Intensification - Michaela Büsse - Granular Power: The Gritty Politics of Sand
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Intensification - Michaela Büsse - Granular Power: The Gritty Politics of Sand
There will be dust. There is always dust. By that I mean there is always time, and materiality, and decay. Decomposition and damage are inescapable. There is always the body, with its smears and secretions and messy flaking bits off. There is always waste and it always has to be dealt with, and shipping it out of sight overseas to the developing... See more
Shannon Mattern • Maintenance and Care
People worry about culture because they know it sets the agenda for the future.
And who wouldn’t want to be in charge of that?
Wall Street and the City held the crown through economic dominance, regulatory capture, and cultural philanthropy. They faltered in 2008 and never regained their pre-crisis legitimacy. The presumptive heir to the throne,
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A historical review reveals that the invention of physical limits is linked to the process of
sedentary settling. The action of materializing compartmentalization into space may date back
to the days when the first Sumerian cities were fortified with walls. Such a broad perspective
indicates that national borders, even if they have strongly... See more
sedentary settling. The action of materializing compartmentalization into space may date back
to the days when the first Sumerian cities were fortified with walls. Such a broad perspective
indicates that national borders, even if they have strongly... See more
https://univ-grenoble-alpes.academia.edu/AnneLaureAmilhatSzary • Boundaries and Borders
The Daily Planet #6: Network Wars
The planetary is not just about trees and coral reefs, but also about chips and rare earth minerals and economic sanctions. Social scientists - and physicists in their own way - keep reminding us that all information is material: a data center is a physical entity after all.
... See moreWe can expand that claim to say: all