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Thought in the Act Ser.: Nonhuman Witnessing : War, Data, and Ecology after the End of the World by Michael Richardson (2024, Trade Paperback)
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Nonhuman Witnessing : War, Data, and Ecology After the End of the World, Paperback by Richardson, Michael, ISBN 1478025646, ISBN-13 9781478025641, Brand New, Free shipping in the US Michael Richardson argues that a radical rethinking of what counts as witnessing is central to building a framework for justice, suggesting that nonhuman witnessing is central to combat contemporary global crises.
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Product Identifiers
PublisherDuke University Press
ISBN-101478025646
ISBN-139781478025641
eBay Product ID (ePID)9061240762
Product Key Features
Number of Pages256 Pages
Publication NameNonhuman Witnessing : War, Data, and Ecology after the End of the World
LanguageEnglish
SubjectMedia Studies, Privacy & Surveillance (See Also Political Science / Privacy & Surveillance), History & Theory, Linguistics / General
Publication Year2024
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaPolitical Science, Social Science, Language Arts & Disciplines
AuthorMichael Richardson
SeriesThought in the Act Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.5 in
Item Weight14.4 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2023-015594
Dewey Edition23
ReviewsRichardson examines what it means to bear witness in the modern world. In an era of escalating geopolitical tensions and instability, impending climate disaster, and technological transformation with artificial intelligence, the book makes a case for expanding our conception of what forms witnessing can take., The work of Michael Richardson is like a four dimensional cartography to navigate the hyperaesthetics of our post-photographic present., Foregrounding the ethical dimensions of the convergence between the fields of security and ecology, Michael Richardson explores whether witnessing is taking place beyond the boundaries of the human. By making a fantastic case for the reversal of the humanist concept of witnessing, Richardson impacts what kinds of research questions can be asked across the disciplines., Nonhuman Witnessing is ingeniously structured and beautifully written, and for geographers concerned with questions of testimony and trauma it provides a provocative and original rendering of witnessing as a concept, while the array of examples and theoretical arguments speak directly to geographical work on violence, (non)relationality, the Anthropocene and more.
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal302.2
Table Of ContentAcknowledgments ix Introduction. Nonhuman Witnessing 1 1. Witnessing Violence 37 2. Witnessing Algorithms 80 3. Witnessing Ecologies 112 4. Witnessing Absence 150 Coda. Toward a Politics of Nonhuman Witnessing 174 Notes 185 Bibliography 207 Index 229
SynopsisMichael Richardson argues that a radical rethinking of what counts as witnessing is central to building a framework for justice, suggesting that nonhuman witnessing is central to combat contemporary global crises., In Nonhuman Witnessing Michael Richardson argues that a radical rethinking of what counts as witnessing is central to building frameworks for justice in an era of endless war, ecological catastrophe, and technological capture. Dismantling the primacy and notion of traditional human-based forms of witnessing, Richardson shows how ecological, machinic, and algorithmic forms of witnessing can help us better understand contemporary crises. He examines the media-specificity of nonhuman witnessing across an array of sites, from nuclear testing on First Nations land and autonomous drone warfare to deepfakes, artificial intelligence, and algorithmic investigative tools. Throughout, he illuminates the ethical and political implications of witnessing in an age of profound instability. By challenging readers to rethink their understanding of witnessing, testimony, and trauma in the context of interconnected crises, Richardson reveals the complex entanglements between witnessing and violence and the human and the nonhuman.
LC Classification NumberP96.S65R534 2023
