Category Archives: Theory

Alex Myers – VoIP #1

Posted on 10/31/2013 by kunzelman

Alex Myers talks about his work and IT IS NEAT

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Henricks on “the crucible of human experience”

Posted on 10/28/2013 by kunzelman

Consistently, in Marxian thought society is seen as something of a workshop. That is, the world is less an object to behold or contemplate than an artifice that has been created and then inhabited. The setting–with its machines, sawdust, and … Continue reading →

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Derrida on Althusser (dead)

Posted on 10/17/2013 by kunzelman

At the bottom, I know that Louis doesn’t hear me; he hears me only inside me, inside us (though we are only ever ourselves from that place within us where the other, the mortal other, resonates). And I know well … Continue reading →

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Interview with Me on First Person Scholar

Posted on 10/16/2013 by kunzelman

I was interviewed for First Person Scholar last month and it went up today. A taste: FPS: So we’ve actually had this conversation quite a bit lately among the FPS editorial staff about what makes good satire in a game. But I’m guessing you … Continue reading →

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Lynn Margulis on the artifice of microbiology

Posted on 10/10/2013 by kunzelman

The first thing to remember is that nearly all bacteria are multicellular in nature. when microbiologists put them in the laboratory, they want to grow them rapidly. They put them in pure culture — nature abhors a pure culture — … Continue reading →

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Anne Anlin Cheng on the Modernist fascination with surface

Posted on 10/07/2013 by kunzelman

To this day, from aerodynamic teats to the glass wall, modern design and aesthetic philosophy remain absorbed in the idea of “pure surface.” Contemporary designers continually manipulate the relationship between the inside and outside of objects, garments, and buildings, creating … Continue reading →

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On The Ricky Litany

Posted on 10/04/2013 by kunzelman

I’m a huge fan of Trailer Park Boys, and I was rewatching the movie this afternoon while I was doing some writing. Being that I was writing about the weird things that I write about, the “Ricky says fuck a lot” … Continue reading →

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Art Games Talk at Detroit Digital Humanities

Posted on 09/30/2013 by kunzelman

This past weekend I gave a talk as part of a panel with Alex Myers and Skot Deeming about art games. My portion of the talk was about the history of French Pantomime and how the “debate” around art games … Continue reading →

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Scu on being “that person”

Posted on 09/27/2013 by kunzelman

Every feminist, every anti-racist, every queer theorist, every animal scholar, every person who has ever seriously engaged with the vicissitudes of identity and justice are all sick and tired of being that woman. Trust me, I know I am sick … Continue reading →

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Foucault on the Biopolitics of Socialism

Posted on 09/19/2013 by kunzelman

One thing at least is certain: Socialism has made no critique of the theme of biopower, which developed at the end of the eighteenth century, and throughout the nineteenth; it has in fact taken it up, developed, reimplanted, and modified … Continue reading →

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