Literature—Technology—Media
Towards a new technography
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12880347 |
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| Authors | James Purdon (0000-0003-3553-2149, University of St Andrews, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 2017-12-08 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Literature Compass (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1741-4113 • E-ISSN: 1741-4113 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/lic3.12432 |
| OpenAlex | W2774087669 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 14 |
The recent medial turn in the humanities has brought with it an increasing focus on systems, devices, protocols, and other aspects of the technological mediation of culture. This article considers the two most prominent instances of technological inquiry—media archaeology and the theory of cultural techniques—in order to show how literary studies can learn from and contribute to the ongoing re‐evaluation of the relationship between technology and culture. On the basis of a philological argument tracing the emergence of the concept of “technology” in classical rhetoric and its transformation during the first Industrial Revolution, the article develops a critique of the Enlightenment distinction between technology and discursivity and calls for a new “technographic” understanding of the dialectic between the two
Argument (complex analysis · Dialectic · Enlightenment · Epistemology · Linguistics · Mediation · Order (exchange · Philology · Rhetoric · Social science · Sociology · Digital Games and Media · Digital Humanities and Scholarship · Narrative Theory and Analysis · Philosophy
Science and Citizens
System
The Social construction of technological systems
Media Archaeology. Approaches, Applications, and Implications
Digital Memory and the Archive
Technografie
Cultural Techniques
Theory, culture and society
Cultural Techniques and Sovereignty
Cultural Techniques
Genesis of the Media Concept
| Highly cited | No |
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