Human no more : digital subjectivities, unhuman subjects, and the end of anthropology /

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Turning an anthropological eye toward cyberspace, Human No More explores how conditions of the online world shape identity, place, culture, and death within virtual communities. Online worlds have recently thrown into question the traditional anthropological conception of place-based ethnography. Th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Whitehead, Neil L. (Editor ), Wesch, Michael (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boulder, Colorado : University Press of Colorado, ©2012.
Temas:
Anthropology > Philosophy.
Cybernetics > Philosophy.
Online social networks.
Computers and civilization.
Virtual reality.
Virtual Reality
Anthropologie > Philosophie.
Cybernétique > Philosophie.
Réseaux sociaux (Internet)
Ordinateurs et civilisation.
Réalité virtuelle.
virtual reality.
COMPUTERS > Social Aspects > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Anthropology > Philosophy
Computers and civilization
Cybernetics > Philosophy
Online social networks
Virtual reality
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Turning an anthropological eye toward cyberspace, Human No More explores how conditions of the online world shape identity, place, culture, and death within virtual communities. Online worlds have recently thrown into question the traditional anthropological conception of place-based ethnography. They break definitions, blur distinctions, and force us to rethink the notion of the "subject." Human No More asks how digital cultures can be integrated and how the ethnography of both the "unhuman" and the "digital" could lead to possible reconfiguring the notion of the "human." This provocative.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (viii, 243 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781457117381
145711738X
9781607321705
160732170X
9781457117404
1457117401

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