Christoph Ernst: Are there material metaphors? A comment on Marianne van den Boomen’s interface theory 
(Special Section: Materialities of the Interface)

Suggested citation: Christoph Ernst, Are there material metaphors? A comment on Marianne van den Boomen’s interface theory. Interface Critique 3 (2021), pp. 277–284.

DOI: 10.11588/ic.2021.3.81318. 

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Christoph Ernst, PD Dr., is assistant professor at the Department of Media Studies of the University of Bonn. Main research interests: Diagrammatic reasoning & media aesthetics of information visualization; theory of tacit knowledge & digital media, esp. interface theory and artificial intelligence; media theory & media philosophy, esp. media and imagination. Selected publications: Diagramme zwischen Metapher und Explikation – Studien zur Medien- und Filmästhetik der Diagrammatik (Bielefeld: Transcript, 2021); Media Futures. An Introduction (London: Palgrave McMillan, 2021 forthcoming). Further information: www.christoph-ernst.com

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