Postgrowth Digital Futures: Digital Technologies, Degrowth, and Radical Abundance

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Sy Taffel (Massey University)

Postgrowth Digital Futures

Name: Postgrowth Digital Futures
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ISBN: 9781529252576

Digital Technologies, Degrowth, and Radical Abundance

Sy Taffel (Massey University)

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Bristol University Press
29 May 2026

Media studies; Information technology industries; Impact of science & technology on society; Ethical & social aspects of computing; Digital lifestyle

What if digital technology worked for the planet and people? This book proposes a future where ecological sustainability and social justice come first, applying degrowth ideas to rethink our digital lives and systems.

By: Sy Taffel (Massey University)
Imprint: Bristol University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781529252576
ISBN 10: 1529252571
Pages: 280
Publication Date: 29 May 2026
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Introduction Part 1: Why Do We Need a Postgrowth Digital Future? 1. Growth and Ecological Crises 2. Computation and Capitalism 3. Why Solutionism Won’t Fix the Anthropocene 4. Conceptual Tools Part 2: Realizing Postgrowth Digital Futures 5. Devices 6. Infrastructures 7. Platforms 8. Digital Culture Conclusion: Radical Digital Abundance and a Just Transition

Sy Taffel is Senior Lecturer in Media Studies and co-director of the Political Ecology Research Centre at Massey University, Aotearoa-New Zealand.

Reviews for Postgrowth Digital Futures: Digital Technologies, Degrowth, and Radical Abundance

‘This is the book we have been waiting for. Sy Taffel cuts through dangerous ideologies of growth(ism) and digi-tech (non)solutions to propose commonsensical strategies towards a sustainable, convivial planet.’ Bram Buscher, Wageningen University