MIT Comparative Media Studies/Writing

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

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Apr 9, 2023
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1
Introduction
00:00 • 3min
2
The History of Cybernetics
02:45 • 5min
3
The Intertwining Legacies of Informatics and Cultural Theory
07:57 • 6min
4
The History of Relationships
13:40 • 1min
5
The Different Milleus
14:56 • 2min
6
The Geotechnical Conjunctions of the World
16:41 • 6min
7
The History of the Macy Conferences on Cybernetics
22:41 • 3min
8
The History of Cybernetics
25:17 • 3min
9
The History of Technocracy
28:23 • 6min
10
The Rise and Fall of Roman Jakobson
34:13 • 6min
11
Lacan and the Rise of the Sciences of Man
39:49 • 3min
12
The Politics of Structuralism in France
42:54 • 4min
13
The History of Social Networks
46:29 • 2min
14
The Importance of Cultural Analytics in the History of Technical Media
48:25 • 3min
15
The Tension Between Coding and Decoding
51:41 • 3min
16
The Levi-Shaus Concept of Codes and Systems
54:38 • 3min
17
The History of Changing Optimism
57:44 • 4min
18
The History of Media Technology in the United States
01:01:21 • 2min
19
The History of Cybernetics
01:03:17 • 5min
20
Optimism and the Complexity of the Problem
01:08:29 • 2min
21
The Politics of Culture
01:10:57 • 3min
22
The Role of Network Mapping in Sociology
01:13:30 • 5min