From Subjects to Cyborgs

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Posts Tagged ‘Appadurai’

Recap Bayart/Appadurai and second writing assignment

Thank you all for a very intense double session last Friday! For those who could not be there, here is a recap of what we discussed in photographs: And for the Appadurai, I tried to collect your explanations of the most important ideas in a very sophisticated graphical display. Judge for yourself: At the very […]

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The work of the imagination

Bayart (2004) and Appadurai (1996) may be read as attempts at grasping the ways in which the production of subjectivity takes place in the global age. Bayart talks about the practices of appropriation (p. 209) at work. They are a paradox, in that they affirm and deny the techniques of domination. These practices often find, […]

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Bayart and Appadurai readings

This is a little late (apologies!) but here is the promised doodle for this week’s reading. Just a short reminder: This week we will meet for a double session from 10:00 to 14:00. There will, of course, be one or maybe even two breaks in between, but not necessarily at 12:45-13:15. Feel free to bring […]

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