Beyond the Postmodern? The Inhuman Condition

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashley Woodward
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Information Society ◽  
Media Arts ◽  
Popular Work

The introduction to this book argues that Lyotard’s work may be approached anew by recognising that his views developed in significant ways after his most popular work, The Postmodern Condition. In his later book The Inhuman and elsewhere, he suggests that a type of metanarrative persists after the decline of Enlightenment metanarratives, one which he calls “development” and associates with technoscience and capital. This “inhuman condition” is suggested as a perspective for reconsidering Lyotard’s work in light of contemporary concerns such as transhumanism, posthumanism, information society, and new media arts. This chapter frames discussion of these themes by introducing three major areas to be explored in the book, and the relationships between them: nihilism, information, and art.

Lyotard and the Inhuman Condition

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashley Woodward
Keyword(s):  
Information Theory ◽  
New Media ◽  
Information Society ◽  
Media Arts ◽  
Arts And Humanities ◽  
The Arts ◽  
Paul Virilio ◽  
Luciano Floridi ◽  
Bernard Stiegler ◽  
New Generation

This book offers an incisive argument for the contemporary importance of Lyotard in light of posthuman trends. Jean-Francois Lyotard was one of the leading French philosophers of his generation, whose wide ranging and highly original contributions to thought were overshadowed by his association with 'postmodernism.' This book demonstrates what a new generation of scholars are now discovering: that Lyotard's work is incisive and essential for current debates in the arts and humanities, especially those concerning the posthuman and the information society. The book presents a series of studies which explain Lyotard's specific interventions in areas such as information theory, new media arts, and the changing nature of the human, and assesses their relevance and impact. It brings to light new aspects of Lyotard’s work by focusing on underappreciated themes and connections, particularly around the topics of nihilism, information, and art. Lyotard's thought is positioned in current debates through critical comparisons with contemporary philosophers such as Paul Virilio, Bernard Stiegler, Luciano Floridi, and Ray Brassier.

The New Media vs. Old Media Trap

2020 ◽  
pp. 25-46
Author(s):  
Patricia Gouveia
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
New Media ◽  
Media Discourse ◽  
Media Arts ◽  
Digital Arts

This chapter explores the legacy of both modernism and postmodernism in contemporary arts and how it helped shape our current environments and practices in transmedia contemporary arts. It also explores popular modernism aesthetics based simultaneously in cathartic narrative and flow participatory interaction to explore new media discourse about the role of digital arts and artists. The aim is to promote an understanding of the current arts practices that no longer promotes the artificial divide between new media or media arts and contemporary arts. Changes in the intercultural museum and in higher education can no longer sustain this segregation, which is a product of old and new media specificity and narrow notions of specialization.

Technology and In/equality, Questioning the Information Society

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 183-194
Author(s):  
Flis Henwood ◽  
Sally Wyatt
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Information Society ◽  
Social Inequalities ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Gender Inequalities ◽  
Media Technology ◽  
Technological Developments ◽  
Discrimination And Oppression ◽  
And Control ◽  
Key Terms

Abstract At the beginning of the 21st century, we co-edited a book called Technology and In/equality, Questioning the information Society. In that book, we focused on access and control of media technology, education and skills with a particular focus on gender and global economic development. The editors and contributors were all committed to approaching teaching and research about digital technologies and society from an interdisciplinary perspective. In this article, we reflect on how the debates about digital inequalities have developed over the past 20 years, and on our current understanding of “technology” and “in/equality,” the key terms in the title of the book. In this article, we examine what has stayed the same and what has changed, through the lens of gender. We argue that while digital technologies have clearly changed, inequalities have persisted. Contrary to popular belief, access is still an issue for the global south, as well as for marginalised communities throughout the world. We also show how gender inequalities and hierarchies are reproduced in digital spaces, demonstrating that even where women have equal access, possibilities for discrimination and oppression remain. We conclude by arguing that there remain important tasks for scholars of technology and new media, namely to monitor the material and symbolic significance of new technological developments as they emerge and to examine the ways in which they may reflect and re-produce social inequalities.

