The Anthrobscene
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
The Anthrobscene
By (Author) Jussi Parikka
University of Minnesota Press
University of Minnesota Press
30th October 2014
United States
Classifications
Professional and Scholarly
Non Fiction
Media studies
Political ideologies and movements
Social impact of environmental issues
302.231
Physical Properties
Paperback
60
Width 127mm, Height 178mm, Spine 25mm
Description
Smartphones, laptops, tablets, and e-readers all at one time held the promise of a more environmentally healthy world not dependent on paper and deforestation. The result of our ubiquitous digital lives is, as we see in "The Anthrobscene, "actually quite the opposite: not ecological health but an environmental wasteland, where media never die. Juss
Author Bio
Jussi Parikka is professor in technological culture and aesthetics at Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton.
