From Apparatus to Assemblage

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dc.contributor.authorCrandall, Jordon
dc.date.accessioned2015-11-02T22:12:22Z
dc.date.available2015-11-02T22:12:22Z
dc.date.copyright2009en_US
dc.date.issued2009-06-06
dc.description.abstractIn emerging digital cultures, one wonders: is the drive to be “in” something more constitutive than the drive for separation? The drive for immersion and exposure more constitutive than that of voyeuristic detachment? If so, how does this challenge the dominance of a foundational condition of spectatorship, or the understanding of media in terms of its capacity to produce a spectatorial relation? To approach the matter, one must undo the customary binary divisions we make of the world, and lessen one’s constitution of a world built on difference. A strategy of approach can be found in the concept of the “assemblage.” I will present a new line of development of assemblage theory, using Manuel DeLanda’s formulation (of Deleuze’s original concept) as a basis of departure, while incorporating the work of other theorists including Bruno Latour, Vilem Flusser, Brian Massumi, Leo Bersani, Georges Bataille, and Jacques Lacan/Slavoj Zizek. My research broadens assemblage theory in two directions: on the one hand, it draws on work in architecture, sociology, and science and technology studies to emphasize the role of network architectures and ecologies; on the other hand, it draws on work in philosophy, anthropology, psychoanalysis, and sexuality studies to emphasize the role of embodiment and desire.en_US
dc.description.reviewstatusUnrevieweden_US
dc.description.scholarlevelFacultyen_US
dc.description.sponsorshipSSHRC Image, Text, Sound and Technology Summer Institute, Workshop and Conference Grant – Critical Digital Studies Workshopen_US
dc.identifier.citationCrandall, Jordon. "From Apparatus to Assemblage." Pacific Centre for Technology and Culture, Victoria, B.C. 6 June 2009. Presentation.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://pactac.net/2009/06/from-apparatus-to-assemblage/
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/6771
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherPacific Centre for Technology and Cultureen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesCritical Digital Studies Workshopsen_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 Canada*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ca/*
dc.subjectdigital culturesen_US
dc.subjectManuel DeLandaen_US
dc.subjectGilles Deleuzeen_US
dc.subjectassemblage theoryen_US
dc.subjectembodimenten_US
dc.subjectnetwork architecturesen_US
dc.subjectspectatorshipen_US
dc.titleFrom Apparatus to Assemblageen_US
dc.typeVideoen_US

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