
Animal Internet
Nature and the Digital Revolution
Alexander Pschera(Author)
New Vessel Press
Published on 28. April 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
130 pages
978-1-939931-33-7 (ISBN)
Description
A bold and surprising exploration of how a new digital revolution will transform human ties with the natural world.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
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Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
8 Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 200 mm
Width: 136 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
263 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-939931-33-7 (9781939931337)
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03/2016
New Vessel Press
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Persons
Alexander Pschera, born in 1964, has published several books on the Internet and media. He studied German, music and philosophy at Heidelberg University. He lives near Munich where he writes for the German magazine Cicero as well as for German radio.
Elisabeth Lauffer is the recipient of the 2014 Gutekunst Translation Prize. After graduating from Wesleyan University she lived in Berlin and then obtained a master’s in education from Harvard. She now lives in Vermont, where she is the Assistant Director of the Middlebury-Monterey Language Academy.
Elisabeth Lauffer is the recipient of the 2014 Gutekunst Translation Prize. After graduating from Wesleyan University she lived in Berlin and then obtained a master’s in education from Harvard. She now lives in Vermont, where she is the Assistant Director of the Middlebury-Monterey Language Academy.
Content
- Table of Contents
- Foreword
Martin Wikelski, Director, Max Planck Institute for Ornithology
- Introduction: Why Today's Little Red Riding Hood Has a Smartphone in Her Basket
An Old Story in a New Light
- Why We Are Now Nothing More Than Beautiful Souls
In the Labyrinth of a Postmodern Awareness of Nature
- Why We Know Whether a Swallow is Frightened in a Storm
What Really Happens on the Animal Internet
- Why We Should Care If a Frog Wanders Around in China
The New Generation of Working Animals
- Why Alexander von Humboldt Hasn't Logged Off Yet...
The People Behind the Animal Internet
- ... and Why "Problem Bear" Bruno Might Still Be Alive Today
On New Forms of Coexistence
- Why Technology is Not All Bad, and Nature Not All Good
Data Protection for Animals and the Positive Sides of Transparency
- Why Animals Were Always Friends of Humans
A Little Story of Empathy
- Why the Internet is Crawling with Cats
The Internet as a Shared Space of Being
- Why After Nature, Nature Will Still Exist
Humans and Animals in the Anthropocene
- Acknowledgements
- Notes
- Bibliography