[...]actics of fieldwork, ="trms">embodiment and ="trms">materiality (in a manner that reveals or instigates processes of knowing).
(In this moment of increasing standardization and specialization regarding how people learn, art is a space for innovative thinking and experimentation outside given frameworks.)


...our ability to share the experience of the habits of the ="trms">world that we discover. (="ppl">Kohn)

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="ppl">Campbell on Harman's philosophy
(problem of) object-oriented ="trms">ontology as ="trms">social theory ='lgc'>[insights of object-orientation mechanically applied to the ="trms">social by Harman, “im="trms">materialism"='lgc'>]
="lsts lst1">•innovative adaptation of ="trms">phenomenology
="lsts lst1">•critique of how objects have been failed by philosophy
="lsts lst1">•insistence upon an ="trms">aesthetic attitude of investigation
='lgc'>--but='lgc'>='lgc'>-->
="lsts lst1">•object-oriented ="trms">social theory lacks the ="trms"nttrm="righ,rigo,riga,rigi,trig,rign">rigor and ="trms">imaginative potential to envision the ="trms">ontology of the ="trms">social
="lsts lst1">•the way object-oriented ="trms">ontology is stuck in a no-man's-land of not-quite-nonhuman-not-quite-human
="lsts lst1">•as ooo enters ="trms">social theory it commits a performative fallacy ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> missing the fundamental starting point of ="trms">social theory='lgc'>: ='strcls'>***objects come into the ="trms">social ="trms">world as expressions of (negotiated, perceptual, political, ="trms">agentic) value='strcls'>*** ='lgc'>[="trms">social theory is fundamentally predicated on the ="trms">socius ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ="trms">social theory is about the as="trms">sociation between things ='lgc'>=/= homogenous things='lgc'>]
='lgc'>}='lgc'>=/= ="ppl">Campbell's ='strcls'>*posthuman ="trms">relationism='strcls'>*='lgc'>: another form that better understands the ="trms">abyssal point between the non-human and the human

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(2007 conference) speculative realism ='lgc'>{antipathy to “human-centred” intellectual traditions='lgc'>} ='lgc'>='lgc'>='lgc'>~=> object-oriented ="trms">ontology

(objectivity ='lgc'>=/= obliqtivity)
Harman's im="trms">materialism='lgc'>: realism without ="trms">materialism ='lgc'>: objects can only ever be captured obliquely

object-oriented ="trms">ontology's development='lgc'>:
="lsts lst1">•characterised by a consistent lament for how post-="ppl">Kantian philosophy in general (Continental philosophy in particular) has abandoned hope of describing objects as objects
="lsts lst1">•the real='lgc'>: absolute autonomy of objects (withdraw from subjects)
="lsts lst2">◦objects='lgc'>: sleeping giants holding their forces in reserve
="lsts lst1">•prefer the ="trms">excess of the ="trms">aesthetic over the reduction by the ="trms">scientific (="trms">materialism's tendency to reduce objects to a primary substratum ='lgc'>='lgc'>==> rendering them susceptible to mathematical capture) ='lgc'>--="ppl">Campbell='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ='strcls'>*="trms">aesthetic foundationalism='strcls'>* ='lgc'>[='lgc'>==engender='lgc'>='lgc'>==> an attitudinal ="trms">response to objects='lgc'>] (='at'>@="nms">apass, this is also a problem in artistic research)='lgc'>:
="lsts lst2">◦="trms">aesthetic appreciation above the reduction of the ="trms">phenomenon achieved by ="trms">science ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> “art (art criticism) is a style that gets us closer to the ="trms">nature of objects” (='lgc'>+ bad ='thdf'>example of Clement Greenberg)
="lsts lst2">◦(to make the invisible deep conditions of objects perceivable) ="trms">prioritize ='strcls'>*allusive style='strcls'>* above ='strcls'>*="trms">literal description='strcls'>*
="lsts lst1">•claims to post-="trms">phenomenological sovereignty
="lsts lst1">•over-mining approach to knowl="trms"nttrm="knowledge,Knowledge">edge production ='lgc'>=/= objects's surplus of reality
="lsts lst2">◦="trms">methodological approach which encounters objects as objects (='lgc'>=/= actor ="trms">network theory's manner of focusing upon an object's effects) ='lgc'>[='lgc'>+ bad ='thdf'>example of Dutch East India Company='lgc'>]='lgc'>--="ppl">Campbell='lgc'>='lgc'>--> object-oriented ="trms">social theory produces a rudimentary ="trms">narrative with no discernible innovation on the level of='lgc'>:
="lsts lst3">◾objects ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> the actors are recognisable companies, personalities, infrastructures
="lsts lst3">◾="trms">relations ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> the major ="trms">symbiotic moments are legal contracts, infrastructure and formative moments in a human's life
="lsts lst3">◾time ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> there is standard chronology from birth to death, with emphasis on human-centric causes and effects
="lsts lst1">•“="trms">social theory='lgc'> = a mode of knowl="trms"nttrm="knowledge,Knowledge">edge production” (='lgc'>=/= a decontextualised reflection of the ="trms">world) ='lgc'>='lgc'>==> withdrawal='lgc'>: a psychological alibi, an ="trms">aesthetic (='lgc'>=/= cognitive concept) ='lgc'>==stimulate='lgc'>='lgc'>==> an attitudinal ="trms">response='lgc'>: humility ='lgc'>[='lgc'>+ passivity='qstn'>?='lgc'>] in the face of overwhelming non-human existence ='lgc'>[='lgc'>~ appeal ='lgc'>==produce='lgc'>='lgc'>==> a paterna="trms"nttrm="listen,alist,ilist,llist,olist,ylist,ulist">listic-arrogant-="trms">instrumenta="trms"nttrm="listen,alist,ilist,llist,olist,ylist,ulist">list attitude to the nonhuman ='lgc'>=/= ='strcls'>*appeal ='lgc'>==foster='lgc'>='lgc'>==> ="trms">responsibility='strcls'>* (a norrnativity that withdrawal cannot) ='lgc'>-='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ='gtrw'>go to ="ppl">="ppl">Haraway ='lgc'>+ ="ppl">Campbell='lgc'>]

