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Bernard D. Geoghegan, "Code: From Information Theory to French Theory" (Duke UP, 2023)

New Books in Communications

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What Is the Role of the Colonial Establishment in Creating This Series?

The cybernetics group started taking shape in the early 40s, largely in connection with Margaret Mead and Gregory Bates. They really approached their research in sites like Bali as if it wore a kind of big data exercise. Their interest in weird interdisciplinary media driven research came out of colloidal ethnography where they thought techniques like film, egg magnetic recording could help explain cultural systems.

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