Plain Text: The Poetics of Computation
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| Rating | : | 4.86 (938 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1503602281 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 280 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-11-24 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
It reminds us, ultimately, that our devices also encode specific modes of governance and control that must remain available to interpretation.. Computersfrom electronic books to smart phonesplay an active role in our social lives. Plain Text is thus a rallying call, a frame of mind as much as a file format. Our technological choices thus entail theoretical and political commitments. Drawing on a range of primary sources from both literary theory and software engineering, he makes a case for a more transparent practice of human–computer interaction. Dennis Tenen takes up today's strange enmeshing of humans, texts, and machines
. Dennis Tenen is Assistant Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University, where he is a Co-Founder of Columbia's Group for Experimental Research Methods in the Humanities
"Plain Text stands out as a media study that attends to the historical roots of debates about form and format in language. Tenen's valuable connections between long-standing critical engagements with poetic composition and current digital writing practices emerge from precise and informed attention to his sources." (Johanna Drucker, University of California Los Angeles)"Plain Text shows us that text is anything but plainthis is a sharp and imaginative contribution to the debates around what it means to produce, read, and process texts in the era of digital culture." (Matthew Fuller, Goldsmiths University of London)"An essential read for those interested in text in its many contemporary cul