While these currents may differ in disciplinary lineage, they converge in the belief that there is no transcendent meaning or informational. Discourse networks and friedrich kittler s theory of media materialism. This discussion will hopefully reveal what a discourse theoretical study can contribute to academia and society, and what kind of knowledge this tradition necessarily fails to grasp. Architectural infrastructures and cultural techniques. Like foucault, kittler diagnosed the present through what he called discourse analysis the excavation of the underlying structure of human practices. Readings introduction to literary theory literature. Stanford university press, 1990 further reference bernhard siegert, relays. Oct 21, 2011 like foucault, kittler diagnosed the present through what he called discourse analysis the excavation of the underlying structure of human practices.
All of these subsystems, in their specific dispersion and paths of connection, are. Pdf silicon sociology, or, two kings on hegels throne. And because the study of discourse manifests itself in virtually all. Kittler has his own idiosyncratic and original notions of letters alphabetical, writing and drugs derridas pharmakondissemination, desemennation, data storage, hermeneutics, translation, and the archive the last term seemingly indebted to foucaults the. Suggestions toward some discourseanalytic approaches to text. Geoffrey winthropyoung and michael wutz stanford, ca. Gramophone, film, typewriter is, among other things, a continuation as well as a detailed elaboration of the second part of the authors discourse networks. His work spans analyses of historical discourse networks inspired by french poststructuralism, influential theorizations of new media, through to musings on music and mathematics. The 1900 section argues that the new discourse network in which literature is situated in the modern period is characterized by new technological media film, the photograph, and the. Download citation digital humanities and aesthetic autonomy.
Kittlers work from the 1980s onwards, and in particular discourse networks. Apart from his book gramophone, film, typewriter, kittler is best known for a work called aufschreibsysteme 1800, translated into english as discourse networks, in which he presents a reading of german romantic poetry as the consequence of new media technologies, notably the widespread alphabetization undertaken by prussian school reform. Buy discourse networks, 18001900 reprint by kittler, friedrich isbn. The concept has become vague, either meaning almost nothing, or being used with more precise, but rather different, meanings in different contexts. The role of the development of discourse markers in a theory o. Kittler s premises are that literature is a form of data processing, storage, and transmission, and that writing is a channel of information transmitted through a discourse network of institutions, such as schools. Friedrich adolf kittler was born in in rochlitz in saxony.
Notes 5 pdf notes on extract from elementary structures notes 6 pdf notes on structure, sign and play. The role of the development of discourse markers in a theory of grammaticalization elizabeth c. Social media networks and the discourse of resistance. The fact that the modernism section of discourse networks is more international in its range than the first section derives from the nature or nonnature of the modernist discourse network it describes. With books such as discourse networks and gramophone, film, typewriter and the collection literature, media, information systems, friedrich kittler has established himself as one of the worlds most influential media theorists. Gramophone, film, typewriter is, among other things, a continuation as well as a detailed elaboration of the second part of the authors discourse networks, 18001900 stanford, 1990. Kittler notes that foucault ended his archaeology of discourse around 1850, just before things got going with the second industrial revolution and the expansion of media technologiestypewriter, gramophone, and film each contributing to a medial turn foucault does not. Kittler s linking of media with the technique of time axis manipulation. This is a highly original book about the connections b. Kittlers discussion of learning to read in his discourse networks 18001900 1990.
These aspects of the romantic discourse network are described in great detail in kittlers study. At the zurich seminar symposium coorganizer moritz gleich used the phrase processual research to characterize a mode of inquiry that shifts from discourse analysis to discursive techniques. Sidner attention, intentions, and the structure of discourse the theory is a further development and integration of two lines of research. The discourse analytical theory that forms the background of this study presupposes, but also extends, my earlier work on discourse e. Discourse networks 1800 1900 hermeneutics discourse. The main aim of this paper is to discuss the role of qualitative interviews in discourse theoretical studies. Friedrich kittler is one of the leading figures in german media theory today. Cover of discourse networks, by friedrich kittler translated by friedrich kittler translated by michael metteer, with chris cullens foreword by. Literature as an epoch of the postal system, trans. Optical media berlin lectures 1999 polity 2012 see other formats. Trivia about discourse network kittler sees an autonomy in technology and therefore disagrees with marshall mcluhans reading of the media as extensions of man. Datadriven investigations at the discourse, data drives our storytelling. Friedrich kittler, discourse networks, 18001900 monoskop.
Zhang yuchen is a phd student at the school of journalism, fudan university. The literary project envisioned by derrida is one taken up in large measure by friedrich kittler in discourse networks 18001900. Kittler has his own idiosyncratic and original notions of letters alphabetical, writing and drugs derridas pharmakondissemination, desemennation, data storage, hermeneutics, translation, and the archive the last term seemingly indebted to foucaults the archaeology of knowledge vintage. We want to leverage data responsibly, using it to tell meaningful stories by incorporating it throughout the entire reporting process. He is currently the chair of the department of germanic studies and holds the leroy t. However, the focus of the interview is on the core concepts of discourse networks, the militaryindustrial complex, and technology, arguably the three central themes of kittler s work to date. Discourse networks is, imo, kittlers, most subtle, original, and difficult book. The afterlife of friedrich kittlers discourse networks the cresting wave of digital humanities. What people know about each other and the world cultural knowledge, interpersonal knowledge, knowledge. In scientific texts and debates, it is used indiscriminately, often without being defined. Kittler and the media offers students of media theory an introduction to kittler s basic ideas.
