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Parker, Martin (2008) Memories of the space age. Information, Communication and Society, Vol.11 (No.6). pp. 846-860. doi:10.1080/13691180802010667 ISSN 1369-118X.
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Abstract
n this article the mundanity of contemporary cyberspace will be contrasted with the technological sublime of the space programme, now almost 40 years ago. Using some short stories from J. G. Ballard, I explore the idea that contemporary forms of 'space', usually prefigured as 'cyber' or 'virtual', are insular and privatized in comparison to Apollo. To a certain extent, this contraction of ambition can also be witnessed in contemporary cyberpunk science fiction, and in the combination of capitalist and conspiratorial narratives about space. Though there are many ways in which the space race might be deemed politically suspect, it represents a triumph of a modernist concatenation of progress, technology and organization. In contrast to the introverted couches of the virtual, the sublime space between the stars might suggest a much more expansive relationship between technology and the human.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > Industrial Relations & Organisational Behaviour Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School |
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Journal or Publication Title: | Information, Communication and Society | ||||
Publisher: | Routledge | ||||
ISSN: | 1369-118X | ||||
Official Date: | 2008 | ||||
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Volume: | Vol.11 | ||||
Number: | No.6 | ||||
Number of Pages: | 15 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 846-860 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1080/13691180802010667 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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