General Social Sciences