Zootechnologies : : a media history of swarm research / / Sebastian Vehlken ; translated by Valentine A. Pakis.

• Superior document: Recursions: theories of media, materiality, and cultural techniques
• VerfasserIn: Vehlken, Sebastian,
• TeilnehmendeR: Pakis, Valentine A.,
• Place / Publishing House: Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press,, 2019.
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English; Undetermined
• Series: Recursions: theories of media, materiality, and cultural techniques.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (400 pages) :; digital, PDF file(s).
• Notes: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 20 Nov 2020).; Already published as: Zootechnologien. Eine Mediengeschichte der Schwarmforschung, Sebastian Vehlken. Copyright 2012, Diaphanes, Zürich-Berlin.

Swarming has become a fundamental cultural technique related to dynamic processes and an effective metaphor for the collaborative efforts of society. This book examines the media history of swarm research and its significance to current socio-technological processes. It shows that the hype about col...