Insect media an archaeology of animals and technology / Jussi Parikka.

Author/creator Parikka, Jussi, 1976-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoMinneapolis : University of Minnesota Press,
Descriptionxxxv, 281 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
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SeriesPosthumanities ; v. 11
Contents Introduction : insects in the age of technology -- Nineteenth-century insect technics : the uncanny affects of insects -- Genesis of form: insect architecture and swarms -- Technics of nature and temporality : Uexkøll's ethology -- Metamorphosis, intensity, and devouring space : elements for an insect game theory -- Intermezzo -- Animal ensembles, robotic affects : bees, milieus, and individuation -- Biomorphs and boids : swarming algorithms -- Sexual selection in the biodigital: teknolust and the weird life of SRAs -- Epilogue : insect media as an art of transmutation.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 207-270) and index.
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LCCN 2010035074
ISBN9780816667390 (hc : alk. paper)
ISBN9780816667406 (pb : alk. paper)

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