The nonsense of the aura

An examination of Walter Benjamin’s notion of the aura as it appears in videogames, and the relation between the nondirectional sense of smell, non-directional visual fields, and the representation or active exclusion of cultural memory. General Terms Human Factors, Theory Keywords Aura, Benjamin, Agamben, memory, affect

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2007
• Where: IE
• Authors: Darshana Jayemanne
• Keywords: IE 2007, Internet Technology, Non-directional Visual Fields, Terms Human Factors, Walter Benjamin Notion