Organisé par les doctorant.e.s : Hubert Alain, Daniel Blémur et Albertine ThunierContinue Reading

What exactly is paper? What experiences are unique to paper? In what ways is paper valuable? Why paper now? Is paper still a relevant technology? How has paper in its various permutations given rise to specific things, systems, and cultures, including certain formats and genres (e.g. the pocket book, the file, the greetings card), artefacts...Continue Reading

In 1903, German apothecary Julius Neubronner fitted homing pigeons with tiny dual-lensed pneumatic cameras in order to produce unmanned aerial images. I argue that Neubronner’s experiment is suggestive of a much more substantial dovetailing of birds with the modern project of overcoming distance and contend that the field of media studies has overlooked the significance...Continue Reading

This year we started doing some readings as a lab as a way to focus our monthly meetings...Continue Reading