When we are no more : how digital memory is shaping our future / Abby Smith Rumsey.

Author/creator Smith Rumsey, Abby author.
Format Book
PublicationNew York, NY, USA : Bloomsbury Press, 2016.
Description229 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Subjects

Contents Where we come from -- Memory on display -- How curiosity created culture -- What the Greeks thought : from accounting to aesthetics -- Where dead people talk -- The dream of the universal library -- Where we are -- Materialism : the world is very old and knows everything -- The science of memory and the art of forgetting -- Imagination : memory in the future tense -- Mastering memory in the digital age -- Where are we going -- By memory of ourselves.
Abstract Examines how humanity records and passes on its culture to future generations, from the libraries of antiquity to the excess of information available in the digital age, and how ephemeral digital storage methods present a challenge for passing on current cultural memory to the future.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 201-216) and index.
ISBN9781620408025 (hardcover)
ISBN1620408023 (hardcover)
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Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks Z665 .S575 2016 ✔ Available Place Hold