Stewarding the Subtle Politics of Technical Objects
Perspectives on the Immediacy of Evangelical Worship Practice
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14783190 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Laurie Baker (0000-0003-3107-6588, York University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 51-66 |
| Publication date | 2015-02-18 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Canadian Journal of Communication (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0705-3657 • E-ISSN: 1499-6642 |
| Publisher | University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.22230/cjc.2015v40n1a2867 |
| OpenAlex | W1719669985 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 17 |
In the worlds of technology trade events and training conferences in the United States, evangelical volunteers learn to steward audio, video, and lighting devices for the creation of immersive worship ecologies. This article explores how technology stewards learn to understand their relationship to technology. It asks: what does attending to the lively capacities of animated technologies used for worship reveal about the role of technology stewardship? It is argued that technicians, through the training events explored, learn to understand their role as technology steward through attempts to render technology invisible, transparent
Aesthetics · Art · Epistemology · Immediacy · Media studies · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Stewardship (theology · Worship · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Law · Media, Religion, Digital Communication · Philosophy · Religious Tourism and Spaces
| Citations per year | 0.09 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2015 - 2015 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |