Heterotopia
Kim speaks with Amanda Caleb about Michel Foucault’s concept of heterotopia. Amanda says that the classic definition of “heterotopia” is found in Foucault’s article “Of Other Spaces: Utopias and Heter...
13 Touko 202214min
Dylan Mulvin, "Proxies: The Cultural Work of Standing In" (MIT Press, 2021)
What are the hidden histories of how the modern world functions? In Proxies: The Cultural Work of Standing In (MIT Press, 2021), Dylan Mulvin, Assistant Professor in the Department of Media and Commun...
12 Touko 202245min
Banu Subramaniam, "Holy Science: The Biopolitics of Hindu Nationalism" (U of Washington Press, 2019)
In Holy Science: The Biopolitics of Hindu Nationalism (University of Washington Press, 2019), Banu Subramaniam examines how science and religion have come together to propel a vision of the modern Ind...
12 Touko 202239min
Mark Neocleous, "The Politics of Immunity: Security and the Policing of Bodies" (Verso, 2022)
Our contemporary political condition is obsessed with immunity. The immunity of bodies and the body politic; personal immunity and herd immunity; how to immunize the social system against breakdown. T...
12 Touko 202248min
Eve Ng, "Cancel Culture: A Critical Analysis" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2022)
Eve Ng’s new book Cancel Culture: A Critical Analysis (Palgrave Macmillan, 2022), examines the phenomenon of "cancel culture" from a critical media studies perspective, as both cancel practices (what ...
11 Touko 202251min
Dissensus
Kim talks with Gina about Jacques Rancière’s concept of dissensus. Gina refers to several major works of philosophy including: Jacques Rancière’s Dissensus Immanuel Kant’s Critique of Judgement Jacque...
11 Touko 202213min
The Problem with Museums: A Conversation with Georgina Adam and Nizan Shaked
In the past few years, museums of contemporary art have come under a fair deal of scrutiny. Pressures from groups such as Decoloinise This Space or the oxycontin scandal have forced changes to the gov...
10 Touko 20221h 12min
Deterritorialization
Saronik talks to Shweta Krishnan, doctoral candidate in Anthropology at George Washington University. She speaks about how she uses Giles Deleuze and Félix Guattari’s concept of deterritorialization i...
10 Touko 202219min
