The trace factory

by Jeanneret, Yves

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Title Statements

Full title :The trace factory / Yves Jeanneret.

Summary

The collection and treatment of traces which reveal who we are and what we do naturally piques our interest when it pertains to others, and anxiety when it concerns ourselves. Do we truly know what a trace is' And if knowledge is power, how vulnerable are we in the public sphere' The demonstrability of a trace hides the complexity of the process that allows it to be produced, interpreted and used. This book proposes a reasoned approach to the analysis of the 'trace' as an object and as a sign. By following such an approach, the reader will understand how the media participates in the creation and deployment of traces, and the issues raised by what can be traced on social media. The Trace Factory offers a historical perspective, returning to the founding theories of collecting and producing traces linked to knowledge and power in society. Observing technology and information through the prism of these theories, a large number of devices and their uses are evaluated. This book offers itself as a tool of thought and work for researchers, professionals and social actors of all kinds who are confronted with the existence, treatment and interpretation of the traces of society and culture.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2020.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):ISTE Ltd, John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:2020.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (289 pages) : : illustrations

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781119723189, 1119723183, 1119720281, 9781119720287
oclc:on1151190806
LC Classification:P99
Dewey Decimal:401/.4

Cover -- Half-Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Introduction: Questioning the Evidence -- 1. The Mediatized Trace of the Social World, the Object of Research -- 1.1. There are traces and traces -- 1.1.1. The avatars of a trace of use -- 1.1.2. Metamorphoses of the trace -- 1.1.3. Mediation, mediatization, device -- 1.2. The social trace as a problem: the legacy of the history of the book -- 1.2.1. From book to reading -- 1.2.2. A constellation of categories -- 1.2.3. Structural difficulties -- 1.3. Relevance and efficiency -- 1.3.1. The evasive relevance of the trace

1.3.2. An efficient figure of relevance -- 1.3.3. Trace as an interpretative schema -- 2. The Schema of the Trace, a Paradoxical Semiotics -- 2.1. The false evidence of the Peircian index -- 2.1.1. The concept of index and semiotic theory -- 2.1.2. The index as a commonplace category -- 2.1.3. The production of indexicality -- 2.1.4. Assessment: a problematic legacy -- 2.2. The trace, appearance and presence of the past in the present -- 2.2.1. The photographic scene, here, now and in the past -- 2.2.2. The theoretical issue of Barthes' analysis

2.3. From the archetype of the trace to its the…