A concise and accessible introduction to phenomenology, which investigates the experience of experience.This volume in the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series offers a concise and accessible introduc
An analysis of the contexts in which curating takes place: why curate art these days and in the name of which interests?If we ask where does the curating of art occur these days--in which places, whic
Philosophers from Descartes to Kripke have struggled with the glittering prize of modern and contemporary philosophy: the mind-body problem. The brain is physical. If the
SuperCollider is one of the most important domain-specific audio programminglanguages, with potential applications that include real-time interaction, installations,electroacoustic pieces, generative
What do we think about when we think about play? A pastime? Games? Childish activities? The opposite of work? Think again: If we are happy and well rested, we may approach even our daily tasks in a pl
How to rebuild higher education from the ground up for the twenty-first century.Higher education is in crisis. It is too expensive, ineffective, and impractical for many of the world's students. But h
Terms and phrases such as "the global village" and "the medium is the message" are now part of the lexicon, and McLuhan's theories continue to challenge our sensibilities and our
An argument that consciousness, more widespread than previously assumed, is the feeling of being alive, not a type of computation or a clever hack.In The Feeling of Life Itself, Christof Koch offers a
This book is a critical reappraisal of contemporary theories of urban planning and design and of the role of the architect-planner in an urban context.
An exploration of how email is experienced, understood, and materially structured as a practice spanning our everyday domestic and work lives.Despite many obituaries, email is not dead. As a global mo
