(UN)KNOWING
The Fragility Of Knowledge In The Post-Truth Era
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NON-KNOWLEDGE
MISINFORMATION
POST-TRUTH
FACTS
FICTION
Digital media today are accompanied by emphatic stances on knowledge, non-knowledge, and their relation to one another. […] technology either eliminates non-knowledge or plants it deep within contemporary cultures, due to the alleged universal power and opacity of algorithms.
Matthias Koch, Introduction: Non-Knowledge and Digital Cultures, 2018
In an increasingly digital and immediate world, our construction of knowledge and its understanding are becoming increasingly complex. Our ability to construct meaning from reality, our perception of truth, or of what is factual or fictitious, is shaped by factors that enhance this complexity, pertaining to the ways we access information in a post-digital world.
The project (Un)Knowing explores this epistemological crisis by highlighting the forms of (non-)knowledge and (dis)information that characterize the post-truth era. It consists of a set of quotes presented on a website and in a printed object, which summarize ideas linked to non-knowledge and disinformation, the notion of post-truth and the relationship between facts and fiction.
On the website, the content first appears blurred and overlaid with images, prompting the user to explore the interface. The printed object, in turn, presents a narrative that invites the reader to reflect on the processes of fabricating truth. These components complement each other in promoting reflection on the epistemological crisis in a world where individual perceptions often override facts that are collectively understood as objective.
Digital media today are accompanied by emphatic stances on knowledge, non-knowledge, and their relation to one another. […] technology either eliminates non-knowledge or plants it deep within contemporary cultures, due to the alleged universal power and opacity of algorithms.
Matthias Koch, Introduction: Non-Knowledge and Digital Cultures, 2018
NON-KNOWLEDGE
MISINFORMATION
POST-TRUTH
FACTS
FICTION
In an increasingly digital and immediate world, our construction of knowledge and its understanding are becoming increasingly complex. Our ability to construct meaning from reality, our perception of truth, or of what is factual or fictitious, is shaped by factors that enhance this complexity, pertaining to the ways we access information in a post-digital world.
The project (Un)Knowing explores this epistemological crisis by highlighting the forms of (non-)knowledge and (dis)information that characterize the post-truth era. It consists of a set of quotes presented on a website and in a printed object, which summarize ideas linked to non-knowledge and disinformation, the notion of post-truth and the relationship between facts and fiction.
On the website, the content first appears blurred and overlaid with images, prompting the user to explore the interface. The printed object, in turn, presents a narrative that invites the reader to reflect on the processes of fabricating truth. These components complement each other in promoting reflection on the epistemological crisis in a world where individual perceptions often override facts that are collectively understood as objective.
Ana Rita Nascimento