Algorithmic and Aesthetic Literacy: Emerging Transdisciplinary Explorations for the Digital Age - Paperback

by Lydia Schulze Heuling (Editor), Elke Mark (Contribution by), Christian Filk (Editor)

Algorithmic and Aesthetic Literacy is a selection of texts aiming to extend current understandings of algorithmic and aesthetic literacy. The volume presents a wide array of transdisciplinary perspectives on computational and aesthetic practices and thinking. Drawing on computer and educational science, artistic research, designing and crafting, this collection delves deeply into societal and educational challenges in the wake of the digital transformation. The volume brings together diverse approaches and viewpoints to stimulate dialogue and awareness of the manifold ways in which algorithmic processes have become part of our lives. By extending our ability to respond to a data-driven world in creative and non-habitual ways, we will be better equipped to re-imagine and shape our collective future as meaningful and fulfilling.

Author Biography

Lydia Schulze Heuling is professor in the Department of Sport, Food and Natural Sciences at Western Norway University of Applied Sciences (HVL), Bergen, Norway. Christian Filk is professor and head of the Department for Media Education at Europa-Universität Flensburg, Germany.