On Black Media Philosophy
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2022
University of California Press (Verlag)
978-0-520-35580-4 (ISBN)
University of California Press (Verlag)
978-0-520-35580-4 (ISBN)
Who is the human in media philosophy? Although media philosophers have argued since the twentieth century that media are fundamental to being human, this question has not been explicitly asked and answered in the field.
Armond R. Towns demonstrates that humanity in media philosophy has implicitly referred to a social Darwinian understanding of the human as a Western, white, male, capitalist figure. Building on concepts from Black studies and cultural studies, Towns develops an insightful critique of this dominant conception of the human in media philosophy and introduces a foundation for Black media philosophy.
Delving into the narratives of the Underground Railroad, the politics of the Black Panther Party, and the digitization of Michael Brown’s killing, On Black Media Philosophy deftly illustrates that media are not only important for Western Humanity but central to alternative Black epistemologies and other ways of being human.
Armond R. Towns demonstrates that humanity in media philosophy has implicitly referred to a social Darwinian understanding of the human as a Western, white, male, capitalist figure. Building on concepts from Black studies and cultural studies, Towns develops an insightful critique of this dominant conception of the human in media philosophy and introduces a foundation for Black media philosophy.
Delving into the narratives of the Underground Railroad, the politics of the Black Panther Party, and the digitization of Michael Brown’s killing, On Black Media Philosophy deftly illustrates that media are not only important for Western Humanity but central to alternative Black epistemologies and other ways of being human.
Armond R. Towns is an Associate Professor of Communication and Media Studies at Carleton University in Ottawa.
Contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction. The Medium Is the Message, Revisited:
Media and Black Epistemologies
1. Technological Darwinism
2. Black Escapism on the Underground (Black) Anthropocene
3. Toward a Theory of Intercommunal Media
4. Black “Matter” Lives: Michael Brown and Digital Afterlives
Conclusion. The Reparations of the Earth
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Erscheinungsdatum | 23.03.2022 |
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Reihe/Serie | Environmental Communication, Power, and Culture ; 2 |
Zusatzinfo | 4 b-w art |
Verlagsort | Berkerley |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
Gewicht | 363 g |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
ISBN-10 | 0-520-35580-6 / 0520355806 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-520-35580-4 / 9780520355804 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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