Discourse networks 1800 1900 is like a technologyfocused sequel to foucaults the order of things. Discourse networks 1800 1900 free ebook download as pdf file. That is, continuing my recent work on news discourse. Indeed it is characteristic of manual writing under normal circum. They follow the logic of escalation that leaves a written history behind it. His family fled with him to west germany in 1958, where from 1958 to 1963 he went to a natural sciences and modern languages gymnasium in lahr in the black forest, and thereafter, until 1972, he studied german studies, romance philology and philosophy at the albert ludwigs university of freiburg in freiburg im breisgau. This is a discourse that deliberately unsettles culturebased studies through analyses that ask what media do for and within culture. Discourse networks, 18001900 friedrich kittler translated. Translation and materiality the paradox of visible translation christine mitchell recent currents in the study of culture and communication have grappled with materiality and language. Kittler friedrich gramophone film typewriter discourse. The term discourse network 2000 refers to friedrich kittlers aufschreibesystem 1800 en 1900.
Among the writers and works kittler analyzes in addition to goethes faust are schlegel, hegel, e. A sociolinguistic cda of biafra online discourses article pdf available in discourse and society 233. Discourse networks is, imo, kittler s, most subtle, original, and difficult book. The section argues that the new discourse network in which literature is situated in the modern period is characterized by new technological media film, the photograph, and the typewritten page and the crisis that these caused for literary production. Discourse networks 18001900 is like a technologyfocused sequel to foucaults the order of things.
Kittler s discussion of learning to read in his discourse networks 18001900 1990, and particularly his history of the university as a changing media system in universities. For kittler the university is a media system the canadian journal. Poststructuralism is particularly concerned with the role of language and discourse in the construction of social reality. Although debates carry on regarding the relative in. In 2020 he was elected to the american philosophical society. Kittler notes that foucault ended his archaeology of.
Discourse analysis can, naturally, mean analysis of discourse in any of the above senses of the term. Pdf social media networks and the discourse of resistance. The 1900 section argues that the new discourse network in which literature is situated in the modern period is characterized by new technological media film, the photograph, and the typewritten page and the crisis that these caused for literary production. Friedrich adolf kittler was born in 1943 in rochlitz in saxony. Discourse explains the relevant theory and applies it to classroom activities designed to improve students discourse skills. Because hard stuff to read likes to make think that you feel better about you. Luhmann and the posthuman merger of german media theory. Kittler, luhmann, and the posthuman merger of german media theory article pdf available in the yale journal of criticism 2. Friedrich adolf kittler sa nascut in 1943 in localitatea rochlitz din saxonia.
By default, discourse will send email from the hostname you configured discourse with. Following widdowson, we use discourse to refer to the pretextual process of thinking and text to the surface manifestation of the discourse process. Jan 18, 2014 kittler, discourse networks kittler, friedrich. He is also one of the most controversial and misunderstood. The role of qualitative interviews in discourse theory. His historical study of media becomes the heir of discourse analysis, but only in. Introduction discourse markers expressions like well, but, oh and yknow are one set of linguistic items that function in discourses of various styles or registers. Media studies, as kittler conceived it, meant reflecting on how books operate as films, poetry as computer science, and music as military equipment. At one point kittler cites the dissertation of the postal inspector and expressionist poet august stramm on the empirical law of the. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Friedrich kittlers book discourse networks, 18001900 is particularly propitious.
While dissolving, the bodys limits literally delaminate into the multiple surfaces and interfa ces of cyberspace. Kittler, luhmann and the posthuman merger of german media theory, yale. What people know about what they can see around them physical, social, linguistic. Kittler now by stephen sale overdrive rakuten overdrive. Kittlers theory shies away from the frankfurt school and hermeneutics of gadamer and. Wellbery born 1947 is an american professor of german studies at the university of chicago. Discourse analysis the study of spoken and written language in its social and psychological context can provide important insights for the language teacher. Bruce fraser school of education, boston university, 605 commonwealth avenue, boston, ma 02215, usa abstract this paper is an attempt to clarify the status of discourse markers. Kittler notes that foucault ended his archaeology of discourse around 1850, just before things got going with the second industrial revolution and the expansion of media technologiestypewriter, gramophone, and film each contributing to a medial turn foucault does not address. Hoffmanns golden pot see kittler, discourse networks. Kittler s discourse networks have occasionally been described as foucauldian epistemes transferred onto technological ground. Traugott department of linguistics, stanford university, ca 943052150, u. Friedrich kittler translated by michael metteer, with chris cullens foreword by david e. Eliots the waste land, the gramophone, and the modernist discourse network juan a.
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