Description: The time we spend on screens is draining more from us than mere hours in the day. Uncontained explores Hassan's personal journey to break free of the "digital prison", and to reflect and reconnect with the lived experience of time.
Brief description: Professor Robert Hassan researches and teaches in the Media and Communications program at the University of Melbourne. Uncontained is a must-read for anyone who feels the encroachment of the digital on their inner world.
Review Quotes:
'Immensely readable, interesting and funny ... Hassan's theoretical insights on technology and its consequences for our perception of time are important and relevant to anyone (which is everyone) living in our digital age.'
-Jeremy George, 'What we're reading', Readings
'A real-world adventure, and a deft combination of ethnography, memoir and scholarship lightly applied... ' Professor Stephen Muecke FAHA, University of Adelaide.