About the Authors

Lori Emerson is associate professor of English literature and intermedia arts, writing, and performance at the University of Colorado Boulder. She is also founding director of the Media Archaeology Lab and director of the Intermedia Arts, Writing, and Performance Program. Emerson is author of Reading Writing Interfaces (Minnesota, 2014) and coeditor of numerous collections, including The Johns Hopkins Guide to Digital Media.

Jussi Parikka is professor in technological culture and aesthetics at Winchester School of Art (University of Southampton) and, starting in January 2022, professor in digital aesthetics and culture at Aarhus University, Denmark. He is also visiting professor at FAMU at Academy of Performing Arts, Prague. Parikka is author of several books, including Insect Media (Minnesota, 2010) and A Geology of Media (Minnesota, 2015), as well as coeditor of several collections, such as Writing and Unwriting (Media) Art History: Erkki Kurenniemi in 2048 and Photography off the Scale.

Darren Wershler is associate professor at Concordia University, where he holds the Concordia University Research Chair in Media and Contemporary Literature and is cofounder of the Media History Research Centre and director of the Residual Media Depot. Darren is author of several books, including Guy Maddin’s My Winnipeg and The Iron Whim: A Fragmented History of Typewriting.