Cyber anthropology
Cyberanthropology ( English cyber as short form for " cybernetics ", ancient Greek ánthrōpos " man " and logic ) is a newer research field and subject area of ethnology (ethnology) or social anthropology and examines transnationally composed online communities taking into account cybernetic perspectives , as well as human interaction in general with computer technology . The virtual cyberspace (“data space”) is understood as a socio-cultural space for human interactions (see also network culture , netnography , internet sociology ).
In the Anglo-Saxon world, cyberanthropology is seen as part of digital anthropology , along with techno-anthropology, digital ethnography and virtual anthropology . In Great Britain it belongs to social anthropology , in the USA to cultural anthropology . In the German-speaking world, one of its pioneers was the Austrian ethnologist Manfred Kremser (1950–2013), currently the German ethnologist Alexander Knorr , following the Colombian-American anthropologist Arturo Escobar (* 1952), is exploring cyberspace as a research topic in ethnology.
See also
- Cybernetic Anthropology
- Cyber Society (social order in virtual networks) · Social network (Internet) · Netizen (netizens)
- Virtual world · Virtual reality (simulations) · Second Life (online 3D infrastructure)
- Web Science (interdisciplinary) German Society for Online Research (DGOF)
- Transhumanism (technological enhancements of man)
literature
- Philipp Budka , Manfred Kremser : CyberAnthropology - Anthropology of CyberCulture. In: Stefan Khittel, Barbara Plankensteiner , Maria Six-Hohenbalken (eds.): Contemporary Issues in Socio-cultural Anthropology. Perspectives and Research Activities from Austria. Löcker, Wien 2004, pp. 213–226 (English; PDF file; 715 kB; 15 pages on philbu.net).
- Arturo Escobar : Welcome to Cyberia. Notes on the Anthropology of Cyberculture. In: Current Anthropology . Volume 35, No. 3, 1994, pp. 211-231 (English; preview at JSTOR ).
- Alexander Knorr : Cyberanthropology. Hammer, Wuppertal 2011, ISBN 978-3-7795-0359-0 (German).
- Samuel M. Wilson , Leighton C. Peterson : The Anthropology of Online Communities. In: Annual Review of Anthropology. Volume 31, No. 1, October 2002, doi : 10.1146 / annurev.anthro.31.040402.085436 , pp. 449-467 (English; preview at JSTOR ).
Web links
- Philipp Budka: From “Cyber Anthropology” to “Digital Anthropology”: cultural and social anthropological contributions to research into digital media technologies. In: philbu.net. Own website, January 15, 2014, accessed on May 13, 2014 (lecture as part of a lecture series, with PDF download).
- Bianca Williams: Virtual Ethnography. In: oxfordbibliographies.com. Oxford University Press, 2014, accessed on May 13, 2014 (English, on the subject of “ Netnography ”, with a list of references).
- Zephyrin Xirdal ( pseudonym of Alexander Knorr ): Introduction: Cyberanthropology. In: xirdalium.net. Own blog, January 29, 2006, accessed on May 13, 2014 .