The Digital Age and Its Transformations

• Main Author: Pertierra, Raul
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2020
• Subjects: algorithms; anthropocene; disinformation; locutionary; mundanity; simulacrum; technologically mediated relationships; total awareness society; umwelt
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/socialtransformations/vol8/iss1/3; https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/socialtransformations/article/1139/viewcontent/ST_208.1_203_20Article_20__20Pertierra.pdf
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

This paper explores the significance of digital technology in the contemporary world. After briefly discussing the effects of earlier technologies on everyday life, the paper assesses the consequences of interacting in a world where virtuality and simulacra often replace the real. Anthropology as a...