Georges Perec (1936-82) was a French novelist, filmmaker, documentalist and Rowan Wilken is Associate Professor essayist. This collection of 14 essays asks how Perec has continued to influence of Media and Communication at us after his death. Swinburne University ofTechnology. What do Perec's descriptions of the minutiae of everyday life reveal about our use of information and communications technologies?. What happens if we read Life: A User's Manual as a toolbox of ideas for games studies?. What light does the concept of the'infra-ordinary'shed on social media?. What insights does algorithmic writing generate for the digital humanities?. What lessons can architects, artists, game-designers and writers draw from Perec's fascination with creative constraints?. Through an examination of such questions, this collection takes Perec scholarship beyond its existing limits to offer new ways of rethinking our present.

The first book on Georges Perec to track his analyses of and influence upon pressing contemporary issues of genre, design, gaming, architecture, mobile media, electronic communication, and computing. Combines attentive, close reading of Perec's own work and solid critical engagement with his ideas. Underscores the enduring importance of Perec's work in the present age, and the need to continue to (re)engage with this work across a variety of sites and social and critical contexts.

About the Author
Rowan Wilken is Associate Professor of Media and Communication at Swinburne University ofTechnology. Justin Clemens is Associate Professor in English and Theatre Studies at the University of Melbourne.


Book Information
ISBN 9781474401241
Author Rowan Wilken
Format Hardback
Page Count 320
Imprint Edinburgh University Press
Publisher Edinburgh University Press