Deserted Devices and Wasted Fences : Everyday Technologies in Extreme Circumstances Paperback / softback
by Dani Ploeger
Paperback / softback
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How can we imagine a technologized life that deviates from globalized norms and standardization and from our collective obsession with endless growth? In 'Deserted Devices and Wasted Fences', artist and cultural critic Dani Ploeger examines everyday technologies found in places and circumstances that are usually unforeseen by their designers, manufacturers and marketers. He travels through second-hand markets in sub-Saharan Africa, the frontline in the Russo-Ukrainian War, desert landscapes in the Middle East, anti-immigration fences on the EU border and many other sites of turmoil, disruption and surprising convergences. Examining the ways in which technologies that were intended for use in everyday consumer culture start to (mal)function, gain new meanings and are appropriated in these liminal spaces can give us hints at what alternative techno-cultures could look like. This collection of essays provokes unusual perspectives on how technologies might be developed, used and reappropriated in support of people's personal, local and regional lifeworlds and lifestyles.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:120 pages, 10 black and white illustrations; 10 black and white illustrations
- Publisher:Triarchy Press
- Publication Date:25/11/2021
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- ISBN:9781913743437
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In Stock - low on stock, only 1 copy remainingFree UK DeliveryEstimated delivery 2-3 working days
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:120 pages, 10 black and white illustrations; 10 black and white illustrations
- Publisher:Triarchy Press
- Publication Date:25/11/2021
- Category:
- ISBN:9781913743437