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... the need for studying and writing about media theory with an eye to geographical and geocultural specificity everywhere—including the often unmarked West. media theory Japan history of media theory definition of media theory ...

... If, as Lev Manovich has argued, new media often repeat older media, this essay considers how new media theory can repeat that of older media. By focusing on one of the groundbreaking moments in development of television theory in Japan—the 1958 issue of the journal Shisō devoted to the new...

... If, as Lev Manovich has argued, new media often repeat older media, this essay considers how new media theory can repeat that of older media. By focusing on one of the groundbreaking moments in development of television theory in Japan—the 1958 issue of the journal Shisō devoted to the new...

... This chapter examines a form of missed or mis-communication of theory through the history of the pathbreaking InterCommunication journal in the 1990s and 2000s. Sponsored by one of the largest telecommunication companies in the world and edited by some of the major intellectual figures...

... The phrase “archival afterlives” names the recognition that older Philippine films survive despite a history of defunct state and private archives. Synthesized from archival theory, feminist epistemologies, and postcolonial historiography, the book's key concepts—archival silence, archival power...

... of reality that one for a moment takes as real and that collapses when exposed. The sudden collapse of the Berlin wall, triggered by a media confusion, serves as one example. The novels of Agatha Christie—the most popular writer in world history—provide another. The staged and stagy microworlds...

... This chapter reviews media theory from the 1980s to the 2010s, suggesting a return to a consideration of theories of mediation—this time in the contemporary moment, and in relation to questions of social change. Focusing on the “lost decades” and the sense of crisis that began in the 1990s...

..., the compilation of oral archives of state terrorism has emerged as a critical component of efforts to reconstruct recent traumatic pasts. Prominent examples include the oral history archives in Argentina and Chile. Digital media have become key components in curated spaces dedicated to memory. The recordings have...

... with the portrayals of the region in earlier narrative media, perspectives from postcolonial theory, postcolonial digital humanities, and game studies in the larger context of the Global South and, particularly, Asian identities. South Asia Indian subcontinent video games glocalization Chapter 9 argues...

.... Siopis draws Donna Haraway’s notion of tentacularity, “life lived along lines,” into her art as she thinks through the senses. The artist forges techniques to make theory tangible and emotional, as in her installation Tentacular Time, which emphasizes flexible and anamorphous forms of thought. She...

...) and the time delay between the record head and playback head of analog tape recorders and later computer-generated delays. An improvised performance by Pauline Oliveros and Barre Philips is analyzed to demonstrate a compositional result informed by focal and global listening. The chapter opens with a history...

... In recent decades, the compilation of oral archives of state terrorism has emerged as a critical component of efforts to reconstruct recent traumatic pasts. Prominent examples include the oral history archives in Argentina and Chile. Digital media have become key components in curated spaces...

... posthumanism This essay discusses Mama & Me , a mixed-media artwork by an ftm-identified Hong Kong immigrant, Bobby Cheung, as a trans of color critique of the normativizing discourses of U.S.-based transgender politics. Drawing on the history of Asian immigration and diaspora studies, this essay...