1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910462311303321

Titolo

Human no more [[electronic resource] ] : digital subjectivities, unhuman subjects, and the end of anthropology / / edited by Neil L. Whitehead and Michael Wesch

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boulder, : University Press of Colorado, c2012

ISBN

1-4571-1738-X

1-4571-1740-1

1-60732-170-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (248 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

WhiteheadNeil L

WeschMichael

Disciplina

303.48/34

Soggetti

Anthropology - Philosophy

Cybernetics - Philosophy

Online social networks

Computers and civilization

Virtual reality

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Introduction Human No More; HUMAN NO MORE?; EXPLORING POSTHUMAN LIMITS AND POSSIBILITIES; RETHINKING FIELDWORK IN THE AGE OF THE POSTHUMAN; BEYOND HUMAN NO MORE; REFERENCES; 1. The Mutual Co-Construction of Online and Onground in Cyborganic; PART 1; Online/Onground Mutuality in Cyborganic; Cyborganic's Place-Based Legacies: Silicon Valley and Bay Area Countercultures; Place, Media, and Colocation; Space Bar: Configurable Sociality from Colocation to Presence Casting; PART 2; Challenges of the Posthuman; NOTES; REFERENCES

2. We Were Always HumanEXTERNALIZATION AND REIFICATION OF THE SYMBOLIC; IDENTITY EXPRESSION AND EXPERIMENTATION IN THE AGE OF FACEBOOK; MEDIATION AND ITS DISCONTENTS; EXTENDING HUMAN CAPABILITIES: FROM HUMAN TO ... HUMAN?; REFERENCES; 3.



Manufacturing and Encountering "Human" in the Age of Digital Reproduction; HUMAN OR MACHINE; CYBORG ANTHROPOLOGY; AZ_TIFFANY; REPRODUCING HUMAN; BLURRING AND REESTABLISHING BOUNDARIES; UPGRADING CYBORG ANTHROPOLOGY; SAM; ENCOUNTERING SAM; CONCLUSIONS ... AND BEGINNINGS; NOTES; REFERENCES; 4. The Digital Graveyard; DIGITAL TRACES, VIRTUAL PLACES

MY(DEATH)SPACEDEATH IN THE TRIBE(.NET); SPECTERS OF FACEBOOK; LIVING ON ONLINE; NOTES; REFERENCES; 5. Anonymous, Anonymity, and the End(s) of Identity and Groups Online; RESEARCHING ANONYMOUS; PLAYING WITH "IDENTITY"; ANONYMOUS AS CORE MORAL VALUE; ANONYMOUS AS CULTURAL CRITIQUE; THE END(S) OF IDENTITY; NOTES; REFERENCES; 6. Splitting and Layering at the Interface; INTRODUCTION; COMMUNICATIVE SPACES OF DIASPORA; TRANSNATIONAL ECONOMIES AND DIASPORAS DIGITALLY MEDIATED; SOUTH ASIAN DIGITAL DIASPORAS TO INDIAN DIGITAL DIASPORAS; POSTHUMAN ENACTMENT AND RE-PRESENTATION IN ONLINE NETWORKS

AVATAR/PROFILE/ICON AS (PERFORMATIVE) TECHNOLOGYNOSTALGIA REPRODUCED: AUTHENTICATING INDIANNESS; BOLLYWOODIZATION OF SOUTH ASIAN DIGITAL DIASPORAS; DESI YOUTH HANGING OUT IN DIGITAL DIASPORA; DESIS ON SECOND LIFE: DEEP HANGING OUT WITH RADHIKA; IS SHE "MORE" REAL BECAUSE I "KNOW" HER ON ORKUT?; INTERLUDE; Radhika (age 50):; Aditi (age 24):; Script 1; Script 2; Script 3; Final Script; CONCLUSION; NOTES; REFERENCES; 7. Avatar; THE INCREASING POPULARITY OF VIRTUAL WORLDS; PERSONHOOD AND IDENTITY; FORMING AND MAINTAINING RELATIONSHIPS IN VIRTUAL WORLDS; OVERCOMING DISABILITY; DISCUSSION

REFERENCES8. Technology, Representation, and the "E-thropologist"; REFERENCES; 9. The Adventures of Mark and Olly; THE GAZE OF HUMANISM: VISIONS OF ANTHROPOLOGY, VERSIONS OF CULTURAL CRITIQUE; FIRST CONTACT AS COLONIAL NARRATIVE; COLONIAL HUMANISM: THE FICTIONAL REALITY OF REALITY TV; MARKETING THE STONE AGE: REALITY TV AS VISUAL IMPERIALISM; THE PLEASURES AND HORRORS OF THE ETHNOGRAPHIC GAZE: A CULTURAL CRITIQUE OF ANTHROPOLOGY; NOTES; REFERENCES; 10. Invisible Caboclos and Vagabond Ethnographers; INTRODUCTION; STUDYING CABOCLOS; COLLABORATION; CABOCLOS AND HIPPIES IN THE SAME FRAME

CONCLUSIONS



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910702535703321

Titolo

Veterans Health Administration, review of alleged patient deaths, patient wait times, and scheduling practices at the Phoenix VA Health Care System

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Washington, D.C.] : , : VA Office of Inspector General, , 2014

Edizione

[[Final report].]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (v, 133 pages) : color illustrations

Soggetti

Veterans' hospitals - Arizona - Phoenix - Evaluation

Veterans - Medical care - Arizona - Phoenix

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from title screen (viewed May 29, 2014).

"August 26, 2014"

"14-02603-267."