Undoing Networks
Karppi, Tero
Undoing Networks - meson press 2021 - 1 electronic resource (114 p.)
Open Access
How do we think beyond the dominant images and imaginaries of connectivity? Undoing Networks enables a different connectivity: “digital detox” is a luxury for stressed urbanites wishing to lead a mindful life. Self-help books advocate “digital minimalism” to recover authentic experiences of the offline. Artists envision a world without the internet. Activists mobilize against the expansion of the 5G network. If connectivity brought us virtual communities, information superhighways, and participatory culture, disconnection comes with privacy tools, Faraday shields, and figures of the shy. This book explores non-usage and the “right to disconnect” from work and from the excessive demands of digital capitalism.
Creative Commons
English
153-2 9783957961532
10.14619/153-2 doi
Media studies
Nonbooks, PBS / Medien, Kommunikation/Medienwissenschaft Medienwissenschaften: Internet, digitale Medien und Gesellschaft Capitalism Disconnection Digital Detox Connectivity
Undoing Networks - meson press 2021 - 1 electronic resource (114 p.)
Open Access
How do we think beyond the dominant images and imaginaries of connectivity? Undoing Networks enables a different connectivity: “digital detox” is a luxury for stressed urbanites wishing to lead a mindful life. Self-help books advocate “digital minimalism” to recover authentic experiences of the offline. Artists envision a world without the internet. Activists mobilize against the expansion of the 5G network. If connectivity brought us virtual communities, information superhighways, and participatory culture, disconnection comes with privacy tools, Faraday shields, and figures of the shy. This book explores non-usage and the “right to disconnect” from work and from the excessive demands of digital capitalism.
Creative Commons
English
153-2 9783957961532
10.14619/153-2 doi
Media studies
Nonbooks, PBS / Medien, Kommunikation/Medienwissenschaft Medienwissenschaften: Internet, digitale Medien und Gesellschaft Capitalism Disconnection Digital Detox Connectivity