From Digital to Analog delves into the origins of digitization and its
effects on contemporary culture. The book challenges the «common
sense» assertion that digitization is just another step in the
evolution of the culture of the editorial, film and recorded music
industries and their enforcement of copyright laws. Digital
technologies in contemporary culture have paradoxically undermined
and, at the same time, strengthened such practices, provoking an
unprecedented quarrel over the possession of, and access to, cultural
products. Agustín Berti uses the release of Agrippa (A Book of the
Dead) in 1992 to study this paradox. The importance of Agrippa for
digital culture studies is proven through the discussion of the
frequently understated importance of the materiality of digital
culture. The book develops a critique of digital technology and its
alleged neutrality and transparency. Ultimately, it illustrates how
Agrippa anticipated a number of contemporary phenomena such as piracy,
leaks, remixes, memes, and more, forcing us to rethink the concept of
digital content itself and thus the way in which culture is produced,
received and preserved today. From Digital to Analog is ideal reading
for a graduate student readership, especially Master candidates in the
fields of Literature, Arts, Digital Humanities, Digital Culture and
New Media Studies.
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ISBN
9781454196846
Publisert
2018
Utgave
1. utgave
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Vendor
Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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