Technoetics is a

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introduced by

Roy Ascott Roy Ascott FRSA (born 26 October 1934) is a British artist, who works with cybernetics and telematics on an art he calls technoetic by focusing on the impact of digital and telecommunications networks on consciousness. Since the 1960s, Ascott ...

, who coined the term from ''

techne In philosophy, techne (; , ) is a term that refers to making or doing, which in turn is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root "Teks-" meaning "to weave," also "to fabricate". As an activity, ''technē'' is concrete, variable, and context-dep ...

'' and ''

noetic theory In philosophy, noetics is a purposed branch of metaphysics concerned with the study of mind as well as intellect. There is also a reference to the science of noetics, which covers the field of thinking and knowing, thought and knowledge, as well as ...

'', to refer to the emergent field of technology and consciousness research.

Definitions

The Technoetic relates to that which concerns the technology of consciousness. Such technology may be

telematic Telematics is an interdisciplinary field encompassing telecommunications, vehicular technologies (road transport, road safety, etc.), electrical engineering (sensors, instrumentation, wireless communications, etc.), and computer science (multimedia ...

, digital, genetic, vegetal, moist, or linguistic. The emergence of Technoetics can be juxtaposed with a number of other innovative interdisciplinary areas of scholarship which have surfaced in recent years including:

technoscience In common usage, technoscience refers to the entire long-standing global human activity of technology combined with the relatively recent scientific method that occurred primarily in Europe during the 17th and 18th centuries. Technoscience is the ...

technoethics The ethics of technology is a sub-field of ethics addressing the ethical questions specific to the Technology Age, the transitional shift in society wherein personal computers and subsequent devices provide for the quick and easy transfer of info ...

viractuality Joseph Nechvatal (born January 15, 1951) is an American post-conceptual digital artist and art theoretician who creates computer-assisted paintings and computer animations, often using custom-created computer viruses. Life and work Joseph N ...

, and technocriticism.

Technoetics is a convergent field of practice that seeks to explore
consciousness Consciousness, at its simplest, is sentience and awareness of internal and external existence. However, the lack of definitions has led to millennia of analyses, explanations and debates by philosophers, theologians, linguisticians, and scien ...
and connectivity through digital, telematic, chemical or spiritual means; embracing both interactive and psychoactive technologies and the creative use of moist-media. -Roy Ascott, ''Technoetic Art Intellect Books 2003''

History of technoetics

Technoetics is a syncretic research area linked to the

transdisciplinary Transdisciplinarity connotes a research strategy that crosses many disciplinary boundaries to create a holistic approach. It applies to research efforts focused on problems that cross the boundaries of two or more disciplines, such as research o ...

methodology between art and science.Ascott, R. (2003). ''Telematic Embrace: visionary theories of art, technology and consciousness''. (Edward A. Shanken, ed.) Berkeley: University of California Press, pp. 380-381 This is rooted in the research of Roy Ascott and his

Planetary Collegium The Planetary Collegium (a.k.a. CAiiA / Centre for Advanced Inquiry in Integrative Arts) is an international transcultural and transdisciplinary new media art educational research platform that promotes on the doctorate level the integration of a ...

; including its CAiiA-Hub, Trento-Node (Italy), Lucerne-Node (Switzerland), and DeTao-Node (Shanghai, China) research communities. The term appeared for the first time in 1997 in the Ascott paper: "The Technoetic Aesthetic: Art and the Matter of Consciousness". In: R. Ascott (ed) ''Consciousness Reframed: art and consciousness in the post-biological era: 1st International CAiiA Research Conference Proceedings'' published by University of Wales College, Newport. Since 2014, the field and research area of Technoetics is being taught in the Shanghai Institute of Visual Art. The Technoetic arts undergraduate course was created by

and is provided by th
Roy Ascott Technoetic Arts Studio
and the Detao Masters Academy at the Shanghai Institute of Visual Art.

Footnotes

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References

*Ascott, R. (2003). Quando an onça se deita com a ovelha: a arte com mídias úmidas e a cultura pós-biológica. In: DOMINGUES, D. (ed). Arte e vida no século XXI. São Paulo: Editora UNESP. pp. 273–284 *Ascott, R. (2003). ''Telematic Embrace: visionary theories of art, technology and consciousness''. (Edward A. Shanken, ed.) Berkeley: University of California Press, pp. 6, 376, 378, 380-381 *Monico, F. (2008). La Variazione Technoetica in "Le variazioni Grandi" Quaderno di Comunicazione 8. Roma: Meltemi. Technology neologisms