Performing (the) digital: Positions of critique in digital cultures
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Performing the Digital: Performativity and Performance Studies in Digital Cultures. ed. / Timon Beyes; Imanuel Schipper; Martina Leeker. Vol. 11 1. ed. Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, 2017. p. 21-60 (Digitale Gesellschaft).
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TY - CHAP
T1 - Performing (the) digital
T2 - Positions of critique in digital cultures
AU - Leeker, Martina
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2017 transcript Verlag, Bielefeld.
PY - 2017/1/1
Y1 - 2017/1/1
N2 - Digital cultures1 are performative cultures. This assumption is illustrated by theubiquitous and invisible infrastructures that constitute them, which are interstratifiedby so-called ‘smart things’ (Engemann/Sprenger 2015; Günel/Halpern2016), creating a socio-technical environment, in which performances of thetechnological come about. While human users may not be able to comprehendthe entire technological performance, they are without a doubt intertwined withit. The digital performs, the human reacts to the agency the technologies suggest,and vice versa: “Performing (the) Digital”.
AB - Digital cultures1 are performative cultures. This assumption is illustrated by theubiquitous and invisible infrastructures that constitute them, which are interstratifiedby so-called ‘smart things’ (Engemann/Sprenger 2015; Günel/Halpern2016), creating a socio-technical environment, in which performances of thetechnological come about. While human users may not be able to comprehendthe entire technological performance, they are without a doubt intertwined withit. The digital performs, the human reacts to the agency the technologies suggest,and vice versa: “Performing (the) Digital”.
KW - Digital media
KW - Media Theory
KW - Media
KW - Technology
KW - Culture
KW - Performing Arts
KW - Digital Media
KW - Cultural Theory
KW - Media Studies
KW - Body
KW - Cultural studies
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=105004617767&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.14361/9783839433553-002
DO - 10.14361/9783839433553-002
M3 - Chapter
SN - 978-3-8376-3355-9
VL - 11
T3 - Digitale Gesellschaft
SP - 21
EP - 60
BT - Performing the Digital
A2 - Beyes, Timon
A2 - Schipper, Imanuel
A2 - Leeker, Martina
PB - transcript Verlag
CY - Bielefeld
ER -