Dear nettimers, for up to date media theory one has to be patient. It has always been that way. Take Sebastian Giessmann’s major work in German that came out in 2014, based on his PhD that he defended in 2012. Now it’s finally out in English. Here you can read my interview with Sebastian about his book, conducted in 2016: https://www.nettime.org/Lists-Archives/nettime-l-1607/msg00078.html. As you will see, sublime history of networks from a continental European perspective doesn’t age, no matter if it 10, 50 or 100 years old. Highly recommended!
Geert — Dear friends and fellows, when Henri de Saint-Simon was broke, he handwrote and manually copied his treatises so that they might see some distribution. I always think of this early 19th century story when I reach out to say that there's a new book out there. As fellow travelers you might enjoy reading and teaching "The Connectivity of Things: Network Cultures since 1832," which came out on October 15 with MIT Press. I once wanted to find out about why the Internet is considered a network of networks. The book itself is a longue durée media historical answer to that question. That includes the notion of "cultural techniques" itself, which is still in translation across the Atlantic (and in Europe, too). Speaking of literal translation, I had the rare chance of creating a "final cut" of the German original, even if that meant five years of work. It is, in fact, a new book. You'll find the open access version on the MIT Press website now: https://direct.mit.edu/books/oa-monograph/5866/The-Connectivity-of-ThingsNetwork-Cultures-since. Feel free to circulate this in any Saint-Simonienne or Saint-Simonian way if you like. Talk to you soon, Sebastian Gießmann Reader | Media Theory https://www.uni-siegen.de/phil/medienwissenschaft/personal/lehrende/giessmann_sebastian -- # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: https://www.nettime.org # contact: [email protected]
