HC #54 with Special Guest David Parisi

David Parisi is the Dibner Family Chair in the History and Philosophy of Technology and Science and Associate Professor in the Department of Technology, Culture, and Society. His research delves into the historical and contemporary dimensions of tactile interactions with digital technologies. Parisi's book "Archaeologies of Touch: Interfacing with Haptics from Electricity to Computing" (University of Minnesota Press, 2018) explores the evolution of touch-based computer interfaces, tracing its development from eighteenth-century electrical machines to modern computing technologies. His work, featured in publications like Real Life and Game Studies, examines how disciplines such as experimental psychology, cybernetics, and virtual reality have reshaped our understanding of touch in the digital age. Parisi also serves as an editor for ROMchip: A Journal of Game Histories, further contributing to the discourse on the intersection of touch and digital media.

Learn more about David at the official NYU website.