Vision, media, noise and the percolation of time: Symmetrical approaches to the mediation of the material world

Journal of Material Culture

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 267-292

  Witmore, Christopher L ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Belles noiseuses; Located media; Media; Percolating time; Vision

Indexed keywords

HEARING; KNOWLEDGE; VISION;

EID: 33751058653     PISSN: 13591835     EISSN: 14603586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359183506068806     Document Type: Article

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