In the introduction to what became an infamous set of essays published in Social Text in 1996, Andrew Ross pointed to the connection conservative critics were drawing between what had been called the “culture wars” and what was then being … Continue reading “Future Matters: TECHNOSCIENCE, GLOBAL POLITICS, AND CULTURAL CRITICISM”
Issue: Issue 080 Technoscience
Technoscience
Information Trading and Symbiotic Micropolitics
luciana parisiIn the age of cybernetic capitalism, the impact of information sciences and technologies on the understanding of the body, sex, and reproduction points to a new relationship between nature, technology, and feminine desire.1 In this article, I engage with this … Continue reading “Information Trading and Symbiotic Micropolitics”
Communication beyond Meaning: ON THE CULTURAL POLITICS OF INFORMATION
tiziana terranovaIs it possible to draw on scientifi c concepts to further our understanding of cultural processes? In Order Out of Chaos, Ilya Prigogine and Isabelle Stengers proposed that the emergence of nondeterministic scientifi c approaches to material processes (e.g., thermodynamics, … Continue reading “Communication beyond Meaning: ON THE CULTURAL POLITICS OF INFORMATION”
The Remaking of a Model Minority: PERVERSE PROJECTILES UNDER THE SPECTER OF (COUNTER)TERRORISM
jasbir puarIn Gurinder Chadha’s most recent fi lm, Bend It Like Beckham (2002), British Punjabi Sikh Jess (Jesminder) Bhamra and her white Brit counterpart, Jules (Juliette) Paxton, seek a gendered and racialized haven for female soccer players. A fi lm that … Continue reading “The Remaking of a Model Minority: PERVERSE PROJECTILES UNDER THE SPECTER OF (COUNTER)TERRORISM”
The Activist State: GLOBAL PHARMACEUTICALS, AIDS, AND CITIZENSHIP IN BRAZIL
joah biehlThe Brazilian AIDS Program combines prevention with free distribution of antiretroviral therapies and is widely touted as a model for stemming the AIDS crisis in the developing world. In the face of the devastation brought on by AIDS, the unlikely … Continue reading “The Activist State: GLOBAL PHARMACEUTICALS, AIDS, AND CITIZENSHIP IN BRAZIL”
Activist Technologies: THINK AGAIN!
amy villarejoTaking up the work of the online and on-the-ground artist collective Think Again–a collective that extends the work of HIV/AIDS graphic artists into multiple issues and venues–I want to consider a question facing those of us concerned with political art, … Continue reading “Activist Technologies: THINK AGAIN!”