"New Cultural Studies" is both an introductory reference work and an original study which explores new directions and territories for cultural studies. A new generation has begun to emerge from the shadow of the Birmingham School. It is a generation whose whole education has been shaped by theory, and who frequently turn to it as a means to think through some of the issues and current problems in contemporary culture and cultural studies.
In a period when departments which were once hotbeds of "high theory" are returning to more sociological and social science oriented modes of research,...
"New Cultural Studies" is both an introductory reference work and an original study which explores new directions and territories for cultural stud...
In an era of open data and ubiquitous dataveillance, what does it mean to "share"? This book argues that we are all "shareveillant" subjects, called upon to be transparent and render data open at the same time as the security state invests in practices to keep data closed. Drawing on Jacques Ranciere's "distribution of the sensible," Clare Birchall reimagines sharing in terms of a collective political relationality beyond the veillant expectations of the state.
Forerunners: Ideas First is a thought-in-process series of breakthrough digital publications. Written between fresh ideas and...
In an era of open data and ubiquitous dataveillance, what does it mean to "share"? This book argues that we are all "shareveillant" subjects, called u...