Tag Archives: marxism

Race, Technology, and the Word “Traditional” in the World-System

Wallerstein, Historical Capitalism (Verso, 1982)

“Traditional” is one of the more interesting words to keep track of in contemporary discourse, particularly when it comes up in discussions of technology. For the most part, it is used as a slur. It is a word used to disparage an object or practice, to compare it to whatever one wants to posit as […]

Posted in definitions that matter, digital humanities, rhetoric of computation, theory | Also tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Response

‘Communication’ and ‘Critical’

The great communications scholar James Hay has assumed editorship of the journal Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies this year, and I am very grateful to have been invited to contribute a short piece on the core concepts around which the journal is organized. My contributions (provided here gratis, libre, and DRM-free) are about the terms “communication” […]

Posted in "social media", materality of computation, rhetoric of computation, theory | Also tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Taking Care of SR/OOO and the Generations

srooo illustration

In my quiet moments, I find I have a great deal to say about Speculative Realism/Object-Oriented Ontology (SR/OOO), although much of it would take me far beyond the generally computational focus of this blog. Suffice to say: not much of it would be complimentary. At the risk of going too far afield as it is, […]

Posted in theory | Also tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment