Category: Interviews
Harrison Smith interviews David Beer
Abstract David Beer is a Professor of Sociology at the University of York. He is the author of seven books and dozens of articles that encompass the culture and politics of new media, data, and technology. His most recent works have focused specifically on the implications of data analytics industries and the social power of Read More …
Review of Failure, and Discussion with Neta Alexander, by Ekin Erkan
The following is half-book review, half-interview with one of the book’s authors. Failure by Neta Alexander and Arjun Appadurai (Cambridge, UK: 2019) Publisher’s web page: https://politybooks.com/bookdetail/?isbn=9781509504718 In Arjun Appadurai and Neta Alexander’s co-written book, Failure, the duo examine regimes of technological/computational failure as well as the protocols producing these regimes. In particular, there is Read More …
“Humans of the Anthropocene”: An Interview with Thierry Loa
Thierry Loa is an interdisciplinary audiovisual and media artist based in Canada, and the creator of 20-22, a feature-length experimental non-verbal documentary film in black and white, showcasing “the humans of the Anthropocene” – that is, the first generation to truly experience the planet’s sixth mass extinction. Loa is currently filming 21-22, a VR-based sequel, Read More …
Jeffery Klaehn interviews Edward S. Herman
From the special section, ‘Edward S. Herman and the Propaganda Model Today’, a republished interview with Herman from 2008.