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Acting Bodies and Social Networks - A Bridge between Technology and Working Memory (Paperback)
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Acting Bodies and Social Networks - A Bridge between Technology and Working Memory (Paperback)
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Acting Bodies and Social Networks analyzes the complex interactions
of body, mind and microelectronic technologies. Internationally
renowned scholars look into the nature of the mind - a combination
of thought, perception, emotion, will and imagination - as well as
the ever-increasing impact and complexity of microelectronic
technologies. The proliferation of these technologies facilitates a
profound change in the boundaries between bodies and technologies.
These technologies expand the temporal and spatial existence of
humans; today, people can instantly communicate all over the world
and overcome time and space restraints by using the latest
available microelectronic technologies. The first volume, The Body
as Social Icon, examines how memory is affected by the new
technology and the related theoretical issues while the second,
Mapping Bodies in a Networked Space, deals with the influence of
the new technologies on everyday life practices. At the
"information portal," the brain's capacity is loosing its ability
to retain information. In 2004, a number of well known
neuroscientists, including Nobel laureate Eric Kandel, wrote a
review about the ethical dilemma computer technologies raise,
stating that "humanity's ability to alter its own brain function
might well shape history as powerfully as the development of
metallurgy in the Iron Age." By introducing the concept of acting
body, this book contributes to discussion concerning the future
development of Homo sapiens. We consider the acting body as a
bridge between technology and working memory, which entails a
radical change in our approach to the social sciences.
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