Tag: technology
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The Birth of Nomos, Thanos Zartaloudis (2018)
This book looks absolutely essential. My only resource on this important term for the last decade has been Emmanuel Laroche, Histoire de la racine nem- en grec ancien (nemō, nemesis, nomos, nomizō) (1949). Delves into the history of the ancient Greek word nomos (and related words) to reveal the interdisciplinary depth of this term beyond its…
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Recently Published Articles on New Materialism
Curiosity, Criticality and Materiality Can E. Mutlu in conversation with Mark B. Salter Technologies of International Relations pp 45-53 Abstract In this chapter Mark B. Salter, current editor of Security Dialogue, discusses with Can E. Mutlu the meaning and significance of technology for International Relations in light of his eclectic work. Salter, perhaps best-known for…
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Political Geology: Active Stratigraphies and the Making of Life (Palgrave 2018), ed. Adam Bobbette and Amy Donovan
“This book explores the emerging field of political geology, an area of study dedicated to understanding the cross-sections between geology and politics. It considers how geological forces such as earthquakes, volcanoes, and unstable ground are political forces and how political forces have an impact on the earth. Together the authors seek to understand how the…
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Questioning New Materialisms (2018)
This looks like an interesting new edited issue of Theory, Culture, and Society on New Materialism. Right now only the introduction to the collection is online and the rest of the collection is soon to follow. (Behind a paywall, see the link below to SAGE). Questioning New Materialisms: An Introduction Charles Devellennes, Benoît Dillet…
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Material Ecology: Neri Oxman’s Generative Design
Oxman’s design takes seriously the ecology and movement of matter. Designer and architect Neri Oxman is leading the search for ways in which digital fabrication technologies can interact with the biological world. Working at the intersection of computational design, additive manufacturing, materials engineering and synthetic biology, her lab is pioneering a new age of symbiosis…
The Philosophy of Movement 