Insect Media: An Archaeology of Animals and Technology Volume 11

by Jussi Parikka

Since the early nineteenth century, when entomologists first popularized the unique biological and behavioral characteristics of insects, technological innovators and theorists have proposed insects as templates for a wide range of technologies. In Insect Media, Jussi Parikka analyzes how insect forms of social organization-swarms, hives, webs, and distributed intelligence-have been used to structure modern media technologies and the network...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816667403
• ISBN13: 9780816667406
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.4"