John Potts

The New Time and Space

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In the networked age, we are living with changed parameters of time and space. Mobile networked communication fosters a form of virtual time and space, which is super-imposed onto territorial space. Time is increasingly composed of interruptions and distractions, as smartphone users are overwhelmed by messages.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Palgrave Macmillan UK / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-137-49437-5
• 1st ed. 2015
• Seitenzahl: 196
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. September 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 341g
• ISBN-13: 9781137494375
• ISBN-10: 1137494379
• Artikelnr.: 42786943

Autorenporträt

John Potts is Professor of Media at Macquarie University, Australia. He is the author of A History of Charisma, Radio in Australia, and Culture and Technology (with Andrew Murphie). He has also edited several other books, including The Future of Writing.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. A Brief History of Time and Space 2. Theorising Time and
Space 3. 'No One is Where They Are': Virtual Time and Space 4. Space and
Displacement in Contemporary Art 5. The Big Now and the Faraway then:
Present, Past and Future in Contemporary Culture 6. Public Intimacy: The
Shrinking Space of Privacy 7. Photography 2.0: Photos on the Loose 8.
Schizochronia: Time in Digital Sound 9. Capsules of Time and Space: Video
and Performance Art

Rezensionen

"This is an interesting and thought-provoking book. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty; general readers." (E. Kincanon, Choice, Vol. 53 (11), July, 2016)

"John Potts, boldly charts human perceptions of time and space through ancient civilisation, across indigenous cultures and religious practices, to myriad present day concepts of physical and virtual space. ... His versatile, comprehensive knowledge and clear exposition of the basics of media studies works well alongside this micro-encyclopaedia of artists and space time conceptions. ... it offers a vivid glimpse into the mind of an author with an immense general knowledge and a gift for making new connections." (Prudence Gibson, Performance Paradigm, Issue 12, 2016)