{"title":"Paula Nuñez de Villavicencio","description":"\u003cp\u003ePaula Nuñez de Villavicencio offers thought-provoking works that delve into the complexities of education and societal structures. Her writing, exemplified by titles like \u003cem\u003eThe Prison House of the Circuit\u003c\/em\u003e, combines analytical depth with clear, engaging prose to challenge readers’ understanding of institutional frameworks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect insightful explorations that bridge theory and practice, making her books valuable resources for those interested in cultural studies, pedagogy, and social critique. Her work invites reflection on how education shapes and is shaped by broader social dynamics.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-prison-house-of-the-circuit-by-jeremy-packer-9781517914172","title":"The Prison House of the Circuit","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHas society ceded its self-governance to technogovernance?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Prison House of the Circuit\u003c\/em\u003e presents a history of digital media using circuits and circuitry to understand how power operates in the contemporary era. Through the conceptual vocabulary of the circuit, it offers a provocative model for thinking about governance and media.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe authors, writing as a collective, provide a model for collective research and a genealogical framework that interrogates the rise of digital society through the lens of Foucault's ideas of governance, circulation, and power. The book includes five in-depth case studies investigating the transition from analog media to electronic and digital forms: military telegraphy and human-machine incorporation, the establishment of national electronic biopolitical governance in World War I, media as the means of extending spatial and temporal policing, automobility as the mechanism uniting mobility and media, and visual augmentation from Middle Ages spectacles to digital heads-up displays.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Prison House of the Circuit\u003c\/em\u003e ultimately demonstrates how contemporary media came to create frictionless circulation to maximise control, efficacy, and state power.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"NewSouth Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47600148840684,"sku":"9781517914172","price":64.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/332f10e8f5d3a96d72732de5e7db55a0.jpg?v=1778021061"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/paula-nunez-de-villavicencio.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}