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  1. Black box allegories of Gulf Futurism : the irreducible other of computational capital
    Published: 01.03.2023

    Given the prospect of post-oil futures, this chapter historically situates contemporary Gulf Futurism within cybernetic and logistical aspirations underlying the current global trend of the smartness mandate. Working through the complex visuality... more

     

    Given the prospect of post-oil futures, this chapter historically situates contemporary Gulf Futurism within cybernetic and logistical aspirations underlying the current global trend of the smartness mandate. Working through the complex visuality that the cybernetic black box animates, the chapter revisits Fredric Jameson's cognitive mapping as an allegorical model for the inherent frictions of computational capital. To this end, it discusses Kuwaiti artist Monira Al Qadiri's artistic practice that reclaims a right to speculate while condensing material reality and imaginative threads, thereby going beyond a mere gesture of unveiling or mapping.

     

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    Source: CompaRe
    Language: English
    Media type: Part of a book; Part of a book
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 978-3-96558-041-1; 978-3-96558-040-4
    DDC Categories: 700; 800
    Collection: ICI Berlin
    Subjects: Qadiri, Monira al-; Golfstaaten; Futurismus; Ubiquitous Computing; Blackbox
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  2. Introduction : displacing theory : Berlin notes
    Published: 17.04.2024

    "Displacing Theory Through the Global South" calls for reflection on the historical and geopolitical inequalities that have shaped theorization. It asserts that what appears 'universal' often involves generalizations that flatten the particular.... more

     

    "Displacing Theory Through the Global South" calls for reflection on the historical and geopolitical inequalities that have shaped theorization. It asserts that what appears 'universal' often involves generalizations that flatten the particular. Critiquing the colonialist, imperialist, and Eurocentric perspectives that have historically impacted theorization in general and, more specifically, knowledge production about the so-called Global South, this volume seeks a different form of engagement that moves beyond such strictures. Featuring essays that unsettle distinctions between the general and the particular, it proposes a commitment to expanding notions of universality, making theorization not only relevant and generative, but ultimately, transformative.

     

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    Source: CompaRe
    Language: English
    Media type: Part of a book; Part of a book
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 978-3-96558-068-8; 978-3-96558-069-5; 978-3-96558-067-1
    DDC Categories: 800
    Collection: ICI Berlin
    Subjects: Globaler Süden; Theorie; Wissensproduktion; Eurozentrismus; Generalisierung
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