The Connectivity of Things
Network Cultures since 1832
$251.68
- Paperback
432 pages
- Release Date
8 November 2024
Summary
A media history of the material and infrastructural features of networking practices, a German classic translated for the first time into English.
Nets hold, connect, and catch. They ensnare, bind, and entangle. Our social networks owe their name to a conceivably strange and ambivalent object. But how did the net get into the network? And how can it reasonably represent the connectedness of people, things, institutions, signs, infrastructures, and even nature?
The Connecti…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262550741 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262550741 |
| Author: | Sebastian Giessmann |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 432 |
| Release Date: | 8 November 2024 |
| Weight: | 369g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
| Series: | Infrastructures |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
“A thoughtfully crafted history of past and possible future networks.”
—Choice
“The Connectivity of Things is valuable not just as a genealogy of networking practices but also as a theoretical demonstration: What happens when we stop viewing networks as interconnected bunches of roads or wires and instead focus on the practices of interconnection that transform those roads and wires into coherent systems?”
—Information & Culture
“Erudite, cross-disciplinary, and intellectually ambitious.”
—Technology and Culture
“[The Connectivity of Things] is an impressive work in terms of its breadth of coverage, and it does not hesitate to disentangle neither technical details nor cultural-theoretical aspects of modern network cultures.”
—American Historical Review
About The Author
Sebastian Giessmann
Sebastian Giessmann is Reader in Media Theory at the University of Siegen. He is Principal Investigator of the DFG-funded research project “Digital Network Technologies between Specialization and Generalization” with the collaborative research center Media of Cooperation.
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