Language is a virus? Some questions about digital literature in times of Big Data and algorithmic governance
In this work, we intend to analyze —from the word virus as an interface between fields— some of the proposals of William Burroughs in The Electronic Revolution (1970). We wonder about the new echoes and meanings that the cut-up technique can acquire in Latin America today, at a time when —in the dig...
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I10-R377-article-359692025-11-29T22:39:41Z Language is a virus? Some questions about digital literature in times of Big Data and algorithmic governance ¿El lenguaje es un virus? Algunas preguntas sobre literatura digital en tiempos de Big Data y gobernabilidad algorítmica Fernanda Mugica digital literature virus algorithmic governance necro-writings expropriation literatura digital virus gobernabilidad algorítmica necroescrituras desapropiación In this work, we intend to analyze —from the word virus as an interface between fields— some of the proposals of William Burroughs in The Electronic Revolution (1970). We wonder about the new echoes and meanings that the cut-up technique can acquire in Latin America today, at a time when —in the digital domain— the viral has assumed new inflections. The observation of the way in which the subject is thought in Burroughsian texts leads us to question ourselves about the possible space for a subject in literature in an era traversed by Big Data and algorithmic governance. To delve into this question, we analyze two digital literature productions —Scalpoema (2001) by Joesér Álvarez and No poseas un miedo (2020) by Matías Buonfrate— guided by the concepts of necroescrituras and desapropiación by Cristina Rivera Garza. From there, we investigate the diverse ways that these productions propose to work on linguistic matter, and we wonder if they discuss the naturalized modes of neoliberalism, necropower, and their conceptions of language as a mere tool at the service of appropriation and extractivism. En este trabajo, nos proponemos analizar —a partir de la palabra virus como interfaz entre campos— algunas de las propuestas de William Burroughs en La revolución electrónica (1970). Nos preguntamos por los nuevos ecos y significaciones que la técnica del cut-up puede adquirir en Latinoamérica hoy, en tiempos en que —en el dominio digital— lo viral ha asumido nuevas inflexiones. La observación del modo en que se piensa el sujeto en los textos burroughsianos nos lleva a interrogarnos sobre el espacio posible para un sujeto de la literatura en una época atravesada por el Big Data y la gobernabilidad algorítmica. Para profundizar en esta pregunta, analizamos dos producciones de literatura digital —Scalpoema (2001) del brasileño Joesér Álvarez y No poseas un miedo (2020) del argentino Matías Buonfrate— guiándonos por los conceptos de necroescrituras y desapropiación de Cristina Rivera Garza. Desde allí, indagamos en las formas diversas que estas producciones proponen de trabajar la materia lingüística, y nos preguntamos si discuten los modos naturalizados del neoliberalismo, el necropoder, y sus concepciones del lenguaje como mera herramienta al servicio de la apropiación y el extractivismo. Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades 2021-12-14 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf text/html https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/recial/article/view/35969 10.53971/2718.658x.v12.n20.35969 Recial; Vol. 12 Núm. 20 (2021): Dossier: Literatura y enfermedad en América Latina; 35-53 2718-658X 1853-4112 10.53971/2718.658x.v12.n20 spa https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/recial/article/view/35969/36224 https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/recial/article/view/35969/36225 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 |
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In this work, we intend to analyze —from the word virus as an interface between fields— some of the proposals of William Burroughs in The Electronic Revolution (1970). We wonder about the new echoes and meanings that the cut-up technique can acquire in Latin America today, at a time when —in the digital domain— the viral has assumed new inflections. The observation of the way in which the subject is thought in Burroughsian texts leads us to question ourselves about the possible space for a subject in literature in an era traversed by Big Data and algorithmic governance. To delve into this question, we analyze two digital literature productions —Scalpoema (2001) by Joesér Álvarez and No poseas un miedo (2020) by Matías Buonfrate— guided by the concepts of necroescrituras and desapropiación by Cristina Rivera Garza. From there, we investigate the diverse ways that these productions propose to work on linguistic matter, and we wonder if they discuss the naturalized modes of neoliberalism, necropower, and their conceptions of language as a mere tool at the service of appropriation and extractivism.
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