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Network Nature: The Place of Nature in the Digital Age

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Network Nature: The Place of Nature in the Digital Age
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Richard Coyne
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:264
Dimensions(mm): Height 234,Width 156
Category/GenreArchitecture
Theory of architecture
Technology - general issues
Digital lifestyle
ISBN/Barcode 9781350136717
ClassificationsDewey:113
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Illustrations 35 bw illus

Publishing Details

Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Publication Date 31 October 2019
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

How do people avoid the stresses of the digital age? Urban dwellers must now turn to nature to recover, restore and rebalance after the stresses brought on by relentless digital connectivity. It is easy to task nature as the cure, with technology as the ailment. In Network Nature, Richard Coyne challenges the definitions of both the natural and the artificial that support this time-worn narrative of nature's benefits. In the process, he attacks the counter-claim that nature must succumb to the sovereignty of digital data. Covering a spectrum of issues and concepts, from big data and biohacking to animality, numinous spaces and the post-digital, he draws on the rich field of semiotics as applied to natural systems and human communication, to enhance our understanding of place, landscape and architecture in a digital world.

Author Biography

Richard Coyne is Professor of Architectural Computing at the Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, the University of Edinburgh, UK.

Reviews

An outstanding tour de force of the meaning, impact and applications of all things digital in the natural world. Covering aspects of philosophy, biology, geography, social science, cultural theory and the arts it is an accessible and thought-provoking read for anyone interested in place, digital technologies and nature. -- Andrew Hudson-Smith * Professor of Digital Urban Systems, University College London *