Political Apologies and the Question of a 'Shared Time' in the Australian Context 1 Aug 2013 | 03:50 pm

Although conceptually distinct, ‘time’ and ‘community’ are multiply intertwined within a myriad of key debates in both the social sciences and the humanities. Even so, the role of conceptions of time ...

On Topology 1 Aug 2013 | 03:50 pm

Recent arguments asserting a topological turn in culture also identify a range of topologically informed interventions in social and cultural theory. Talk of a topological turn evokes both the endurin...

Notes on the Sacred 1 Aug 2013 | 03:50 pm

In a sequence of aphorisms, Jean-Luc Nancy interrogates the speculative suture between the sacred and truth. The sacred is indexed to an encounter or a point of intensity via which the subject approac...

Consumption and its Consequences by Daniel Miller 1 Aug 2013 | 03:50 pm

Liquid Networks and the Metaphysics of Flux: Ontologies of Flow in an Age of Speed and Mobility 1 Aug 2013 | 03:50 pm

It is common for social theorists to utilize the metaphors of ‘flow’, ‘fluidity’, and ‘liquidity’ in order to substantiate the ways in which speed and mobility form the basis for a new kind of informa...

Towards an Economy of Complexity: Derrida, Morin and Bataille 1 Aug 2013 | 03:50 pm

In this article we explore the possibility of viewing complex systems, as well as the models we create of such systems, as operating within a particular type of economy. The type of economy we aim to ...

The Biopolitics of Sacrifice: Securing Infrastructure at the G20 Summit 1 Aug 2013 | 03:50 pm

This article investigates infrastructure spending from a biopolitical perspective and rethinks its connections to emerging regimes of (in)securitization. Starting with a study of the organization and ...

Governance and Dissidence in Online Culture in China: The Case of Anti-CNN and Online Gaming 1 Aug 2013 | 03:50 pm

The article explores two different articulations of the attitudes of young Chinese netizens towards the state: the neo-nationalist web community, ‘Anti-CNN.com’/‘April Youth’, and the online ‘machinem...

BBC Arabic, Social Media and Citizen Production: An Experiment in Digital Democracy before the Arab Spring 27 Jun 2013 | 04:40 pm

This article examines an innovative experiment in democratizing international broadcasting through embracing a participatory model of production. In spring 2010, a political debate television series w...

Illness Online: Self-reported Data and Questions of Trust in Medical and Social Research 27 Jun 2013 | 04:40 pm

Self-reported data are regarded by medical researchers as invalid and less reliable than data produced by experts in clinical settings, yet individuals can increasingly contribute personal information...