On Fascism, Non-fascism, and Antifa

Natasha Lennard in conversation with James Miller

JM: Since you've written an entire book with the title Essays on a Non-Fascist Life, can you tell me a bit about how you chose that title, and what the term "non-fascist" means to you, in the context of those essays? We both know the appearance of the phrase in the context ...
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How Does Animation Change our Concept of Life and What Kind of Ethics Does it Require?

A Conversation with Media Historian and Theorist Deborah Levitt

Public Seminar (PS): Deborah, in your recently published book The Animatic Apparatus. Animation, Vitality, and the Futures of the Image you claim that animation is the dominant medium of our time and propose the concept of the animatic apparatus as a dispositif, that is, as a kind of organizing mechanics for contemporary culture. Can ...
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How Does Animation Change our Concept of Life and What Kind of Ethics Does it Require?

We Are Swarming, Again.

Thoughts on William Connolly’s new book, Facing the Planetary: Entangled Humanism and the Politics of Swarming

‘Swarming’ has a rich and complex history in political and philosophical literatures. That history percolates in political theorist William Connolly’s recent book Facing the Planetary: Entangled Humanism and the Politics of Swarming in which he proposes a ‘Politics of Swarming,’ and even resonates in his writing style. The question of ‘swarming’ intersects ...
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We Are Swarming, Again.

Dividuals and Democratic Data

Are we more than just data points?

ENFJ. Those are the results from the Myers-Briggs personality test I took online. The option to share my results flashed on the screen and, with a click, just my 638 closest Facebook friends were able to see and like my results. At least that is what I thought. Big Data has ...
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Dividuals and Democratic Data

TFW… Gucci Releases a Line of Memes

Could it be the most terrifying news in the world?

Last week, Gucci released a line of “memes.” Their website tells us that “The word ‘meme’ was coined by the British biologist Richard Dawkins in 1976 to mean an ‘imitated thing,” and that memes are “the common currency of social media.” The memes feature pictures of Gucci watches, often captioned ...
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TFW… Gucci Releases a Line of Memes