Aquatic Memories in Richard Powers’ <i>Playground</i>

What if memory is not a cognitive act unique to the human mind, but a distributed, intersubjective, and more-than-human phenomenon that ensures the persistence of environmental information? Extendi...

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The Explicator
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2026-06-28
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https://doi.org/10.1080/00144940.2026.2693910
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Embodied and Extended Cognition
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Aquatic Memories in Richard Powers’ Playground

Serpil Oppermann
The Explicator
Embodied and Extended Cognition
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Aquatic Memories in Richard Powers’ Playground

Serpil Oppermann
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What if memory is not a cognitive act unique to the human mind, but a distributed, intersubjective, and more-than-human phenomenon that ensures the persistence of environmental information? Extendi...

The Explicator
Cappadocia University (TR)
Life in Land
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Embodied and Extended Cognition
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