Another Valley: an alternative technology of the self

Ian Andrew Parker

Another Valley: an alternative technology of the self

Ian Andrew Parker Leicester University

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Keywords: Vale do Amanhecer, Brasil, Sects, Spirituality, Technology

Abstract

Here I describe the spiritual sect “Vale do Amanhecer” founded in 1959 north east of Brasilia, the capital of Brasil. I contrast the technological and romantic aspects of Vale do Amanhecer with the techno-scientific fantasy architectural space of Brasilia itself, and examine the way in which one form of romance with technology (Kubitscheck’s Brasilia) is complemented (and, we could say, incites) another, the spiritual sect barely 20 kilometres away.

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Ian Andrew Parker, Leicester University

Co-fundador (con Erica Burman) y co-director de Discourse Unit, una red interdisciplinaria de académicos radicales y que entre sus actividades incluye la edición de Annual Review of Critical Psychology (una revista digital de acceso abierto y de evaluación por pares). Ha formado parte de grupos de psicología radical como Psychology, Politics, Resistance. Le interesa la terapia (tiene formación psicoanalítica), pero está más interesado en el cambio social (es Marxista).

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2014-03-31

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Parker, I. A. (2014). Another Valley: an alternative technology of the self. Teknokultura. Revista de Cultura Digital Y Movimientos Sociales, 11(1), 207-218. https://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/TEKN/article/view/48997

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Vol. 11 No. 1 (2014): Miscellany

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