Abstract
This article discusses the similarities between the histories of digital technologies and textiles. The author describes the ways that digital and fiber technologies are affected by the growing arts and cultures. The author provides details of how digital and fiber technologies are both used as signal-transmitting information media. The article describes the importance of both digital and fiber in societal standing, the power and status it generates, and how they separates the wealthy and the working class. The article closes with an interpretative analysis of the interwoven properties between industry, information, technology, and art.
Preservation Process
Archived from http://switch.sjsu.edu/archive/nextswitch/switch_engine/front/front.php%3Fartc=15.html. Documentation of the preservation processes used for this collection is available at https://github.com/NickSzydlowski/switch. Metadata for this item was created and augmented by Richer Fang, Spring 2022, ART 104.
Recommended Citation
Angel, Wendy
(2001)
"DiFi: Digital and Fiber,"
SWITCH: Vol. 16:
No.
1, Article 4.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/switch/vol16/iss1/4