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“Extremely Selfish”: Technology and identity

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The inaugural episode of Ditto Nation takes the form of a chat-show, with host Ben Ditto in conversation with writer, editor and curator Shumon Basar. This show sets the scene for this new monthly documentary series, by examining "the self" within a contemporary technological environment Referenced texts: 01:48 Benjamin, Walter. The Arcades Project. Harvard University Press, 1999. McLuhan, Marshall, and Quentin Fiore. The Medium Is the Massage: An Inventory of Effects. Gingko Press, 2017. 02:30 Basar, Shumon, Douglas Coupland, and Hans Ulrich Obrist. The Extreme Self: Age of You. Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther und Franz König, 2021. 02:39 Coupland, Douglas, Hans Ulrich Obrist, and Shumon Basar. The Age of Earthquakes: A Guide to the Extreme Present. Penguin, 2015. 07:29 Obrist, Hans Ulrich. Ways of Curating. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2014. 17:22 Basar, Shumon. “Over the Top and Under the Influence.” Log 10 (2007): 9–17. 17:54 Noys, Benja …...more
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Benjamin, Walter. The Arcades Project. Harvard University Press, 1999.

1:48

Basar, Shumon, Douglas Coupland, and Hans Ulrich Obrist. The Extreme Self: Age of You. Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther und Franz König, 2021.

2:30

Coupland, Douglas, Hans Ulrich Obrist, and Shumon Basar. The Age of Earthquakes: A Guide to the Extreme Present. Penguin, 2015.

2:39

Obrist, Hans Ulrich. Ways of Curating. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2014.

7:29

Basar, Shumon. “Over the Top and Under the Influence.” Log 10 (2007): 9–17.

17:22

Noys, Benjamin. “Drone Metaphysics.” Culture Machine 16 (September 2015): 1–22.

17:54

Virilio, Paul. War and Cinema: The Logistics of Perception. Verso Books, 2009.

19:06

Badiou, Alain. Being and Event. A&C Black, 2007.

21:31

Donna Haraway: Story Telling for Earthly Survival. Icarus Films, 2016.

23:12

Jovanovic, Srdjan. “Milosevic as Architect.” Networked Cultures (blog), 2014.

26:26

Sontag, Susan. On Photography. New Library Press LLC, 2001.

28:48

Baudrillard, Jean. The System of Objects. Verso, 2005.

42:46
“Extremely Selfish”: Technology and identity
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2023Jan 30
The inaugural episode of Ditto Nation takes the form of a chat-show, with host Ben Ditto in conversation with writer, editor and curator Shumon Basar. This show sets the scene for this new monthly documentary series, by examining "the self" within a contemporary technological environment Referenced texts: 01:48 Benjamin, Walter. The Arcades Project. Harvard University Press, 1999. McLuhan, Marshall, and Quentin Fiore. The Medium Is the Massage: An Inventory of Effects. Gingko Press, 2017. 02:30 Basar, Shumon, Douglas Coupland, and Hans Ulrich Obrist. The Extreme Self: Age of You. Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther und Franz König, 2021. 02:39 Coupland, Douglas, Hans Ulrich Obrist, and Shumon Basar. The Age of Earthquakes: A Guide to the Extreme Present. Penguin, 2015. 07:29 Obrist, Hans Ulrich. Ways of Curating. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2014. 17:22 Basar, Shumon. “Over the Top and Under the Influence.” Log 10 (2007): 9–17. 17:54 Noys, Benjamin. “Drone Metaphysics.” Culture Machine 16 (September 2015): 1–22. Harun Farocki. Working on the Sightlines. Amsterdam University Press, 2004. 19:06 Virilio, Paul. War and Cinema: The Logistics of Perception. Verso Books, 2009. 21:31 Badiou, Alain. Being and Event. A&C Black, 2007. 23:12 Donna Haraway: Story Telling for Earthly Survival. Icarus Films, 2016. 26:26 Jovanovic, Srdjan. “Milosevic as Architect.” Networked Cultures (blog), 2014. 28:48 Sontag, Susan. On Photography. New Library Press LLC, 2001. ———. Regarding the Pain of Others. Penguin UK, 2013. 42:46 Baudrillard, Jean. The System of Objects. Verso, 2005.

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