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As climate change becomes an increasingly important part of public
discourse, the relationship between time in nature and history is
changing. Nature can no longer be considered a slow and immobile
background to human history, and the future can no longer be viewed
as open and detached from the past. Times of History, Times of
Nature engages with this historical shift in temporal sensibilities
through a combination of detailed case studies and synthesizing
efforts. Focusing on the history of knowledge, media theory, and
environmental humanities, this volume explores the rich and nuanced
notions of time and temporality that have emerged in response to
climate change.
This book argues for a historical perspective on issues relating to
the notion of participatory media. Working from a broad concept of
media - including essays on the 19th century press, early sound
media, photography, exhibitions, television and the internet - the
book offers a broad empirical approach to different modes of
audience participation from the mid 19th century to the present.
Using the insights from the historical case studies, the book also
explores some of the key concepts in discussions on the politics of
participation, arguing for a theoretical perspective sensitive to
the asymmetries that characterize the distribution of agency in the
relationship between media and users. Scholarly discussions on
participatory media now occur in several fields. This book argues
that all of these discussions are all too often obscured by a
rhetoric of newness, assuming that participatory media is something
unique in history, radical and revolutionary. By challenging the
historiography implicit in this rhetoric, the book also engages in
a discussion of issues of more general relevance to the
multidisciplinary field of media history.
This book argues for a historical perspective on issues relating to
the notion of participatory media. Working from a broad concept of
media - including essays on the 19th century press, early sound
media, photography, exhibitions, television and the internet - the
book offers a broad empirical approach to different modes of
audience participation from the mid 19th century to the present.
Using the insights from the historical case studies, the book also
explores some of the key concepts in discussions on the politics of
participation, arguing for a theoretical perspective sensitive to
the asymmetries that characterize the distribution of agency in the
relationship between media and users. Scholarly discussions on
participatory media now occur in several fields. This book argues
that all of these discussions are all too often obscured by a
rhetoric of newness, assuming that participatory media is something
unique in history, radical and revolutionary. By challenging the
historiography implicit in this rhetoric, the book also engages in
a discussion of issues of more general relevance to the
multidisciplinary field of media history.
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