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Anthropology of digital cultures/technologies and environmental changes, design research, design fiction. Professor @headgeneve co-founder @nearfuturelab

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Book Cover for: The Internet Imaginaire, Patrice Flichy

The Internet Imaginaire

Patrice Flichy
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@SanNuvola the reference to Marcus’ opus is relevant, but it’s clearly the kind of situation in which there are plenty of references in other anthro/socio cultures (e.g. in French) that isn’t available in English (an exception though: The Internet Imaginaire By Patrice Flichy)

Paperback, 2008

$25.00$12.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Anthropocene Unconscious: Climate Catastrophe Culture, Mark Bould

The Anthropocene Unconscious: Climate Catastrophe Culture

Mark Bould
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“Reading Liu’s trilogy for embedded trace elements of the Anthropocene follows the lead of critic Mark Bould,who in his recent The Anthropocene Unconscious argues that a work doesnt have to feature extreme weather to speak to the reality of climate change” https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/violent-acts-of-alien-intelligences-on-cixin-lius-the-three-body-problem-and-mark-boulds-climate-criticism/

Hardcover, 2021

$19.95$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Cities of Light: What Communities Can Accomplish, and the Need for Them in Our Times, Swami Kriyananda

Cities of Light: What Communities Can Accomplish, and the Need for Them in Our Times

Swami Kriyananda
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“Cities of Light features stories, essays, and art imagining solar futures in 4 Us cities: Chicago, Illinois; San Juan, Puerto Rico; Portland, Oregon;and San Antonio, Texas. Stories by: Paolo Bacigalupi, S.B. Divya, Andrew Dana Hudson, Deji Bryce Olukotun” https://csi.asu.edu/books/cities-of-light/

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Book Cover for: Index, A History of the: A Bookish Adventure from Medieval Manuscripts to the Digital Age, Dennis Duncan

Index, A History of the: A Bookish Adventure from Medieval Manuscripts to the Digital Age

Dennis Duncan
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In the NYRB: Fara Dabhoiwala reviews "Index, A History of the: A Bookish Adventure from Medieval Manuscripts to the Digital Age" by Dennis Duncan https://t.co/aygmaTNfUv

Paperback, 2023

$17.95$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Experiments of the Mind: From the Cognitive Psychology Lab to the World of Facebook and Twitter, Emily Martin

Experiments of the Mind: From the Cognitive Psychology Lab to the World of Facebook and Twitter

Emily Martin
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Experiments of the Mind: From the Cognitive Psychology Lab to the World of Facebook and Twitter by Emily Martin examines how psychology research has shaped us to be perfectly suited for our networked age. https://t.co/eFRxHSMuzo

Paperback, 2022

$29.95$14.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Book: A Futurist's Manifesto: A Collection of Essays from the Bleeding Edge of Publishing, Hugh McGuire

Book: A Futurist's Manifesto: A Collection of Essays from the Bleeding Edge of Publishing

Hugh McGuire
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What is a “book” in the age of the web? (Part 1 of 5) | by Hugh McGuire | Dec, 2021 | Medium https://t.co/FlmkUpIELG

Paperback, 2012

$24.99$12.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Matrix

Lauren Groff
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“In Matrix, Lauren Groff continues to ask the question that has haunted her work for years: What kind of utopias can we imagine when the apocalypse is already in sight?” https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2021/12/16/lauren-groff-matrix-industrious-habits/

Paperback, 2022

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Handmaid's Tale, Margaret Atwood

The Handmaid's Tale

Margaret Atwood
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“Better never means better for everyone (...) It always means worse, for some.” Margaret Atwood (The Handmaid’s Tale)

Hardcover, 2017

$28.00$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Science Fiction, Sherryl Vint

Science Fiction

Sherryl Vint
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“a conversation about science fiction with Sherryl Vint. Sherryl is Professor of Media and Cultural Studies at the University of California, Riverside, where she directs the Speculative Fictions and Cultures of Science program.” https://t.co/BE0whH9Kvc

Paperback, 2021

$18.95$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Outsiders: Studies in the Sociology of Deviance, Howard S. Becker

Outsiders: Studies in the Sociology of Deviance

Howard S. Becker
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On Howard Becker, his importance in France and French sociology, and the observation of outsiders https://t.co/WkspSX41kd

Paperback, 2018

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