Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Lying behind the digits or toes.

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  • adjective art Of or pertaining to art forms that address the humanization of digital technologies through interplay between digital, biological, cultural, and spiritual systems, between cyberspace and real space, between embodied media and mixed reality in social and physical communication, between high tech and high touch experiences, between visual, haptic, auditory, and kinesthetic media experiences, between virtual and augmented reality, between roots and globalization, between autoethnography and community narrative, and between web-enabled peer-produced wikiart and artworks created with alternative media through participation, interaction, and collaboration in which the role of the artist is redefined.

Etymologies

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post- +‎ digital

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Examples

  • The Tokyo-based company's postdigital transition wasn't swift or easy.

    Fujifilm Thrived by Changing Focus Kana Inagaki 2012

  • We were talking about training the digital researcher, although to my surprise and delight, the conversation turned postdigital pretty quickly.

    Science of the Invisible 2009

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  • What a difference a century makes. See the definitions.

    December 26, 2011