Mobile Media Technologies and Poiēsis

Justin Michael Battin is Assistant Professor of English Cultures and Literatures at the University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland. His research interests include media anthropology, the philosophy of technology, and Heidegger’s phenomenology, all of which have culminated to provide the foundation for this book.

• 1. Introduction.- 2. Situating Heidegger for the Study of Mobile Media Technology Use.- 3. This Technology is a Part of Me.- 4. The Immaterial as Traversable.- 5. Our Relationship to the Technological Self.- 6. The Saving Power of marginal Practices.

“This book is a good recommendation for those looking into mobile technology in relation to creative abilities.” (Rustie Anglin, CBQ Communication Booknotes Quarterly, Vol. 51 (1-2), January-June, 2019)