Other Paradises: Poetic Approaches to Thinking in a Technological Age - Couverture souple

Sequeira, Jessica

 
9781785355851: Other Paradises: Poetic Approaches to Thinking in a Technological Age
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1785355856 ISBN 13 : 9781785355851
Editeur : Zero Books, 2018

Synopsis

Why do people choose to play with ideas considered antiquated? Why do they elect to act in non-productive ways? Perhaps the question can be asked in reverse: What comes to mind when we think of technology? That which is practical, efficient, invisible, fast, optimistic, constantly updated. So how can one explain the search for the opposite, that which is useless, inefficient, physically present, slow, dystopian, obsolete and governed by chance? The matter of what motivates the search for antiquated forms strikes deep into the heart of value. Are people simply following trends? Are they idiots? Are they sentimental? Are they artists? Are they interested in kitsch? Are they uninformed? Are they poets? Other Paradises is a collection of essays exploring imaginative responses to science and technology, and is about people who choose to build other paradises, fully conscious of the alternative they offer to the dominant paradigm of technological progress.

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À propos de l'auteur

Jessica Sequeira is a writer and translator from Spanish and French. She contributed to the Sounds and Colours anthologies on Argentina, Brazil and Perú, and she publishes the collection of stories Rhombus and Oval through What Books Press in 2017. Jessica lives in California.

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Éditeur
Zero Books
Date d'édition
2018
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1785355856
ISBN 13 
9781785355851
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
160
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