DIY (Do-It-Yourself) Electronics, Coin-operated Relic Boxes and Techno-animist Shrines
Date
Authors
Supervisor
Item type
Journal Article
Degree name
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
The MIT Press
Abstract
The author uses creative practice and DIY electronics as the vehicle for a practice-led inquiry into the similarities between techno-animism and material agency. Combining technology with aspects of magic and religion, techno-animism is an emerging concept in postmodern anthropology used to discuss the sentient agency of objects and materials within the context of modern technological societies. This combination of seemingly disparate fields of knowledge is the basis of a postdisciplinary research into creative practices, attitudes and ethos using a series of artifacts that visualize the ideas of techno-animism, made by the author over a period of 30 years.Description
Keywords
Source
Leonardo 2021; 54 (5): 500–505. doi: https://doi.org/10.1162/leon_a_01913
Rights statement
© 2021 The MIT Press. Post-publication of final, reviewed, revised, typeset article in a MIT Press journal: After the journal-specific embargo period (6 months), authors may archive the final version of record of their article.