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Technology and Touch

The Biopolitics of Emerging Technologies

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  • © 2013

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Authors:
  1. Anne Cranny-Francis

    1. University of Technology, Sydney, Australia

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Anne Cranny-Francis
      Pages 1-8

  3. Touch: An Embodied, Social and Cultural Practice

    1. Touch: An Embodied, Social and Cultural Practice

      • Anne Cranny-Francis
      Pages 9-36

  4. Technology: Theorizing Human-Technology Interaction

    1. Technology: Theorizing Human-Technology Interaction

      • Anne Cranny-Francis
      Pages 37-62

  5. Technologies of Touch

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 63-64
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    2. Eye Feel: Visuality and Touch

      • Anne Cranny-Francis
      Pages 65-86

    3. Good Vibrations: Touch, Sound and Movement

      • Anne Cranny-Francis
      Pages 87-106

  6. Technologies That We Touch

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 107-108
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    2. Mouse, Screen and Console: The Capabilities and Ethics of Touch-Enabled Technologies

      • Anne Cranny-Francis
      Pages 109-130

    3. From PHANToM to Haptic Cow: Technologies That Touch Back

      • Anne Cranny-Francis
      Pages 131-147

  7. Technologies That Touch Us

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 149-150
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    2. Smart Textiles: Giving a New Sense to the Notion That Clothing Makes the (Hu)man

      • Anne Cranny-Francis
      Pages 151-171

    3. Prosthetics and Robots: Marking the Borders of Human/Technology Interaction

      • Anne Cranny-Francis
      Pages 172-194

  8. Conclusion

    1. Conclusion

      • Anne Cranny-Francis
      Pages 195-198

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 199-220
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About this book

Technology and Touch addresses the development of a range of new touch technologies, both technologies that we reach out to touch and technologies that touch us, by exploring how we use touch to connect with and understand our world, and ourselves.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Technology, Sydney, Australia

    Anne Cranny-Francis

About the author

Anne Cranny-Francis is Professor of Cultural Studies and Director of the Transforming Cultures Research Centre at the University of Technology Sydney. Her books include MultiMedia: Text and Context (2005), Gender Studies: Terms and Debates (2003), The Body in the Text (1995), Popular Culture (1994), Engendered Fictions (1992), and Feminist Fiction (1990).

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