400 Pages
by
Routledge
400 Pages
by
Routledge
Swarming has become a fundamental cultural technique related to dynamic processes and an effective metaphor for the collaborative efforts of society. This book examines the media history of swarm research and its significance to current socio-technological processes. It shows that the hype about collective intelligence is based on a reciprocal computerization of biology and biologization of... Read more
Introduction, I. Deformations: A Media Theory of Swarming, II. Formations, III. Formats, IV. Formulas, V. Transformations, VI. Zootechnologies, Conclusion, Acknowledgements, Works Cited
Biography
Sebastian Vehlken is a media theorist and cultural historian at Leuphana University Lüneburg and Senior Researcher at the Institute for Advanced Study on Media Cultures of Computer Simulation (MECS).
