Aesthetics of universal knowledge

Born out of a major international dialogue held at the Fondazione Giorgio Cini in Venice, Italy, this collection of essays presents innovative and provocative arguments about the claims of universal knowledge schemes and the different aesthetic and material forms in which such claims have been made...

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Other Authors: Schaffer, Simon ; Tresch, John ; Gagliardi, Pasquale
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Language:English
Published: Palgrave Macmillan 2020
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spelling oai:112.137.131.14:VNU_123-875052020-10-14T03:56:26Z Aesthetics of universal knowledge Schaffer, Simon ; Tresch, John ; Gagliardi, Pasquale Museum techniques -- Philosophy; Aesthetics ; Museum techniques -- Philosophy 701.17 Born out of a major international dialogue held at the Fondazione Giorgio Cini in Venice, Italy, this collection of essays presents innovative and provocative arguments about the claims of universal knowledge schemes and the different aesthetic and material forms in which such claims have been made and executed. Contributors take a close look at everything from religious pilgrimages, museums, and maps of the world, to search engines and automated GPS.Current obsessions in information technology, communications theory, and digital culture often concern the value and possibility of a grand accumulation of universally accessible forms of knowledge: total libraries, open data bases, ubiquitous computing, and 'smart' technologies. These obsessions have important social and philosophical origins, and they raise profound questions about the very nature of knowledge and its organization. This volume's contributors draw on the histories of maps and of encyclopedias, worldviews and visionary collections, to make sense of the crucial relation between the way the world is known and how it might be displayed and transformed. 2020-05-14T02:21:43Z 2020-05-14T02:21:43Z 2017 Book 9783319425955 http://repository.vnu.edu.vn/handle/VNU_123/87505 en © Fondazione Giorgio Cini onlus 2017 280 p. application/pdf Palgrave Macmillan
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Aesthetics of universal knowledge
description Born out of a major international dialogue held at the Fondazione Giorgio Cini in Venice, Italy, this collection of essays presents innovative and provocative arguments about the claims of universal knowledge schemes and the different aesthetic and material forms in which such claims have been made and executed. Contributors take a close look at everything from religious pilgrimages, museums, and maps of the world, to search engines and automated GPS.Current obsessions in information technology, communications theory, and digital culture often concern the value and possibility of a grand accumulation of universally accessible forms of knowledge: total libraries, open data bases, ubiquitous computing, and 'smart' technologies. These obsessions have important social and philosophical origins, and they raise profound questions about the very nature of knowledge and its organization. This volume's contributors draw on the histories of maps and of encyclopedias, worldviews and visionary collections, to make sense of the crucial relation between the way the world is known and how it might be displayed and transformed.
author2 Schaffer, Simon ; Tresch, John ; Gagliardi, Pasquale
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title Aesthetics of universal knowledge
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