The poor and working people in cities of the South find themselves in urban spaces that are
conventionally construed as places to reside or inhabit. But what if we thought of popular …

This article discusses the basic arguments and important achievements of Jane Bennett's
vital materialism, as well as some problems and limitations of this theoretical perspective. It …

Environments are increasingly becoming technologized sites of data production. From smart
cities to smart forests, digital networks are analyzing and joining up environmental …

Materialism, a rich philosophical tradition that goes back to antiquity, is currently undergoing
a renaissance. In The Government of Things, Thomas Lemke provides a comprehensive …

In The Surrounds renowned urbanist AbdouMaliq Simone offers a new theorization of the
interface of the urban and the political. Working at the intersection of Black studies, urban …

In Thinking Like a Climate Hannah Knox confronts the challenges that climate change poses
to knowledge production and modern politics. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork among …

Over the past decade, infrastructures have emerged as compelling sites for qualitative social
research. This occurs in a general situation where the race for infrastructural investment has …

This companion explores ANT as an intellectual practice, tracking its movements and
engagements with a wide range of other academic and activist projects. Showcasing the …

Ontology has recently gained renewed attention in science and technology studies and
anthropology (eg Gad, Jensen and Winthereik 2015; Holbraad, Pedersen and Viveiros de …

The first book-length, in-depth ethnography of US human spaceflight What if outer space is
not outside the human environment but, rather, defines it? This is the unusual starting point …