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The undersea network /

0822357402

0822357550

9780822357407

9780822357551

0822376229

9780822376224

The undersea network /

[Book]

Nicole Starosielski.

Durham :

Duke University Press,

2015.

xvii, 292 pages :

illustrations, map ;

24 cm.

Sign, storage, transmission

Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-279) and index.

Circuitous routes: from topology to topography -- Short-circuiting discursive infrastructure: from connection to transmission -- Gateway: from cable colony to network operations center -- Pressure point: turbulent ecologies of the cable landing -- A network of islands: interconnecting the Pacific -- Cabled depths: the aquatic afterlives of signal traffic -- Surfacing.

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In our "wireless" world it is easy to take the importance of the undersea cable systems for granted, but the stakes of their successful operation are huge, as they are responsible for carrying almost all transoceanic Internet traffic. In The Undersea Network Nicole Starosielski follows these cables from the ocean depths to their landing zones on the sandy beaches of the South Pacific, bringing them to the surface of media scholarship and making visible the materiality of the wired network. In doing so, she charts the cable network's cultural, historical, geographic and environmental dimensions. Starosielski argues that the environments the cables occupy are historical and political realms, where the network and the connections it enables are made possible by the deliberate negotiation and manipulation of technology, culture, politics and geography. Accompanying the book is an interactive digital mapping project, where readers can trace cable routes, view photographs and archival materials, and read stories about the island cable hubs.

Duke Univ Pr, Attn: Michael Box 90660, Durham, NC, USA, 27708, (919)6885134

Cables, Submarine.

Communication, International.

Fiber optic cables.

Telecommunication cables.

Telecommunication lines.

Anthropogeografie

Câbles de télécommunications-- Pacifique (océan).

Câbles sous-marins-- Pacifique (océan).

Cables, Submarine.

Communication, International.

Fiber optic cables.

Infrastruktur

Media Studies.

Media Studies.

Meer

Seekabel

Telecommunication cables.

Telecommunication lines.

Telekablar.

Telekommunikationsnetz

Undervattenskablar.

Starosielski, Nicole,1984-

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