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Contemporary culture : new directions in arts and humanities research / edited by Judith Thissen, Robert Zwijnenberg and Kitty Zijlmans.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Transformations in art and culturePublication details: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2013.Description: 1 online resource (1 electronic resource (250 pages)) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 130620819X
  • 9048517958
  • 9089644741
  • 9781306208192
  • 9789048517954
  • 9789089644749
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Contemporary culture.DDC classification:
  • 070.9 22
LOC classification:
  • N72.S6
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction / Judith Thissen -- Part I: MEDIA CITIES. Mediacity: On the Discontinuous Continuity of the Urban Public Sphere / René Boomkens -- Orkontros: Brazilian Migrants, Social Network Sites and the European City / Martijn Oosterbaan -- Imagining the City: The Difference that Art Makes / Judith Vega -- Body Movies: The City as Interface / Martijn de Waal -- Part II: THE LUDIC TURN. Homo Ludens 2.0: Play, Media and Identity / Valerie Frissen, Jos de Mul and Joost Raessens -- Digital Cartographies as Playful Practices / Sybille Lammes -- From Gengsi to Gaul: Mobile Media and Playful Identities in Jakarta / Michiel de Lange -- Transformations in Perception and Participation: Digital Games / Renée van de Vall -- Machinima: Moving on the Edge of Rules and Fiction / René Glas -- Part III: THINKING ANALOGUE. Sound Technologies and Cultural Practices: How Analogies Make us Listen to Transformations in Art and Culture / Karin Bijsterveld, José van Dijck, Annelies Jacobs and Bas Jansen -- The Case of ccMixter: Credit-Giving within a Communal Online Remixing Practice / Bas Jansen -- Part IV: HYBRID PRACTICES. On the Need for Cooperation between Art and Science / Robert Zwijnenberg -- Laboratory on the Move in Retrospect / Ni Haifeng and Kitty Zijlmans -- Embedded in the Dutch Art World / Judith Thissen -- Roots and the Production of Heritage / Alex van Stipriaan -- How to Succeed in Art and Science: The Observatory Observed / Geert Somsen and Jeroen Werner -- Part V: LOOKING BACK, LOOKING FORWARD. Introduction -- Interview with José van Dijck and Robert Zwijnenberg / Marcel ten Hooven.
Summary: "Are the humanities still relevant in the twenty-first century? In the context of pervasive economic liberalism and shrinking budgets due to a deep and prolonged recession, the exigency of humanities research for society is increasingly put into question. This volume claims that the humanities do indeed matter by offering empirically-grounded critical reflections on contemporary cultural practices, thereby opening up new ways of understanding social life and new directions in humanities scholarship."--Publisher's description.
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Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction / Judith Thissen -- Part I: MEDIA CITIES. Mediacity: On the Discontinuous Continuity of the Urban Public Sphere / René Boomkens -- Orkontros: Brazilian Migrants, Social Network Sites and the European City / Martijn Oosterbaan -- Imagining the City: The Difference that Art Makes / Judith Vega -- Body Movies: The City as Interface / Martijn de Waal -- Part II: THE LUDIC TURN. Homo Ludens 2.0: Play, Media and Identity / Valerie Frissen, Jos de Mul and Joost Raessens -- Digital Cartographies as Playful Practices / Sybille Lammes -- From Gengsi to Gaul: Mobile Media and Playful Identities in Jakarta / Michiel de Lange -- Transformations in Perception and Participation: Digital Games / Renée van de Vall -- Machinima: Moving on the Edge of Rules and Fiction / René Glas -- Part III: THINKING ANALOGUE. Sound Technologies and Cultural Practices: How Analogies Make us Listen to Transformations in Art and Culture / Karin Bijsterveld, José van Dijck, Annelies Jacobs and Bas Jansen -- The Case of ccMixter: Credit-Giving within a Communal Online Remixing Practice / Bas Jansen -- Part IV: HYBRID PRACTICES. On the Need for Cooperation between Art and Science / Robert Zwijnenberg -- Laboratory on the Move in Retrospect / Ni Haifeng and Kitty Zijlmans -- Embedded in the Dutch Art World / Judith Thissen -- Roots and the Production of Heritage / Alex van Stipriaan -- How to Succeed in Art and Science: The Observatory Observed / Geert Somsen and Jeroen Werner -- Part V: LOOKING BACK, LOOKING FORWARD. Introduction -- Interview with José van Dijck and Robert Zwijnenberg / Marcel ten Hooven.

"Are the humanities still relevant in the twenty-first century? In the context of pervasive economic liberalism and shrinking budgets due to a deep and prolonged recession, the exigency of humanities research for society is increasingly put into question. This volume claims that the humanities do indeed matter by offering empirically-grounded critical reflections on contemporary cultural practices, thereby opening up new ways of understanding social life and new directions in humanities scholarship."--Publisher's description.

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