The materialities of digital culture and the Anthropocene issue

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https://doi.org/10.15448/1980-3729.2024.1.45673

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anthropocene, digital culture, materialities.

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The emergence of the digital culture and the rise of the Anthropocene are two significant characteristics of contemporaneity. While the first refers to the multiple interactions and assemblages engendered by digital and network technologies, the second concerns the impact of human actions on the global environment, driven in the current context by these same technologies. The aim of this paper is to investigate the materiality of digital culture based on the energy and environmental costs present in the process of production, operation and disposal of the technological devices that integrate this culture. Therefore, we rely on bibliographic research and analysis of statistical data. We conclude that the current phase of digital culture is tributary to a constant exploration of nature, an aspect that contrasts with the imaginary of immateriality traditionally linked to cyberculture studies.

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Carlos Eduardo Souza Aguiar, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.

PhD in Sociology from the Université Sorbonne Paris Cité, in Paris, France; Master in Communication Sciences from the University of São Paulo (USP), in São Paulo, SP, Brazil; specialist in Religious Sciences from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (PUC-SP), in São Paulo, SP, Brazil; graduated in Social Communication, Philosophy and Social Sciences from the University of São Paulo (USP), in São Paulo, SP, Brazil. Professor at the Paulus Faculty of Technology and Communication, in São Paulo, SP, Brazil; postdoctoral researcher at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), in Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.

Dayana Karla Melo da Silva, University of Sao Paulo (USP), Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil.

PhD in Sociology from the Université Sorbonne Paris Cité, in Paris, France; post-doctorate from the University of São Paulo (USP), in São Paulo, SP, Brazil; master's degree in Communication from the Federal University of Paraíba (UFPB), in João Pessoa, PB, Brazil; graduated in Social Communication-Journalism from the Federal University of Paraíba (UFPB), in João Pessoa, PB, Brazil, and in Social Sciences from the University of São Paulo (USP), in São Paulo, SP, Brazil. Researcher at USP, in São Paulo, SP, Brazil.

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2024-09-13

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Souza Aguiar, C. E., & Melo da Silva, D. K. (2024). The materialities of digital culture and the Anthropocene issue. Revista FAMECOS, 31(1), e45673. https://doi.org/10.15448/1980-3729.2024.1.45673

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