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Brief note on New Media, Old Media: A History and Theory Reader by Wendy Hui Kyong Chun
New Media, Old Media: A History and Theory Reader by Wendy Hui Kyong Chun My rating: 5 of 5 stars This is probably one of the best/most substantive readers in... Read more
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Mini review: Anthropology Beyond Culture (Wenner Gren International Symposium Series) by Barbara J. King (Editor)
Anthropology Beyond Culture by Barbara J. King My rating: 2 of 5 stars I have encountered the culture debate through the Writing Culture tradition. Later I was excitedly reading Ferguson/Gupta... Read more
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Mini review: “You Talkin’ To Me?
You Talkin’ To Me? by Sam Leith My rating: 4 of 5 stars Easy read. Refreshes the very basics of rhetoric. It is a good idea to provide portrayals of... Read more
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Once upon a time, here are some technological expectations in early 1990s…
From The New Media Theory Reader, 39-40 A basic development in the very near future is the merger of computers and telecommunications (Bradley et al., 1993; Scientific American Special Issue,... Read more
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More new novels from Erkan’s favorite authors…
view book The Corn Maiden and Other Nightmares by Joyce Carol Oates Release Date: November 1 “The Corn Maiden” is the gut-wrenching story of Marissa, a beautiful and sweet, but somewhat... Read more
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Erkan’ın da katkısının bulunduğu taptaze: “Katılımın E-hali:Gençliğin Sanal Hali”
Valla ne yazdığımı bile unuttum, kitabın çıkması biraz zaman aldı ama sonunda elimizde… Dostum Aslı Telli Aydemir’in eline aklına sağlık, o olmasa ne benim yazım girerdi bu derlemeye ne de... Read more
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Mark Hansen’s “New philosophy for new media”
Mark Hansen’s New philosophy for new media is one of the enlightening books I have recently read on new media. I am not too knowledgeable on digital art and thus... Read more
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Mette Hjort, Scott MacKenzie’s edited volume: “Cinema and Nation”
One of the free readings books I am on. I am not working on these issues right now but i like to read about them. So this fits just fine.... Read more
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Suggested reading: Cihan Tuğal’s Passive Revolution
I have recently finished reading Cihan Tugal’s Passive Revolution: Absorbing the Islamic Challenge to Capitalism. I have met Cihan when he was doing his fieldwork for the research for this... Read more
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Two books for the history of internet
One is a “proper” one with a very nice language: A History of the Internet and the Digital Future by Johnny Ryan. Especially the early histories parts are informative and... Read more
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The Finkler Question by Howard Jacobson
I have recently finished reading The Finkler Question. A stream of consciousness that focuses on being a Jew in contemporary UK. I was not particularly interested in the subject matter... Read more
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Yochai Benkler: The Wealth of Networks: How Social Production Transforms Markets and Freedom
The Wealth of Networks: How Social Production Transforms Markets and Freedom Yochai Benkler This book has become another key work in my cyberculture readings. Prof. Benkler provides an exhaustive presentation... Read more
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China Miéville’s The City & The City
photo via Recently I have been struggling with very long novels with no rapid narratives or any narratives at all. China Miéville’s The City & The City provided me the... Read more
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Erkan has his first book published!
Blaming Others This is basically my master thesis. I had finished this just before i flew to Houston to start my PhD. In a more traditional sense this is much... Read more
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Erkan recommends three books, Coetzee’s Summertime and two more..
I would like to mention three books I have recently read and liked. J.M. Coetzee is no new to me and I am his fan since I have read Disgrace:... Read more
