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Subscribe by RSS Stefanie Kiwi Menrath / Alexander Schwinghammer
(Hrsg.) What does a Chameleon Look Like? Topographies of
Immersion In the anthology What Does a Chameleon Look Like?
scholars from art, culture and media studies backgrounds
consider immersion in terms of aesthetic, historical, ethical,
and political issues. Science and technology studies
persistently took up the term immersion as an engulfing momentum
of interactive engagement of man and technological device.
Consequently, and as a result of the influence and prevalence of
the concepts and terminology of computer related discourse, the
phrase ›immersive environment‹ has been generally assumed to
denote a ›virtual‹ environment. However, the extent to which
immersion should be considered solely in terms of new media is
questionable: the interconnection of modern society entails that
considerations of contemporary art, theory, cu