Caroline Nevejan
The development of sign systems, counting systems, script, drawing, painting and the later development of mechanical reproduction technologies like the printing press, the telegraph, telephone, photo, film, radio and television was a result of the wish to communicate with people who are present in other places and/or at other times. In this sense media history can be read as the development of presence technologies
PRESENCE TECHNOLOGIES
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Human history from the perspective of presence technologies
Even architecture can be read as presence technology since it shapes an infrastructure that…
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Aura's in the digital age
A variety of sciences and practices can be understood from a presence perspective, as has been…
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The broad spectrum of information and communication
The broad spectrum of information and communication technologies can be divided into three groups…
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Automation and transaction technologies: acting at a distance
In automation and transaction technologies a series of predefined actions has to be executed to…
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Surveillance and identification technologies: witnessing at a distance
The first group of surveillance and identification technologies that I will consider is concerned…
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Monitoring digital presence
Digital behaviour is also monitored. By gathering and analysing server information the behaviour…
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Social network technologies: connecting at a distance
Internet facilitates communication and information exchange with people who are present 'anywhere'…
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The social effect of databases
Internet facilitates the storage and exchange of text, images, sound, music, film, radio and live…
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Sharing economies
The new information and communication technologies facilitate a sharing of knowledge that was not…