materiality
Against Animal Authenticity, Against the Forced March of the Now: a review of Nicole Shukin’s Animal Capital
In one half of a pair of critical reviews looking at recent titles in animal studies, Karl Steel examines Nicole Shukin's Animal Capital (Shukin reviews Steel in the other half). In particular, Steel looks at Shukin's biopolitical framework, and considers how that framework challenges not only our conception of what constitutes the animal, but also--and more to the bone--our conception of the capacity of fields like animal studies.
Re-Clearing the Ground: A Response to Linda Brigham
Mark Hansen responds to Linda Brigham's review of Embodying Technesis: Technology Beyond Writing.
Materiality and Matter and Stuff: What Electronic Texts Are Made Of
Following Katherine Hayles, Matthew Kirschenbaum agrees that materiality matters.
John Cayley responds in turn
John Cayley replays what is literal and literary in the digital.