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SLSA Conference Preview

Posted on September 12, 2012 by The Center for 21st Century Studies

By Rachael Sullivan Around C21, excitement has been building for the SLSA (Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts) Conference coming up September 27-30. The buzz isn’t just about the location—right here in Milwaukee!—or the fact that C21 Director Richard … Continue reading →

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Amerithrax and the Nonhuman

Posted on May 17, 2012 by The Center for 21st Century Studies

By Heather Warren-Crow Let’s begin numerically. Right after 9.11.01, envelopes containing Bacillus anthracis were mailed to 2 US senators, a news anchor, the editor of the New York Post, and the headquarters of the publisher of Playboy and The National … Continue reading →

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Academia as Monstrous Puppet

Posted on May 15, 2012 by The Center for 21st Century Studies

By Charlotte Frost Within the busy The Nonhuman Turn conference Twitter stream (which was marked by the #c21nonhuman hashtag) there loomed a rather apt entity: a distinctively nonhuman interlocutor by the name of Richard Gruesome. This zombie-esque character, apparently inspired … Continue reading →

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#C21nonhuman

Posted on May 9, 2012 by The Center for 21st Century Studies

How can one capture the excitement, intensity, and enthusiasm of this past weekend’s Nonhuman Turn Conference?  One can point toward the participants’ willingness to continue to think through the ideas discussed during the conference, despite their exhaustion.   UWM English professor, … Continue reading →

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Affect, Epistemology and the Nonhuman Turn

Posted on April 27, 2012 by The Center for 21st Century Studies

By Rebekah Sheldon Over drinks the other evening, a dear colleague posed the following question. He asked: “Is affect nonhuman?” He was thinking about the upcoming Nonhuman Turn conference and the sorts of topics registered by the panel titles. While … Continue reading →

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#C21Nonhuman

Posted on April 25, 2012 by The Center for 21st Century Studies
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#c21nonhuman

Posted on April 17, 2012 by The Center for 21st Century Studies

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Introducing ThinkMakeDigital

Posted on April 10, 2012 by The Center for 21st Century Studies

In anticipation of the upcoming Nonhuman Turn Conference – it’s only weeks away! – we’d like to introduce ThinkMakeDigital (TMD).   This group has been working behind the scenes, considering how to use nonhuman technologies to think about the nonhuman turn  (very … Continue reading →

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Vibrant Matter

Posted on March 20, 2012 by The Center for 21st Century Studies
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Claws versus Paws, Running Nerds, and the Case for Precise Language

Posted on March 14, 2012 by The Center for 21st Century Studies

by Mary Mullen I remember the first time I saw my husband run in a track meet.  He wasn’t racing; he was pacing a friend who was sponsored by New Balance at the time.  I hadn’t been dating him long, … Continue reading →

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