The Bandung Center for New Media Arts: Local Commitment and International Collaboration

Leonardo ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
pp. 315-318
Author(s):  
Marie Le Sourd
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Great Influence ◽  
Art World ◽  
Media Arts ◽  
The Third ◽  
Sociopolitical Context ◽  
International Projects ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Cultural Networks

The article focuses on the Bandung Center for New Media Arts (BCNMA), an autonomous cultural space set up in 2001 by three Indonesian artists and architects. The BCNMA aims to encourage a dialogue with circles outside the art world and to offer greater dynamic possibilities for experimental forms of expressions. The Indonesian sociopolitical context after 1998 has had a great influence on the nature, development and methodologies used by this center. The case study of the Third Asia-Europe Art Camp, coorganized in 2005 by the BCNMA and the Asia-Europe Foundation, also highlights how international projects are developed by the BCNMA while taking into consideration the local cultural networks and creative environment.

scholarly journals Young People’s Interaction with Media in Egypt, India, Finland, Argentina and Kenya

Comunicar ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 20 (39) ◽  
pp. 53-63
Author(s):  
Sami Tayie ◽  
Manisha Pathak-Shelat ◽  
Irma Hirsjärvi
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
International Organizations ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Information Society ◽  
Literacy Programs ◽  
Research Centre ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Survival Skill ◽  
Medios De Comunicacion ◽  
People Today

In contemporary information society, finding, evaluating and using information is a key survival skill. Conventional and new media such as libraries, archives, mass media and the Internet serve an important function in society as the sources of information. This chapter will focus on findings from research that was carried out in Egypt, India, Finland, Argentina and Kenya. Based on empirical research, it gives an overview of how young people today use a variety of sources for information seeking and describes the implications of these findings for media literacy programs. The chapter specifically explores young people’s use of new digital and conventional media for information seeking and disseminating. Media diaries were collected from 175 children in Argentina, 100 in Egypt, 160 in India and 144 in Finland by the project researchers. With the help of the Nokia Research Centre we also managed to obtain 48 completed diaries from Kenya. All diaries were collected in the first half of 2010. Some light will also be shed on efforts led by international organizations, especially UNESCO, to foster teacher training in media and information literacy and create worldwide awareness of this competence.En la actual sociedad de la información, encontrar, valorar y utilizar la comunicación es una estrategia fundamental de supervivencia. Los medios tradicionales y nuevos como las bibliotecas, archivos, medios de masas o Internet tienen una función crucial para las sociedades como fuentes de información. Este trabajo presenta los resultados de un estudio llevado a cabo en Egipto, India, Finlandia, Argentina y Kenia. Basado en una investigación empírica, ofrece una visión general de cómo los jóvenes de hoy en día utilizan diversas fuentes para la búsqueda de información y cuáles son sus implicaciones para los programas de alfabetización mediática. En concreto se explora cómo los jóvenes utilizan los medios digitales (nuevos y convencionales) tanto para buscar información como para difundirla. Los investigadores del proyecto recogieron los diarios de medios de comunicación de 175 niños de Argentina, 100 de Egipto, 160 de la India y 144 de Finlandia. Con la ayuda del Nokia Research Centre también pudimos obtener 48 diarios completos de Kenia. Todos los diarios fueron recogidos durante el primer semestre de 2010. Los hallazgos giran en torno a los esfuerzos internacionales, especialmente de la UNESCO, de fomentar la formación docente en alfabetización mediática, creando una conciencia mundial sobre este tipo de alfabetización en los profesores.

scholarly journals Development and Dissemination of Animation Production Under the Era of New Media

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (10) ◽  
pp. 137-140
Author(s):  
Jiaqi Yuan ◽  
Xiaojian Chen
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Information Society ◽  
Continuous Development ◽  
Traditional Media ◽  
The Past

The growth of the information society is in line with the continuous development and progress of technology in China. New media has gradually become the mainstream of this era and has affected the production of animation. In the past, Chinese animation only relied on traditional media, but now it mainly relies on the dissemination of new media. This does not only bring challenges to the field of animation production, but also opportunities for it. This research analyzes the development and dissemination of animation production under the new media.

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