Linking Media, Geology and Nature: An Interview with Prof. Jussi Parikka

WANG Jizhou

Chinese Journal of Journalism & Communication ›› 2022, Vol. 44 ›› Issue (4) : 168-176.

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Chinese Journal of Journalism & Communication ›› 2022, Vol. 44 ›› Issue (4) : 168-176.
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Linking Media, Geology and Nature: An Interview with Prof. Jussi Parikka

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In the trend of media research in Europe in recent years, Professor Jussi Parikka and his research are unique. He believes that media is a world of electromagnetic waves, of physical data centres, of signal transmission and material fabrication; it is a world underpinned by logistics and supply chains, from mines to factories. Therefore, he understood media as a “material things”, which is the technology and skills that regulate our world. At the same time, he pays attention to the new non-human temporality of media, and tries to reveal how media and nature are deeply intertwined through the concept of “media nature”. This opens a new direction for understanding the materiality of media.

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media / geology / materiality / nature / interdisciplinarity

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WANG Jizhou. Linking Media, Geology and Nature: An Interview with Prof. Jussi Parikka[J]. Chinese Journal of Journalism & Communication. 2022, 44(4): 168-176

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Footnotes

1. 《荒潮》2013年由长江文出版社出版,2019年在纽约以英文版《Waste Tide》出版。作为一本科幻小说,该书以一个回收与处理电子垃圾的硅屿(被认为是“贵屿”谐音)为故事发生地,深刻描写了硅屿被电子垃圾污染和围困下的故事。作者以科幻小说的方式反思现代科技,尤其是电子科技速度狂飙进程中给人类造成的毁灭性影响,正如该书封面所写“我们不负责任地依赖科技,科技就会不计后果地奴役我们”,被网友称为“中国最好的赛博朋克小说”。

2. 唐娜•哈拉韦,美国女哲学家,“赛博格”(亦“半机械人”)概念的提出者,代表作《赛博宣言:1980年代的科学、技术以及社会主义女性主义》。本杰明•布拉顿,美国哲学家,横跨哲学、媒介、建筑设计与计算机科学,代表作《堆栈:软件与主权》。罗西•布拉伊多蒂,意大利哲学家,代表作《后人类》。

3. “人类世”原是一个地质学术语,意指全新世之后的新地质时代,由大气化学家保罗•可鲁岑(Paul Crutzen)2000年提出。随着科技突飞猛进和生态危机愈发严重,“人类世”成为一个融合地质、环境、文学、艺术、生态批评等知识领域的概念框架。参见克里米•戴维斯(2016/2021)。《人类世的诞生》(张振译)。北京:生活•读书•新知三联书店。

4. “全景”(panorama)在19世纪广受欢迎,胡塔莫认为,移动全景不是边沁-福柯意义上圆形全景的简单衍生,而是一种讲故事的装置,一种“屏幕实践”,强调作为流动媒介的移动全景以及它对观众观看模式的依赖,鼓励观众在受控环境中移动和调整他们的视角,旨在向观众传递不断变化的全景体验。他注重挖掘19世纪移动全景的物质和历史特性。参见Huhtamo, E. (2013). Illusions in motion: media archaeology of the moving panorama and related spectacles. MIT Press.

Funding

major project of the Ministry of Education “Research on Internet Communication Patterns and Communication capacity Building in China”(17JJD860003)
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