Abstract
The long history of human biological and cultural co-evolution has been, in its entirety, a history of the composition between the human and the non-human, a history of interactions and media- tions between the physical, biological, technological and symbolic dimensions of existence.The full recognition of this reality dictates the need for an extended ecological thinking that also imposes on the humanities. Their contribution to a general ecology is, in fact, crucial, as the latter cannot do without a critique of the Anthropos’s spiritual and cognitive primordiality and his exter- nalization in modes of perceiving, thinking and acting upon the world. Media studies have been central to this critique and to the post-human epistemology that emerged, in particular, through digital culture. Ecological thinking thus requires a cognitive ecol- ogy which, in turn, constitutes itself as a critique of mediation, increasingly necessary, as both cognition and existence are now permeated by informationalization, computation and algorithmic governance, forming a planetary scale digital environment.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings of the European Humanities Conference, 5-7 May 2021 |
Editors | Luiz Oosterbeek, Braidotti Rosi, Henrique Leitão, Rosário Costa |
Place of Publication | Mação |
Publisher | Instituto Terra e Memória |
Chapter | I |
Pages | 137-186 |
Number of pages | 18 |
Volume | 56 |
ISBN (Print) | 978-989-35056-0-1 |
Publication status | Published - 2023 |
Event | European Humanities Conference 2021 - F.C.Gulbenkian, Lisboa, Portugal Duration: 5 May 2021 → 7 May 2021 http://europeanhumanities2021.ipt.pt/ |
Publication series
Name | ARKEOS – Perspetivas em Diálogo |
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Volume | 56 |
Conference
Conference | European Humanities Conference 2021 |
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Abbreviated title | EHC 2021 |
Country/Territory | Portugal |
City | Lisboa |
Period | 5/05/21 → 7/05/21 |
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Keywords
- Digital Ecology
- Cognition
- Humanities