![]() ![]() She argues that the emergence of a global media space – a virtual geography – made out of increasingly pervasive lines of communication – vectors – was emerging as a more chaotic space than globalisation theory usually maintains. Examples given in the book include the stock market crash of 1987, the Tiananmen square demonstrations of 1989 and the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. In Virtual Geography, published in 1994, Wark offers a theory of what she calls the 'weird global media event'. ![]() Wark was married to Christen Clifford, however they announced their separation in summer of 2021. McKenzie received a bachelor's degree from Macquarie University, a Master's from the University of Technology, Sydney and received a PhD in communications from Murdoch University. ![]() Brother Robert McKenzie Wark remembers reading to McKenzie as a young child and the three children were brought up by their architect father Ross Kenneth Wark. When McKenzie was 6 years old, her mother died. Wark was born in Newcastle, Australia in 1961 and grew up with her older brother Robert and sister Susan. She is Professor of Media and Cultural Studies at The New School in New York City. Her best known works are A Hacker Manifesto and Gamer Theory. ![]() Wark is known for her writings on media theory, critical theory, new media, and the Situationist International. McKenzie Wark (born 1961) is an Australian-born writer and scholar. Karl Marx, Alexander Bogdanov, Guy Debord, Raoul Vaneigem, Jean Baudrillard, Paul Virilio ![]()
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