Interfaces are back, or perhaps they never left. The familiar Socratic conceit from the Phaedrus , of communication as the process of writing directly on the soul of the other, has returned to center stage in today's discussions of culture and media. Indeed Western thought has long construed media as a grand choice between two kinds of interfaces. Following the optimistic path, media seamlessly interface self and other in a transparent and immediate connection. But, following the pessimistic path, media are the obstacles to direct communion, disintegrating self and other into misunderstanding and contradiction. In other words, media interfaces are either clear or complicated, either beautiful or deceptive, either already known or endlessly interpretable. Recognizing the limits of either path, Galloway charts an alternative course by considering the interface as an autonomous zone of aesthetic activity, guided by its own logic and its own ends: the interface effect . Rather than praising user-friendly interfaces that work well, or castigating those that work poorly, this book considers the unworkable nature of all interfaces, from windows and doors to screens and keyboards. Considered allegorically, such thresholds do not so much tell the story of their own operations but beckon outward into the realm of social and political life, and in so doing ask a question to which the political interpretation of interfaces is the only coherent answer. Grounded in philosophy and cultural theory and driven by close readings of video games, software, television, painting, and other images, Galloway seeks to explain the logic of digital culture through an analysis of its most emblematic and ubiquitous manifestation -- the interface.
2 有用 Daytun 2022-02-13 13:08:44
媒介(mediation)理论在思辨洞见方面不可多得的一本书。盖洛威在继承与重建了基特勒的技术思想之后,重新将媒介技术(尤其是电脑与互联网)作为“界面”与存在产生关联,从而将具有物质性的技术架构与意识形态、主体、后福特式资本主义生产紧密联结。将新媒体如何中介了存在(Being)与詹姆逊的“认知图式“、德勒兹的”控制社会“串联起来也极具创见(虽然这种联结很明显地决定了盖洛威推进论证的左翼路径——当然... 媒介(mediation)理论在思辨洞见方面不可多得的一本书。盖洛威在继承与重建了基特勒的技术思想之后,重新将媒介技术(尤其是电脑与互联网)作为“界面”与存在产生关联,从而将具有物质性的技术架构与意识形态、主体、后福特式资本主义生产紧密联结。将新媒体如何中介了存在(Being)与詹姆逊的“认知图式“、德勒兹的”控制社会“串联起来也极具创见(虽然这种联结很明显地决定了盖洛威推进论证的左翼路径——当然,在其审美批判中也很显见朗西埃的影响)。 抛开最后的解决方案(折回了阿甘本的whatever与巴特尔比的沉默)不谈,盖洛威最具启发的在于:”界面效应“成为了控制社会得以可能的技术条件与逻辑基底(这一论证显见于电脑中介存在的文章与节目《24》的案例分析中),这无疑将是未来左翼媒介理论的重要方向。 (展开)
0 有用 好朋友鸣鸣 2022-09-01 01:04:30 山东
Interface themselves are effects,in that they bring about transformations in material states. an "interface" is the name given to the way in which one glob of code can interact with another. in other ... Interface themselves are effects,in that they bring about transformations in material states. an "interface" is the name given to the way in which one glob of code can interact with another. in other words,an interface is not a thing,an interface is always an effect. software is a functional analog to ideology. (展开)
0 有用 フ 2014-10-15 00:19:49
read digital form as a socially symbolic act,作者真的成功了吗,偶母鸡阿。权当一种思路吧,包括他对allegory的讨论。
3 有用 Ludwigsama 2022-09-16 15:06:50 上海
本书中围绕着实在(实在首先可以被被理解为“算法性”的实在,第二章中谈到计算机底层的机器性实在,的第三章中讨论的raw data;但更重要的是被理解为一种历史-社会的实在,理解为当下控制社会中的权力部署方式)与对这一实在的某种经过扭曲(总包含着“失误与征兆”)的“语义性的”再现或者说表达(借用詹明信的术语说的话,allegory)之间的张力展开。而界面本身在其中就凝聚了实在与其表达之间的张力(毋宁说... 本书中围绕着实在(实在首先可以被被理解为“算法性”的实在,第二章中谈到计算机底层的机器性实在,的第三章中讨论的raw data;但更重要的是被理解为一种历史-社会的实在,理解为当下控制社会中的权力部署方式)与对这一实在的某种经过扭曲(总包含着“失误与征兆”)的“语义性的”再现或者说表达(借用詹明信的术语说的话,allegory)之间的张力展开。而界面本身在其中就凝聚了实在与其表达之间的张力(毋宁说,它本身就是这种张力,故而是一个“效应”),就有一个指向外部的维度(这也正是所谓的unworkable)。正是在这个意义上,Galloway在最后所说的,界面最终意味着一种方法,一种另类的阅读法,一种在媒体中发现某种继承了当下社会本身语法的形式的方法…… (展开)
0 有用 FoundObject 2021-02-12 20:40:44
对我没啥用
0 有用 鹿歪1⃣️ 2024-05-05 15:31:59 浙江
翻了前半部分,后半部分意识形态的讨论还没翻到,不太好啃。麦克卢汉构成前半部分讨论界面的“靶子”,针对界面的讨论很清晰,effect的落点也非常明确。他看待界面的方式可以重新以此反思medium。
0 有用 Echeverri 2024-03-21 00:42:46 上海
“加洛韦:最最脱殊的阿斯伯格”
0 有用 winter 2022-10-28 21:38:05 广东
作者将计算机看作一种操作(伦理的)。界面视为一种效果,mediation而不是media。一致性和不一致作为社会的寓言,理解社会的方式,最后导向政治。
3 有用 Ludwigsama 2022-09-16 15:06:50 上海
本书中围绕着实在(实在首先可以被被理解为“算法性”的实在,第二章中谈到计算机底层的机器性实在,的第三章中讨论的raw data;但更重要的是被理解为一种历史-社会的实在,理解为当下控制社会中的权力部署方式)与对这一实在的某种经过扭曲(总包含着“失误与征兆”)的“语义性的”再现或者说表达(借用詹明信的术语说的话,allegory)之间的张力展开。而界面本身在其中就凝聚了实在与其表达之间的张力(毋宁说... 本书中围绕着实在(实在首先可以被被理解为“算法性”的实在,第二章中谈到计算机底层的机器性实在,的第三章中讨论的raw data;但更重要的是被理解为一种历史-社会的实在,理解为当下控制社会中的权力部署方式)与对这一实在的某种经过扭曲(总包含着“失误与征兆”)的“语义性的”再现或者说表达(借用詹明信的术语说的话,allegory)之间的张力展开。而界面本身在其中就凝聚了实在与其表达之间的张力(毋宁说,它本身就是这种张力,故而是一个“效应”),就有一个指向外部的维度(这也正是所谓的unworkable)。正是在这个意义上,Galloway在最后所说的,界面最终意味着一种方法,一种另类的阅读法,一种在媒体中发现某种继承了当下社会本身语法的形式的方法…… (展开)
0 有用 好朋友鸣鸣 2022-09-01 01:04:30 山东
Interface themselves are effects,in that they bring about transformations in material states. an "interface" is the name given to the way in which one glob of code can interact with another. in other ... Interface themselves are effects,in that they bring about transformations in material states. an "interface" is the name given to the way in which one glob of code can interact with another. in other words,an interface is not a thing,an interface is always an effect. software is a functional analog to ideology. (展开)