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Bernard Geoghegan, “Learning to Code: From Information Theory to French Theory”

MIT Comparative Media Studies/Writing

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The Importance of Cultural Analytics in the History of Technical Media

Human scientists like Mead, Bateson and Jakobson occupy a privilege placed in the archeology of analytics. Their ability to conjoin cultures and spaces such as Bali complicates notion of two cultures. "Cultural theory itself is not an abstract way of explaining culture," he says.

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