Dragon Zoltán: Platform iconomy: spectral images, ecological constraints, and alternative infrastructures.
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This paper proposes the concept of platform iconomy as an extension of Peter Szendy’s theorization of the image as a speculative unit of circulation, rearticulated for the contemporary regime of platform capitalism and its ecological, algorithmic, and geopolitical entanglements. While images have historically been theorized in terms of aesthetics and semiotics, this study reframes them as spectral entities: persistently archived, algorithmically reanimated, and materially sustained by energy-intensive infrastructures. Drawing on critical theories of photography, media, and deconstruction, particularly the work of Jacques Derrida on trace and spectrality, the paper traces how digital images accumulate not only symbolic but also environmental and geopolitical weight. The analysis demonstrates that today’s images circulate through a system of spectral governance characterized by latency, infrastructural opacity, and algorithmic anticipation, making visibility itself an ecological and political event. Furthermore, it explores how platforms reorganize spatial and territorial logics, using Edward Soja’s concept of Thirdspace to map the contradictions of cloud infrastructures. The study concludes by advocating for a post-platform iconomy: an ethical and ecological rethinking of visibility, proposing experimental infrastructures and visual practices that resist the extractive logic of perpetual circulation.
| Mű típusa: | Konferencia vagy workshop anyag |
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| Rovatcím: | Green transition and policy |
| Befoglaló folyóirat/kiadvány címe: | Conference in cooperation with the European Association for Comparative Economic Studies |
| Dátum: | 2025 |
| ISBN: | 978-963-688-088-0 |
| Oldalak: | pp. 85-98 |
| Nyelv: | angol |
| Kiadó: | University of Szeged, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Doctoral School in Economics |
| Kiadás helye: | Szeged |
| Konferencia neve: | Green and digital transition, the 7th Conference in cooperation with the European Association for Comparative Economic Studies |
| Konferencia típusa: | Konferencia |
| Helyszin: | Szeged |
| Dátum: | 2025. június 18-20. |
| Befoglaló mű URL: | https://acta.bibl.u-szeged.hu/89215/ |
| DOI: | 10.14232/gtk.ppsgdte.2025.5 |
| Kulcsszavak: | Digitális infrastruktúra, Fenntarthatóság |
| Megjegyzések: | Bibliogr.: p. 96-98. ; összefoglalás angol nyelven |
| Szakterület: | 05. Társadalomtudományok 05. Társadalomtudományok > 05.06. Politikatudomány |
| Feltöltés dátuma: | 2025. dec. 10. 09:05 |
| Utolsó módosítás: | 2025. dec. 10. 09:05 |
| URI: | http://acta.bibl.u-szeged.hu/id/eprint/89220 |
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