interpassivity love

Definitions

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  • noun A state of passivity, particularly cognitive or emotional passivity, enabled or facilitated by the appearance or potential of interactivity

Etymologies

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From interactivity and passivity, coined by cultural theorist Robert Pfaller

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Examples

  • The theme of the festival is "interpassivity", and SL audience will meet the Real audience "Caged" in interpassivity as the Real Audience turns into the Virtual Artwork.

    Archive 2008-11-01 Alpha Auer 2008

  • The theme of the festival is "interpassivity", and SL audience will meet the Real audience "Caged" in interpassivity as the Real Audience turns into the Virtual Artwork.

    Whatever next? A Furry in Istanbul? Alpha Auer 2008

  • But lurking behind that is what Slavoj Žižek described as “interpassivity,” a concept he derives from Lacan. He uses the example of a VCR, which allows us to consume shows by taping them rather than spending the time to watch them ourselves: As Žižek writes in the 2006 book How to Read Lacan (and who knows how many other places), “it is the object itself that enjoys the show instead of me, relieving me of the duty to enjoy myself.”

    A delightful intuitive companion Rob Horning 2024

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