Friedrich Kittler

in memoriam Friedrich Kittler (1943 – 2011)



literary scholar and a media theorist, was the chair of Aesthetics and Media History at the Humboldt University Berlin. Starting in 1993. He studied German and French Literatures and Philosophy at the University  of Freiburg/Breisgau. From 1987 to 1993, he served as chair of German Literature at the Ruhr-University Bochum. He was a member of the Hermann von Helmholtz-Zentrum für Kulturtechnik in Berlin and the research group “Bild Schrift Zahl” (DFG).
His publications include:
Aufschreibesysteme 1800/1900 (München, 1985; 4th edition, 2003), translated under the title Disourse Networks 1800/1900 (Stanford University Press, 1990); Grammophon, Film, Typewriter (Berlin, 1986), English translation Grammophone, Film, Typewriter (Stanford University Press, 1999); Dichter, Mutter, Kind (München, 1991); Draculas Vermächtnis: Technische Schriften (Leipzig, 1993); Eassays: Literature, media, information systems (Amsterdam: G + B Arts International, 1997); Eine Kulturgeschichte der Kulturwissenschaften (München, 2000); Optische Medien (Berlin, 2002), Musik und Mathematik 1, Hellas 1: Aphrodite (Paderborn, 2006).


Teilnahme an ORF-Kunstradio Veranstaltungen

13. 10. 1988: "With the eyes shut"
27. 10. 1988: Auszüge aus einem Vortrag
7. - 10. 11. 1991: "Geometrie des Schweigens"
1993: On The Air
1993: Transit
1997: "Recycling the Future"




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