Ecce techno, or, suiting the biomechanical platform: Immersion and contemporary embodiment

Cranny-Francis, A

Ecce techno, or, suiting the biomechanical platform: Immersion and contemporary embodiment

Cranny-Francis, A

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Visual Communication, 2007, 6 (2), pp. 156 - 169
Issue Date:: 2007-01-01

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Field	Value	Language
dc.contributor.author	Cranny-Francis, A https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5747-1183	en_US
dc.date.issued	2007-01-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Visual Communication, 2007, 6 (2), pp. 156 - 169	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1470-3572	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/14114
dc.description.abstract	This article examines what happens in the experience of embodiment when a person is immersed or clad in technologies designed to redefine the edges and to extend the communicative capabilities of each individual body. The article also analyses how multisensory communications technology is currently challenging contemporary definitions of gender, community and technology. © 2007, Sage Publications. All rights reserved.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Visual Communication	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1177/1470357207077178	en_US
dc.title	Ecce techno, or, suiting the biomechanical platform: Immersion and contemporary embodiment	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	2	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	6	en_US
utslib.for	2002 Cultural Studies	en_US
utslib.for	1203 Design Practice and Management	en_US
utslib.for	2001 Communication and Media Studies	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences/School of Communication
utslib.copyright.status	open_access
pubs.issue	2	en_US
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	6	en_US

Abstract:

This article examines what happens in the experience of embodiment when a person is immersed or clad in technologies designed to redefine the edges and to extend the communicative capabilities of each individual body. The article also analyses how multisensory communications technology is currently challenging contemporary definitions of gender, community and technology. © 2007, Sage Publications. All rights reserved.

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