Pre-digital Virtuality: Early Modern Scholars and the Republic of Letters
Contribuinte(s) |
Park, David W. Jankowski, Nicholas W. Jones, Steve |
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Data(s) |
2011
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Resumo |
This chapter explores the idea of virtual participation through the historical example of the republic of letters in early modern Europe (circa 1500-1800). By reflecting on the construction of virtuality in a historical context, and more specifically in a pre-digital environment, it calls attention to accusations of technological determinism in ongoing research concerning the affordances of the Internet and related media of communication. It argues that ‘the virtual’ is not synonymous with ‘the digital’ and suggests that, in order to articulate what is novel about modern technologies, we must first understand the social interactions underpinning the relationships which are facilitated through those technologies. By analysing the construction of virtuality in a pre-digital environment, this chapter thus offers a baseline from which scholars might consider what is different about the modes of interaction and communication being engaged in via modern media. |
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Publicador |
Peter Lang |
Relação |
http://www.peterlang.de/index.cfm?event=cmp.ccc.seitenstruktur.detailseiten&seitentyp=produkt&pk=59872&concordeid=311440 Callisen, Christian Thorsten & Adkins, Barbara (2011) Pre-digital Virtuality: Early Modern Scholars and the Republic of Letters. In Park, David W., Jankowski, Nicholas W., & Jones, Steve (Eds.) The Long History of New Media: Technology, Historiography, and Contextualizing Newness. Peter Lang, New York, pp. 55-72. |
Fonte |
Division of Research and Commercialisation; Creative Industries Faculty |
Palavras-Chave | #080709 Social and Community Informatics #210307 European History (excl. British Classical Greek and Roman) #social networks #virtual participation #technological affordances #republic of letters #virtuality |
Tipo |
Book Chapter |