Living and Thinking in the Postdigital World. Theories, Experiences, Explorations - ebook

Contents

Szymon Wróbel, Krzysztof Skonieczny, Introduction

Part One. Theorizing the Technological Present

Szymon Wróbel, Dismantling the Concept of Technology

Ivan Dimitrijević, Judgement upon Work

“Michael Stemerowicz, The Work of Art in the Age of Its Technological Reproducibility” – A Rehearsal of Consumerism and the Aesthetic Consequences of the Dissolution of Tradition

Mümtaz Murat Kök, Optimism as Attachment to Capitalism

Adam Lipszyc, Affect Unchained: Violence, Voyeurism, and Affection in the Art of Quentin Tarantino

Part Two. Experiencing the Technological Present

Michaela Fišerová, Touching and Retouching. Question of Authenticity in Social Networking

Agata Szepe, Israeli Tourism to Poland in Social Media. Perspectives of Social Science of the Internet and the Actor-Network Theory Approach

James W. Besse, Designing Emotional Styles

Joanna Łapińska, Posthuman and Post-Cinematic Affect in ASMR “Fixing You” Videos

Julia Krzesicka, Emotional Capitalism, Sociability, and Orality. Speculative Imagination Exercise on the Future of Work for Voice Assistants

Karin-Ulrike Nennstiel, A Social Robot in Your Living(room)? Recent Developments and Shifting Appraisals

Part Three. Exploring Technological Futures

Krzysztof Skonieczny, Deleuze’s Remarks on Control Societies. Consequences for Work and Education

Denis Petrina, Affect Trapped: Algorithms, Control, Biopolitical Security

Ewa Mazierska, Representation of Postdigital Encounters in Recent Science Fiction Films

Adam Cichoń, Dr. Strange(love) or: From Affection-Images to Inter-Faces

Mitchell Atkinson III, Substrate Independence, Migration, and the Naturalistic Attitude

About the authors

Index