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Trevor Paglen to present "Keeping It Contained: The Art & Aesthetics of Trevor Paglen" on October 26, 2016

Anonymous — Fri, 21 Oct 2016 07:58:31 +0000

Trevor Paglen to present "Keeping It Contained: The Art & Aesthetics of Trevor Paglen" on October 26, 2016 Anonymous (not verified) Fri, 10/21/2016 - 01:58

Trevor Paglen will present "Keeping It Contained: The Art & Aesthetics of Trevor Paglen" on October 26, 2016 at VAC 1B20 from 7:30pm onwards. Trevor is a New York-based artist whose work deliberately blurs lines between science, contemporary art, journalism, and other disciplines to construct unfamiliar, yet meticulously researched ways to see and interpret the world around us. Some of his newest work, which focuses on the geography and aesthetics of the NSA’s global surveillance programs, is the subject of an exhibition at Metro Pictures in New York City.

The talk is sponsored by the Doctoral Program in Intermedia Art, Writing and Performance, as part of their inaugural Visiting Artist Series connecting the CMCI community with innovative artists, curators and creative scholars.

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Ian Shaw to speak on "The contested geopolitics of US drone warfare" on March 11

Anonymous — Tue, 08 Mar 2016 07:00:00 +0000

Ian Shaw to speak on "The contested geopolitics of US drone warfare" on March 11 Anonymous (not verified) Tue, 03/08/2016 - 00:00

Ian Shaw, Lecturer in Human Geography at the University of Glasgow, will speak on the "The contested geopolitics of US drone warfare" on March 11, 2016 in Guggenheim 205. He is the writer of the forthcoming book Predator Empire: Drone Warfare and Full Spectrum Dominance (University of Minnesota Press 2016).

Abstract of the talk: This paper argues that drone warfare is transforming the security logics of U.S. geopolitics. Crucial to this argument is the idea that technologies like drones can bend, distort, and fold their surrounding environment, producing hybrid “technogeographies” that lock uneven power relations into the planet. While geopolitics may have long foregrounded the geographical dimensions of state power, its focus has been on the physical features of the planet. A more-than-human geopolitics, conversely, studies the power of objects to intervene in international relations. Using this framework, the paper argues that American empire has been transforming during the war on terror, from a labor-intensive and topographic empire, to a machine-intensive and topological system of domination--what it labels a Predator Empire. It concludes by arguing how this modern empire targets the worldliness of the world: mediating its spatial composition, phenomenology, and psychogeographies. Accordingly, we must consider the military drone not only as a weapon, but as a geopolitical actor that polices the atmospheres of human coexistence.

This talk is sponsored by Project Society, IRISS, CU Grand Challenge.

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Good Drones/Bad Drones: A Social Sciences Today Forum on November 17, 2015

Anonymous — Sun, 15 Nov 2015 07:00:00 +0000

Good Drones/Bad Drones: A Social Sciences Today Forum on November 17, 2015 Anonymous (not verified) Sun, 11/15/2015 - 00:00

Tues., Nov. 17, 2015
6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Fleming Room 156

Drone technology has improved to the point where drones are relatively inexpensive and easily available. The issue is how drone technology is being used and can be abused. The panel will explore the ways in which drones can enhance our understanding of many processes, change the way war is fought and impinge on our personal privacy. The panelists are:

- Lorraine Bayard de Volo, Department of Women and Gender Studies
- Gerardo Gutierrez, Department of Anthropology
- John Griffin, Department of Political Science

Free and open to the public.

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