Othermindedness: The Emergence of Network Culture (Studies in Literature and Science)

{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\froman\fcharset0 Times New Roman;}{\f1\ftech\fcharset0 Symbol;}{\f2\fswiss\fcharset0 Arial;}{\f3\fswiss\fcharset0 Courier New;}{\f4\ftech\fcharset0 Wingdings;}}{\colortbl\red0\green0\blue0;\red0\green0\blue255;\red0\green255\blue255;\red0\green255\blue0;\red255\green0\blue255;\red255\green0\blue0;\red255\green255\blue0;\red255\green255\blue255;\red0\green0\blue128;\red0\green128\blue128;\red0\green128\blue0;\red128\green0\blue128;\red128\green0\blue0;\red128\green128\blue0;\red128\green128\blue128;\red192\green192\blue192;}{\stylesheet{\s1\sa100\sb100 Normal;}{\s2\sbasedon1\snext3 Definition Term;}{\s3\sbasedon1\li360\snext2 Definition List;}{\*\cs4\i1\additive Definition;}{\s5\sbasedon1\sa100\sb100\b1\fs48\kerning36\keepn\snext1\outlinelevel1 H1;}{\s6\sbasedon1\sa100\sb100\fs36\b1\keepn\snext1\outlinelevel2 H2;}{\s7\sbasedon1\sa100\sb100\fs28\b1\keepn\snext1\outlinelevel3 H3;}{\s8\sbasedon1\sa100\sb100\b1\fs24\keepn\snext1\outlinelevel4 H4;}{\s9\sbasedon1\sa100\sb100\fs20\b1\keepn\snext1\outlinelevel5 H5;}{\s10\sbasedon1\sa100\sb100\fs16\b1\keepn\snext1\outlinelevel6 H6;}{\s11\sbasedon1\i1\snext1 Address;}{\s12\sbasedon1\sa100\sb100\li360\ri360 Blockquote;}{\*\cs13\i1\additive CITE;}{\*\cs14\f3\fs20\additive CODE;}{\*\cs15\i1\ulnone\additive Emphasis;}{\*\cs16\cf1\ul\additive Hyperlink;}{\*\cs17\cf11\ul\additive FollowedHyperlink;}{\*\cs18\f3\b1\fs20\additive Keyboard;}{\s19\sbasedon1\f3\sa0\sb0\fs20\tx0\tx959\tx1918\tx2877\tx3836\tx4795\tx5754\tx6713\tx7672\tx8631\tx9590 Preformatted;}{\s20\f2\snext1\shidden\qc\fs16\v1\brdrt\brdrdb\brdrw6\brdrcf0 z-Bottom of Form;}{\s21\f2\snext1\shidden\qc\v1\fs16\brdrb\brdrdb\brdrw6\brdrcf0 z-Top of Form;}{\*\cs22\f3\additive Sample;}{\*\cs23\b1\additive Strong;}{\*\cs24\f3\fs20\additive Typewriter;}{\*\cs25\i1\additive Variable;}{\*\cs26\v1\cf5\additive HTML Markup;}{\*\cs27\v1\additive Comment;}}{\*\listtable{\list{\listname ;}\listid1{\listlevel\levelstartat1\leveljc0\levelnfc0\li720\fi-360{\leveltext\'02\'00.;}{\levelnumbers\'01;}}{\listlevel\levelstartat1\leveljc0\levelnfc0\li1440\fi-360{\leveltext\'02\'01.;}{\levelnumbers\'01;}}{\listlevel\levelstartat1\leveljc0\levelnfc0\li2160\fi-360{\leveltext\'02\'02.;}{\levelnumbers\'01;}}{\listlevel\levelstartat1\leveljc0\levelnfc0\li2880\fi-360{\leveltext\'02\'03.;}{\levelnumbers\'01;}}{\listlevel\levelstartat1\leveljc0\levelnfc0\li3600\fi-360{\leveltext\'02\'04.;}{\levelnumbers\'01;}}{\listlevel\levelstartat1\leveljc0\levelnfc0\li4320\fi-360{\leveltext\'02\'05.;}{\levelnumbers\'01;}}{\listlevel\levelstartat1\leveljc0\levelnfc0\li5040\fi-360{\leveltext\'02\'06.;}{\levelnumbers\'01;}}{\listlevel\levelstartat1\leveljc0\levelnfc0\li5760\fi-360{\leveltext\'02\'07.;}{\levelnumbers\'01;}}}}{\*\listoverridetable}{\info}{\*\userprops{{\propname HTML}\proptype11{\staticval 1}}{{\propname DocumentEncoding}\proptype30{\staticval windows-1252}}}\margl1440\margr1440\margt1440\margb1440\sl-240\slmult0\deftab720\headery1440\footery1440\fet2\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\viewkind5\ansicpg1252\pgwsxn12240\pghsxn15840\pard\s1\sa100\sb100\marglsxn1440\margrsxn1440\plain\fs24 According to renowned hyperfiction writer and cultural theorist, Michael Joyce, in network culture, "we ache with a murky sense of a newly evolving consciousness and cognition alike, almost as if we could feel the evolution of consciousness in the same way a sleeping adolescent feels the bone ache of growing pains as if in a dream."\par\pard\s1\sa100\sb100\li0\plain\fs24 Joyce's first collection, {\field{\*\fldinst HYPERLINK "http://www.press.umich.edu/titles/09578.html"}{\fldrslt\pard\s1\sa100\sb100\li0\plain\fs24\cs16\cf1\ul Of Two Minds: Hypertext Pedagogy and Poetics}}\plain\fs24\plain\fs24 , charted a life of what Deleuze and Guattari call "complex mixtures" between the poles of art and instruction, teaching and writing. This new collection continues that complex mix in the form of what Joyce has called theoretical narratives, both a narrative of theory and a text in which theory often takes the form of narrative. His concerns range from hypertext and interactive fiction to the geography of cyberspace to interactive film. Joyce searches out the emergence of nature culture in spaces ranging from the shifting nature of the library to MOOs and other virtual spaces to life along a river.\par\pard\s1\sa100\sb100\li0\plain\fs24 While in this collection Joyce continues to be one of the most lyrical, wide-ranging, and informed cultural critics and theorists of new media, the essays exhibit an evolving distrust of unconsidered claims for newness in the midst of what Joyce calls "the blizzard of the next" as well as a recurrent insistence upon grounding our experience of the emergence of network culture in the body.\par\pard\s1\sa100\sb100\li0\plain\fs24 This book will have wide interest for general readers interested in new media and the internet as well as for specialists in literature, feminist and cultural studies, rhetoric, and interactivity. Students at all levels will be engaged by Joyce's provocative, poetical, and always accessible meditative and analytic power.\par\pard\s1\sa100\sb100\li0\plain\fs24 Michael Joyce is Visiting Associate Professor of English, Vassar College. He is the author of the hypertext novel \plain\fs24\i1 Afternoon: A Story\plain\fs24 , and of another collection of essays, \plain\fs24\i1 Of Two Minds: Hypertext Pedagogy and Poetics\plain\fs24 .\par\pard}