Description:
With the pervasive digitalization of communication and information devices in society, actual technologies are increasingly disappearing behind their user-oriented surfaces and manifest content. This book argues for a media engagement that instead stays close to the mechanism and becomes conscious of its knowledge value in real time.
Brief description:
Wolfgang Ernst was full professor for Media Theories at Humboldt University in Berlin until his retirement in autumn 2024, where he founded the seminar for Media Science. He received his doctorate in history, then focused on media studies and cultural studies. Since his research turn towards media archaeology, he has devoted his writings and teaching primarily to theories of the archive, media temporalities and sonic media processes. He is currently exploring the intra-technical technológos of cultural knowledge.