Digital Anthropology
London: Berg (2012), x, 316 pp.
Contains index
ISBN 9780857852908 (pbk); 9780857852939 (ebook)
Other editions: 2nd ed. 2021, edited b y Haidy Geismar, Hannah Knox
Signature commbox: 70-Use-E 2012
"This book brings together several key anthropologists working with digital culture to demonstrate just how productive an anthropological approach to the digital has already become. Through a range of case studies from Facebook to Second Life to Google Earth, Digital Anthropology explores how human and digital can be defined in relation to one another, from avatars and disability; cultural differences in how we use social networking sites or practise religion; the practical consequences of the digital for politics, museums, design, space and development to new online world and gaming communities. The book also explores the moral universe of the digital, from new anxieties to open-source ideals. Digital Anthropology reveals how only the intense scrutiny of ethnography can overturn assumptions about the impact of digital culture and reveal its profound consequences for everyday life." (Publisher description)
A. INTRODUCTION
1 The Digital and The Human / Daniel Miller and Heather A. Horst, 3
B. POSITIONING DIGITAL ANTHROPOLOGY
2 Rethinking 'Digital' Anthropology / Tom Boellstorff, 39
3 New Media Technologies in Everyday Life / Heather A. Horst, 61
4 Geomedia: the Reassertion of Space Within Digital Culture / Lane DeNicola, 80
C. SOCIALISING DIGITAL ANTHROPOLOGY
5 Disability in the Digital Age / Faye Ginsburg, 101
6 Approaches to Personal Communication / Stefana Broadbent, 127
7 Social Networking Sites / Daniel Miller, 146
D. POLITICISING DIGITAL ANTHROPOLOGY
8 Digital Politics and Political Engagement / John Postill, 165
9 Free Software and the Politics of Sharing / Jelena Karanovic, 185
10 Diverse Digital Worlds / Bart Barendregt, 203
11 Digital Engagement: Voice and Participation in Development / Jo Tacchi, 225
E. DESIGNING DIGITAL ANTHROPOLOGY
12 Digital Anthropology in Design Anthropology / Adam Drazin, 245
13 Museum Digital = ? / Haidy Geismar, 266
14 Digital Gaming, Game Design, and its Precursors / Thomas Malaby, 288
1 The Digital and The Human / Daniel Miller and Heather A. Horst, 3
B. POSITIONING DIGITAL ANTHROPOLOGY
2 Rethinking 'Digital' Anthropology / Tom Boellstorff, 39
3 New Media Technologies in Everyday Life / Heather A. Horst, 61
4 Geomedia: the Reassertion of Space Within Digital Culture / Lane DeNicola, 80
C. SOCIALISING DIGITAL ANTHROPOLOGY
5 Disability in the Digital Age / Faye Ginsburg, 101
6 Approaches to Personal Communication / Stefana Broadbent, 127
7 Social Networking Sites / Daniel Miller, 146
D. POLITICISING DIGITAL ANTHROPOLOGY
8 Digital Politics and Political Engagement / John Postill, 165
9 Free Software and the Politics of Sharing / Jelena Karanovic, 185
10 Diverse Digital Worlds / Bart Barendregt, 203
11 Digital Engagement: Voice and Participation in Development / Jo Tacchi, 225
E. DESIGNING DIGITAL ANTHROPOLOGY
12 Digital Anthropology in Design Anthropology / Adam Drazin, 245
13 Museum Digital = ? / Haidy Geismar, 266
14 Digital Gaming, Game Design, and its Precursors / Thomas Malaby, 288
