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  • Article
    An Early Future of the Internet
    Schröter, Jens (2023) , S. 80-92
    The essay on "early Internet futures" reconstructs an episode from the early history of what later would be called "the Internet". It shows which socio-technical imaginations in the early developments at the (D)ARPA Information Processing Techniques Office existed. Two of the most influential ideas will be focused: Firstly, J.C.R. Lickliders early concept of an "intergalactic network" which evolved into, secondly, into his (and Robert Taylor's) famous paper on the computer as a communication device. This shows how new technological developments are connected to socio-technical imaginaries from the very beginning.
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    On (Techno-)Imagination, Schemata and Media – Preliminary Remarks
    Ernst, Christoph (2023) , S. 18-28
    The text deals with the connection between imagination and media by focusing on the notion of 'techno-imagination'. The problem of the 'schema' is identified as the connecting element between classical theories of imagination and media theory. In an essayistic passage through arguments by Immanuel Kant, Charles S. Peirce, and Cornelius Castoriadis, three different approaches to the relationship between imagination and schema are discussed and then related to Vilém Flusser's notion of techno-imagination. The text concludes with an exposition of further research questions. It is argued that for a contemporary theory of 'media imagination', the relationship between the constitution of semiotic representation and computer-based media-synthetization needs to be analyzed.