”Böckerna är maskiner”. Digital epistemologi, materialitet och agens från 1960-tal till 2010-tal

• The aim of this essay is to further discuss the concept of digital epistemology. Having explored this concept in a couple of earlier articles, this time focus is directed on a few examples from the history of digitalization. In the first section, the materiality of digital media – that is, the progression from huge machines to ubiquitous computing – is juxtaposed with the notions of fear, shifting from the Bomb to Virus, tentatively as a result of the Y2K scare. This is also exemplified with a few examples from art and literature. In the second section, two Swedish literary experiments, one from 1965 and the other from 2010, are analyzed in their staging of digital technologies, and the effects this staging has on the notion of agency. In the final section of the essay, the author raises the question whether digital epistemology should be a part of the field “digital humanites” or not.

Ämnesord

HUMANIORA  -- Annan humaniora -- Övrig annan humaniora (hsv//swe)

HUMANITIES  -- Other Humanities -- Other Humanities not elsewhere specified (hsv//eng)

HUMANIORA  -- Språk och litteratur -- Litteraturvetenskap (hsv//swe)

HUMANITIES  -- Languages and Literature -- General Literary Studies (hsv//eng)

Nyckelord

digital epistemology

media archaeology

digital humanities

Y2K

Torsten Ekbom

Johannes Heldén

Anselm Kiefer

Ulf Karl Olov Nilsson

Linda Hilfling Ritasdatter

Publikations- och innehållstyp

ref (ämneskategori)

art (ämneskategori)