{"product_id":"looking-for-marshall-mcluhan-in-afghanistan-iprobes-and-iphone-photographs-9781783200306","title":"Looking for Marshall McLuhan in Afghanistan:","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this timely and highly original merging of theory and practice, conflict photographer and critical theorist Rita Leistner applies Marshall McLuhan’s semiotic theories of language, media and technology to iPhone photographs taken during a military embed in Afghanistan. In a series of what Leistner calls iProbes – a portmanteau of iPhone and probe – Leistner reveals the face of war through the extensions of man. As digital photography becomes more ubiquitous, and as the phones we carry with us become more advanced, the process of capturing images becomes more democratic and more spontaneous. Leistner’s photos result from both access and impulse. \u003cem\u003eLooking for Marshall McLuhan in Afghanistan\u003c\/em\u003e will appeal anyone with an interest in the conflicts in the Middle East, the seminal communications theorist, or iPhone apps and photography.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'This book is astonishing!'\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e -- The International Centre of Photography library blog, Deirdre Donohue\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eForeword \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eHipstamatic Blues by Julian Stallabrass\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Process \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eSmartphones + War in Afghanistan \u003cbr\u003e Marshall McLuhan b.1911 in Alberta, Canada\u003cbr\u003e The embed \u003cbr\u003e Semiotics \u003cbr\u003e Figure + Ground \u003cbr\u003e Reading McLuhan \u003cbr\u003e Musa Qala \u003cbr\u003e The social media \u003cbr\u003e River City \u003cbr\u003e iPhone + the Hipstamatic app \u003cbr\u003e The thingness of things \u003cbr\u003e The iProbes \u003cbr\u003e Prophylactive therapy\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Extensions of Man \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eCamera obscura\u003cbr\u003e Electric light\u003cbr\u003e Typewriter\u003cbr\u003e Telephone\u003cbr\u003e Phonograph\u003cbr\u003e Smart phone\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMcLuhan + Fiore + The Printed Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe iProbes \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eiProbe 01_ The iPhone Camera + Hipstamatic app \u003cbr\u003e iProbe 02_Phone Texting \u003cbr\u003e iProbe 03_Body Armour \u003cbr\u003e iProbe 04_Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicles (MRAPs) \u003cbr\u003e iProbe 05_Figure \/ Ground \u003cbr\u003e iProbe 06_Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs)\u003cbr\u003e Made of Wood\u003cbr\u003e iProbe 07_Fuel Dispensers \u003cbr\u003e iProbe 08_Loudspeakers and Sermons from the Mosque \u003cbr\u003e iProbe 09_Mobile Telephony:“Can You Hear Me Now?” \u003cbr\u003e iProbe 10_The Written Word: “Proceed At Your Own Risk” \u003cbr\u003e iProbe 11_Unmanned Ariel Vehicles (UAVs) \u003cbr\u003e iProbe 12_Sandbags and HESCO Concertina Barriers \u003cbr\u003e The Tower of Babel (Genesis 11:00–11:10)\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Tetrads: Laws of Media \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Intellect Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042259140951,"sku":"9781783200306","price":34.15,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/looking-for-marshall-mcluhan-in-afghanistan-iprobes-and-iphone-photographs-9781783200306","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}