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24 - Curating the Digital

Understanding Flows of Data and Their Relations

from Part VI - Materiality and the Digital World

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 June 2022

By
Natasha Chuk
Edited by
Lu Ann De Cunzo  and
Catharine Dann Roeber
Lu Ann De Cunzo
Affiliation:
University of Delaware
Catharine Dann Roeber
Affiliation:
Winterthur Museum, Delaware
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Summary

Where is the line between virtual and real? This chapter introduces readers to the complex components, physical and virtual, which constitute our rapidly changing digital world. It examines how digital forms of representation blur the boundaries between what is considered material. The chapter addresses issues of transcendence and transgression in virtual space.

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DesignCommunicationIdentityComputingTechnologyDigital MediaInternetInformationRepresentation
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The Cambridge Handbook of Material Culture Studies , pp. 590 - 622
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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