Undoing Networks

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Undoing Networks
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Tero Karppi
By (author) Urs Staheli
By (author) Clara Wieghorst
By (author) Lea Zierott
SeriesIn Search of Media
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:126
Dimensions(mm): Height 178,Width 127
ISBN/Barcode 9781517906696
ClassificationsDewey:302.30285
Audience
General
Professional & Vocational

Publishing Details

Publisher University of Minnesota Press
Imprint University of Minnesota Press
Publication Date 18 May 2021
Publication Country United States

Description

Exploring and conceptualizing practices, technologies, and politics of disconnecting 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 nonusage and the "right to disconnect" from work and from the excessive demands of digital capitalism.

Author Biography

Tero Karppi is assistant professor at the University of Toronto. He teaches at the Institute of Communication, Culture, Information, and Technology and at the Faculty of Information. He is author of Disconnect: Facebook's Affective Bonds (Minnesota, 2018). Urs Staheli is professor of sociology and sociological theory at the University of Hamburg, Germany. He is author of Spectacular Speculation: Thrills, the Economy, and Popular Discourse. Clara Wieghorst is a research associate and PhD student at the Center for Digital Cultures and the Institute of Sociology and Cultural Organization at Leuphana University Luneburg. Lea Zierott is a research associate and PhD student at the Department of Social Sciences at the University of Hamburg.