The Network Turn

Erscheinungsjahr 2021
ISBN: 978-1-108-79190-8
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 75 Seiten, Format (B × H): 128 mm x 173 mm, Gewicht: 130 g

Reihe: Elements in Publishing and Book Culture

We live in a networked world. Online social networking platforms and the World Wide Web have changed how society thinks about connectivity. Because of the technological nature of such networks, their study has predominantly taken place within the domains of computer science and related scientific fields. But arts and humanities scholars are increasingly using the same kinds of visual and quantitative analysis to shed light on aspects of culture and society hitherto concealed. This Element contends that networks are a category of study that cuts across traditional academic barriers, uniting diverse disciplines through a shared understanding of complexity in our world. Moreover, we are at a moment in time when it is crucial that arts and humanities scholars join the critique of how large-scale network data and advanced network analysis are being harnessed for the purposes of power, surveillance, and commercial gain. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ahnert, Ruth

Ahnert, Sebastian E

Coleman, Catherine Nicole

Weingart, Scott B.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft: Nachschlagewerke
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturtheorie: Poetik und Literaturästhetik
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; Part I. Frameworks: 1. Networks are always metaphorical; 2. Historical threads; Part II Cultural Networks: 3. Culture is data; 4. Visual networks; Part III Manoeuvres: 5. Quantifying culture; 6. Networking the 'Divided Kingdom'.