The Analogue Idyll: Disconnection, Detox and Departure from the Digital World

by Alexander R.E. Taylor (Editor)

Overview

Once the internet was hailed for its liberating capabilities, but it is now blamed for a host of societal ills. This volume pushes the boundaries of digital disconnection studies by exploring the significance of the "analogue" in our increasingly digital world, shedding light on its sociocultural and economic impacts.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781529233711
Publisher:	Bristol University Press
Publication date:	06/01/2025
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	304

About the Author

A.R.E. Taylor is Lecturer in Communications at the University of Exeter, UK.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction: A New Idyll Myth? - A.R.E. Taylor 2. ‘We Don’t Have Wi-Fi, Talk to Each Other’: Digital Disconnection in the Hospitality Industry - Alexandra Kviat 3. Digital Disconnection and Agency: Ambiguities, Differences and Continuities - Paula Helm 4. Selling the Promise of Presence: How Companies Promote Digital Disconnection and Detox Courses in Denmark - Kristoffer Albris, Malene Hornstrup Jespersen and Annika Isfeldt Disentangling 5. Digital Collapse and Doomsday Prepping - A.R.E. Taylor 6. Digital Representations on the Appalachian Trail: Complicating Experiences of Long-Distance Walking as an Analogue Idyll - Dave McLaughlin 7. Disconnecting Against Intrusion: Ethnographic Reflections from Kinshasa - Katrien Pype 8. Finding Digital Distance: Tactics in the New Digital Divide - Paul O’ Connor 9. Analogue Celebrity - Neil Ewen and A.R.E. Taylor 10. Analogue Labour: The Making of Vinyl Records and Craft Work after Digitization - Michael Palm 11. Fugitive Pathways: Seclusion, Ephemerality and Co-Presence in Higher Education - Lesley Gourlay