Insect Media : An Archaeology of Animals and Technology /

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Since the early nineteenth century, when entomologists first popularized the unique biological and behavioral characteristics of insects, technological innovators and theorists have proposed insects as templates for a wide range of technologies. In Insect Media, Jussi Parikka analyzes how insect for...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Parikka, Jussi, 1976- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2010.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Insekter > beteende > matematiska modeller.
Swarm intelligence.
Insects > Behavior > Mathematical models.
Bionics.
NATURE > Animal Rights.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Zoology > Entomology.
Bionique.
Insectes > Moeurs et comportement > Modeles mathematiques.
Bionics
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: insects in the age of technology
  • Nineteenth-century insect technics the uncanny affects of insects
  • Genesis of form: insect architecture and swarms
  • Technics of nature and temporality: Uexküll's ethology
  • Metamorphosis, intensity, and devouring space: elements for an insect game theory
  • Intermezzo
  • Animal ensembles, robotic affects: bees, milieus, and individuation
  • Biomorphs and boids: swarming algorithms
  • Sexual selection in the biodigital: teknolust and the weird life of SRAs
  • Epilogue insect media as an art of transmutation.

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