The critique of essentialist critique of cyberculture

Autori

  • André Lemos Universidade Federal da Bahia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1982-8160.v9i1p29-51

Parole chiave:

Technology, critic, essence, actor-network theory, cyberculture

Abstract

The objective of this paper is to analyze the critical perspective of cyberculture from the discussion on the essence of technology. The article revisits the classic discussion about the essence of technology and updates it from the visions of the new critics of digital culture. The central argument is that traditional critical perspective (fundamentalist or pessimistic) fails to address the phenomena of digital culture by essentialist bias. It proposes an analysis of cyberculture by Actor-Network Theory (ART) since a focused view, stucked to the constituent networks of technical phenomenon, and attached to social associations may offer a solution to the empirical failure of criticism.

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Biografia autore

  • André Lemos, Universidade Federal da Bahia
    Doutor em Sociologia pela Université René Descartes, Paris V, Sorbonne. Pesquisador 1A do Conselho Nacional de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento (CNPq/MCT) e Professor Associado IV da UFBA. Coordenador do Lab404 – Laboratório de Pesquisa em Mídia Digital, Redes e Espaço.

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2015-06-23

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Lemos, A. (2015). The critique of essentialist critique of cyberculture. MATRIZes, 9(1), 29-51. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1982-8160.v9i1p29-51