Alan N. Shapiro, Hypermodernism, Hyperreality, Posthumanism

Blog and project archive about media theory, science fiction theory, and creative coding

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From Sociology to Media Studies to Software Studies, part one

March 8th, 2021 in the categories: Media Studies, Software Studies

The science part of the invention of computer science: algorithms and data can all be encoded into lengthy binary strings (i.e., stored as computable numbers). The cultural part: how one does this (i.e., the relationship between the code and the data) is a cultural decision.
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Die Software der Zukunft, von Alan N. Shapiro

July 16th, 2015 in the categories: Software Studies

Transdisziplinarität ist nicht dasselbe wie Interdisziplinarität. Interdisziplinarität ist ineffizient, weil sie impliziert, dass es lediglich Dialoge und Kooperationen zwischen bereits existierenden Disziplinen bedarf, um Wissensentwicklung voranzutreiben. Meine Überzeugung ist dagegen, dass das Wissen verschiedener Disziplinen zunächst zusammengebracht werden muss, um dann tiefergehend überdacht zu werden.
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Transdisciplinary Code and Objects, by Alan N. Shapiro

April 18th, 2015 in the categories: Software Studies

In their book Code/Space: Software and Everyday Life, Rob Kitchin and Martin Dodge examine the explosive invasion of information about ourselves into our everyday lives, and the increasingly ubiquitous availability of this information to institutions and strangers through many standalone, networked, peripheral, handheld and mobile devices.