Animal Internet: Nature and the Digital Revolution - Couverture souple

Pschera, Alexander

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1939931339 ISBN 13 : 9781939931337

Editeur : New Vessel Press, 2016

Synopsis

A bold and surprising exploration of how a new digital revolution will transform human ties with the natural world.

A bestial Brave New World is on the horizon: some fifty thousand creatures around the globe - including whales, leopards, flamingoes, bats, and snails - are being equipped with digital tracking devices. The data gathered and studied by major scientific institutes about their behaviour will warn us about tsunamis, earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, but also radically transform our relationship to the natural world. With a broad cultural and historical perspective, this book examines human ties with animals, from domestic pets to the soaring popularity of bird watching and kitten images on the Web. Will millennia of exploration soon be reduced to experiencing wilderness via smartphone? Contrary to pessimistic fears, author Alexander Pschera sees the Internet as creating a historic opportunity for a new dialogue between man and nature.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Alexander Pschera, born in 1964, has published several books on the Internet and media. He studied German, music and philosophy at Heidelberg University. He lives near Munich where he writes for the German magazine Cicero as well as for German radio.

Elisabeth Lauffer is the recipient of the 2014 Gutekunst Translation Prize. After graduating from Wesleyan University she lived in Berlin and then obtained a master's in education from Harvard. She now lives in Vermont, where she is the Assistant Director of the Middlebury-Monterey Language Academy.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: New Vessel Press
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1939931339
• ISBN 13: 9781939931337
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 130
• Coordonnées du fabricant: New Vessel Press; https://newvesselpress.com/?s=New+Vessel+Press; ; 245 West 107th Street, #13F; NEW YORK; NY; 10025; Etats-Unis
• Personne responsable: non disponible