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Digital anthropology /

Contributor(s): Horst, Heather A | Miller, Daniel, 1954-.
Publisher: London ; New York : Berg, 2012Description: x, 316 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780857852908 (pbk.); 9780857852908:; 0857852906 (pbk.); 9780857852915; 0857852914.Subject(s): Mass media and anthropology | Digital media -- Social aspects | Digital communications -- Social aspects | Information society | Digital communications -- Moral and ethical aspects | Communication in anthropology | Mass media and cultureDDC classification: 302.23
Contents:
Section A: Introduction. The Digital and The Human / Daniel Miller and Heather A. Horst. -- Section B: Positioning Digital Anthropology. Rethinking 'Digital' Anthropology / Tom Boellstorff ; New Media Technologies in Everyday Life / Heather A. Horst ; Geomedia: the Reassertion of Space Within Digital Culture / Lane DeNicola. -- Section C: Socialising Digital Anthropology. Disability in the Digital Age / Faye Ginsburg ; Approaches to Personal Communication / Stefana Broadbent ; Social Networking Sites / Daniel Miller. -- Section D: Politicising Digital Anthropology. Digital Politics and Political Engagement / John Postill ; Free Software and the Politics of Sharing / Jelena Karanovic ; Diverse Digital Worlds / Bart Barendregt ; Digital Engagement: Voice and Participation in Development / Jo Tacchi. -- Section E: Designing Digital Anthropology. Digital Anthropology in Design Anthropology / Adam Drazin ; Museum Digital = ? / Haidy Geismar ; Digital Gaming, Game Design, and its Precursors / Thomas Malaby.
Summary: This title brings together key anthropologists of digital culture to explore what it is to be human in the digital world. Using a range of case studies from Google Earth, to Second Life, to Facebook, this is essential reading for students of anthropology, media studies, cultural studies and sociology.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Section A: Introduction. The Digital and The Human / Daniel Miller and Heather A. Horst. -- Section B: Positioning Digital Anthropology. Rethinking 'Digital' Anthropology / Tom Boellstorff ; New Media Technologies in Everyday Life / Heather A. Horst ; Geomedia: the Reassertion of Space Within Digital Culture / Lane DeNicola. -- Section C: Socialising Digital Anthropology. Disability in the Digital Age / Faye Ginsburg ; Approaches to Personal Communication / Stefana Broadbent ; Social Networking Sites / Daniel Miller. -- Section D: Politicising Digital Anthropology. Digital Politics and Political Engagement / John Postill ; Free Software and the Politics of Sharing / Jelena Karanovic ; Diverse Digital Worlds / Bart Barendregt ; Digital Engagement: Voice and Participation in Development / Jo Tacchi. -- Section E: Designing Digital Anthropology. Digital Anthropology in Design Anthropology / Adam Drazin ; Museum Digital = ? / Haidy Geismar ; Digital Gaming, Game Design, and its Precursors / Thomas Malaby.

This title brings together key anthropologists of digital culture to explore what it is to be human in the digital world. Using a range of case studies from Google Earth, to Second Life, to Facebook, this is essential reading for students of anthropology, media studies, cultural studies and sociology.

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