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#Cycles: On circularity and recursivity in media culture

Author(s): Pape, Toni

Abstract

This introduction provides three brief conceptual frames for the special section #Cycles: matter, history, and control. A first section on ‘cycles of matter’ problematises recycling discourse and its implications. The second section on ‘cycles of history’ revisits cyclical concepts of history and their contemporary re-evaluation to think about cyclical modes of (over)production. Finally, the section on ‘cycles of control’ briefly discusses cybernetic theories of feedback loops. It addresses how systemic processes of corrective feedback loops can lead to so-called cybernetic subjectivities. Each section highlights the contributions that speak to the respective conceptual frame. All contributions to the special section and audiovisual essay section are briefly introduced in the final two sections.

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Pape, Toni: #Cycles: On circularity and recursivity in media culture. In: NECSUS_European Journal of Media Studies, Jg. 12 (2023), Nr. 2, S. 3-15. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.25969/mediarep/21707.
@ARTICLE{Pape2023,
 author = {Pape, Toni},
 title = {#Cycles: On circularity and recursivity in media culture},
 year = 2023,
 doi = "\url{http://dx.doi.org/10.25969/mediarep/21707}",
 volume = 12,
 address = {Marburg},
 journal = {NECSUS_European Journal of Media Studies},
 number = 2,
 pages = {3--15},
}
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