Overview

The interaction between culture and economy was famously explored by Theodor Adorno and Max Horkheimer by the term 'Kulturindustrie' (The Culture Industry) to describe the production of mass culture and power relations between capitalist producers and mass consumers. Their account is a bleak one, but one that appears to hold continuing relevance, despite being written in 1944. Today, the pervasiveness of network technologies has contributed to the further erosion of the rigid boundaries between high art, mass culture and the economy, resulting in new kinds of cultural production charged with contradictions. On the one hand, the culture industry appears to allow for resistant strategies using digital technologies, but on the other it operates in the service of capital in ever more complex ways. This publication, the first in the DATA browser series, uses the concept of the culture industry as a point of departure, and tests its currency under new conditions. For more information see The DATA browser series presents critical texts that explore issues at the intersection of culture and technology. The editorial group are Geoff Cox, Joasia Krysa, Anya Lewin, Malcolm Miles, Mike Punt & Hugo de Rijke . This volume is produced in association with i-DAT .

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Author:   Geoff Cox ,  Joasia Krysa ,  Anya Lewin
Publisher:   Autonomedia
Imprint:   Autonomedia
Dimensions:   Width: 13.50cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 21.50cm
Weight:   0.513kg
ISBN:  

9781570271687

ISBN 10:   1570271682
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   01 March 2005
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION TO 'THE (DIGITAL) CULTURE INDUSTRY' - Geoff Cox, Joasia Krysa & Anya Lewin; THE FLEXIBLE PERSONALITY: FOR A NEW CULTURAL CRITIQUE - Brian Holmes; HERITAGE - The Yes Men; THE MOOD OF NETWORKING CULTURE - Jeremy Valentine; AN ECONOMY OF LOVE - Marysia Lewandowska & Neil Cummings; GLOBALICA: COMMUNISM, CULTURE AND THE COMMODITY - Esther Leslie Re-Code.com - Carbon Defense League & Conglomco Media Conglomeration; TRIP THE LOOP, MAKE YOUR SWITCH, CONSUME THE NET - Julian Priest & James Stevens; SOCIETY IN AD-HOC MODE: DECENTRALISED, SELF-ORGANISING, MOBILE - Armin Medosch; SIGHTINGS - Raqs Media Collective; FLEXIBLE COLONISATION - Marina Grzinic; LOWTECH MUSIC FOR HIGHTECH PEOPLE - Gameboyzz Orchestra; HOMEWORK: THE EXTENSION OF THE CULTURE INDUSTRY - Mirko Tobias Schafer; THE PRESIDENT@WHITEHOUSE.GOV SHOOTER - Margarete Jahrmann; ON WARFARE AND REPRESENTATION - Jordan Crandall; THE SPECTACLE: GLOBAL AND PARTICULAR - Adam J. Chmielewski; NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS.

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Geoff Cox is an artist, teacher and projects organiser as well as currently Senior Lecturer in Computing at the University of Plymouth, UK, where he is a member of the Science Technology Art Research research group. Anya Lewin is a Senior Lecturer and Researcher in Fine Art at the University of Plymouth.

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