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Category Archives: Theory
Nonhuman Life: Quentin Meillassoux’s After Finitude
This post is part of a series of posts that I am writing in conjunction with an independent study I am taking that is based around the concept of nonhuman life. You can read more about it here. Up front: After … Continue reading
Posted in Nonhuman Life
Tagged ethics, nonhuman life, nonhumans, philosophy, quentin miellassoux
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Figure/Ground Interview with Gary Genosko
As you see, I’m bad at giving advice. I can barely recommend readings. Books are toolboxes. They help to solve problems, answer questions, ask the right questions. They can be read in any way you can invent. They can be … Continue reading
Posted in Quote Time, Theory
Tagged figure/ground, franco berardi, gary genosko, interview, maurizio lazzarato
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Supplement to my Queer Games Talk At Strange Relations
So this is the supplement to my talk “Machines and Connective Tissue: The Queer Renaissance in Video Games.” Articles/Blog Posts/Words I think it is profoundly important to avoid speaking for, especially when the queer games community is a very prolific … Continue reading
Posted in General Features, Theory, Video Games
Tagged queer games, theory, video games
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The Robo-proletariat
In a continuing cycle where Ben Abraham writes something, Daniel Joseph responds, and I comment on what they both wrote, here I am doing it again. Ben wrote a post titled “The End-Game of Labour Automation Meets Social Media” in … Continue reading
Posted in General Features, Theory
Tagged ben abraham, bots, capitalism, daniel joseph, labor
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Nonhuman Life: Announcement and Book List
View this post on Instagram A post shared by CMRNKNZLMN (@cmrnknzlmn) This semester I will be taking an independent study on the concept of “nonhuman life.” As a part of that, I have decided to make my weekly notes, small … Continue reading
Posted in Nonhuman Life
Tagged life, nonhuman life, nonhumans
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Halberstam on disciplinarity
Indeed terms like serious and rigorous tend to be code words, in academia as well as other contexts, for disciplinary correctness; they signal a form of training and learning that confirms what is already known according to approved methods of knowing, but they do … Continue reading
Posted in Quote Time, Theory
Tagged failure, j. halberstam, michel foucault, queer, walter benjamin
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Riff Raff and Haters
In an interview with VLADTV, Riff Raff was asked about haters. It starts at about 1:53 into the video. How do you deal with haters? I don’t. That’s the whole deal. I don’t deal with them. Because no matter what … Continue reading
Posted in Critical Riff Raff Studies, Quote Time
Tagged planetaries, quote, rap, riff raff, swag studies
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On Riff Raff or Swag Rap or Pure Aesthetics
“When the world was born, everybody was naked.” – Riff Raff Look–I know my hip hop well enough to talk through some broad structures. I am not an expert. Inevitably, whenever someone stakes an opinion on rap or hip hop, … Continue reading
Posted in Critical Riff Raff Studies, Theory
Tagged aesthetics, pure aesthetics, rap, riff raff, swag
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Sara Ahmed on bodies and space
So, yes, we can remember that some space are already occupied. They even take the shape of bodies that occupy them. Bodies also take the shape of the spaces they occupy and of the work they do. And yet sometimes … Continue reading
Posted in Quote Time, Theory
Tagged phenomenology, queer, sara ahmed, theory, video games
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Sara Ahmed on the making of worlds
Inhabiting a body that is not extended by the skin of the social means the world acquires a new shape and makes new impressions. Becoming a lesbian taught me about the very point of how life gets directed and how … Continue reading
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Tagged phenomenology, queer, quote, sara ahmed, theory
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