Frictions Inquiries into Cybernetic Thinking and Its Attempts towards Mate[real]ization

• Main Authors: Cretu, Andrei, Ernst, Wolfgang, Fischer, Thomas, von Herrmann, Hans-Christian, Höltgen, Stefan, Nohr, Rolf F, Schauerte, Eva, Schrickel, Isabell, Vehlken, Sebastian
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Lüneburg meson press 2023
• Subjects: Book Industry Communication; cybernetics; Cybernetics & systems theory; Information theory; media archaeology; media history; Media studies; media theory; Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects; Research & information: general; Society & culture: general; Society & social sciences; systems research

Frictions is a collective invitation to embrace the space of difference that both connects and separates techno-scientific discourses from their actual implementations—or even, from their non-implementations. Through a series of case studies focused on cybernetics, systems research, and some of thei...