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THE SPECTACULAR ANTHROPOCENE

THE SPECTACULAR ANTHROPOCENE AbstractGeologists propose the term Anthropocene to reflect the dramatic changes that humans have made to the planet. While scientists pursue the reality of our current epoch, technology and media create an increasingly spectacular narrative surrounding environmental events. I look to critiques from Guy Debord and other media theorists as well as Patrick Modiano’s In the Café of Lost Youth to outline modes of détournement and resistance to an increasingly mediated world. Contemporary environmental aesthetics must face the challenge of critiquing technological immersion even while making use of these very same technologies to reveal material and affective connections between humans and the environment. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Angelaki: Journal of Theoretical Humanities Taylor & Francis

THE SPECTACULAR ANTHROPOCENE

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THE SPECTACULAR ANTHROPOCENE

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AbstractGeologists propose the term Anthropocene to reflect the dramatic changes that humans have made to the planet. While scientists pursue the reality of our current epoch, technology and media create an increasingly spectacular narrative surrounding environmental events. I look to critiques from Guy Debord and other media theorists as well as Patrick Modiano’s In the Café of Lost Youth to outline modes of détournement and resistance to an increasingly mediated world....
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Taylor & Francis
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© 2017 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group
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1469-2899
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0969-725X
DOI
10.1080/0969725X.2017.1406044
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Abstract

AbstractGeologists propose the term Anthropocene to reflect the dramatic changes that humans have made to the planet. While scientists pursue the reality of our current epoch, technology and media create an increasingly spectacular narrative surrounding environmental events. I look to critiques from Guy Debord and other media theorists as well as Patrick Modiano’s In the Café of Lost Youth to outline modes of détournement and resistance to an increasingly mediated world. Contemporary environmental aesthetics must face the challenge of critiquing technological immersion even while making use of these very same technologies to reveal material and affective connections between humans and the environment.

Journal

Angelaki: Journal of Theoretical Humanities – Taylor & Francis

Published: Oct 2, 2017

Keywords: environmental aesthetics; Situationist International; Patrick Modiano; virtual reality; media theory

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