='lgc'>}='lgc'>=/= posthuman ="trms">relationism='lgc'>: rea="trms"nttrm="listen,alist,ilist,llist,olist,ylist,ulist">lists who draw on contemporary advances in disciplines like geology, biology, mathematics and ="trms">neurology to make the case that non-human reality is not a sub-set of human reality ='lgc'>='lgc'>-->
="lsts lst1">•commitment to an object-oriented realism (='lgc'>='lgc'>~= Harman)
="lsts lst1">•occupy an ='strcls'>*="trms">anthropic='strcls'>* event horizon='lgc'>: their ="trms">social analyses occur in the shifting, impossible ground hetween the human and the nonhuman (='lgc'>=/= Harman)
="lsts lst1">•dialectic of object ='strcls'>**withdrawal ='lgc'>+ appeal='strcls'>** (='lgc'>=/= Harman's object withdrawal) ='lgc'>~ ='strcls'>***="trms">interaction between objective withdrawal ='and'>& subjective appeal='strcls'>***

(Moss) earth as making an appeal ='lgc'>--="ppl">Freud='lgc'>='lgc'>--> a ="trms">demand for work
“when the attention of an experienced person is drawn to the ="trms">child's state by this path of discharge, ='lgc'>[the path of discharge='lgc'>] ... acquires a secondary function of the highest importance, that of cornmunicalion
='lgc'>='lgc'>--> initial helplessness of human beings is the primal source of all moral motives
(="trms">child's) creaming and kicking ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> appeal (made by the earth) is a combination of ="trms">demand ='lgc'>+ accusation


contemporary ="trms">social theorists are turning towards objects
='lgc'><='lgc'>==Bennett='lgc'>== object produce a ‘="trms">gestalt shift’ in perception
='lgc'>}='lgc'>==="ppl">Tsing='lgc'>='lgc'>==> (amounts to) a political act ='lgc'><='lgc'>== (turning towards objects) requires us='lgc'>:
="lsts lst1">•to re-divide the ="trms">world
="lsts lst1">•to re-="trms">prioritise matler(s)
="lsts lst1">•to create ="trms">different ="trms">causalities
="lsts lst1">•to follow new ="trms">agencies
="lsts lst1">•to produce new spacetimes
="lsts lst1">•to ="trms">interrupt the ‘mind-lulling ="trms">presence of common sense’
='lgc'>}='lgc'>-='lgc'>-='lgc'>='lgc'>--> acknowl="trms"nttrm="knowledge,Knowledge">edge the importance of traditional ='strcls'>*="trms">social theory='strcls'>* in identifying gross inequalities ='lgc'>+ advocate a posthuman ="trms">relationism that moves ='strcls'>*from critique to production='strcls'>* ='lgc'>='lgc'>==> ='strcls'>*new and surprising connections between modes of existence='strcls'>* (='thdf'>for example)
="lsts lst1">•did the typical American diet play any role in engendering the widesp="trms"nttrm="already,spread">read susceptibility to the propaganda leading up to the invasion of Iraq='qstn'>?
="lsts lst1">•do sand storms make a ="trms">difference to the sp="trms"nttrm="already,spread">read of socalled sectarian violence='qstn'>?
="lsts lst1">•does mercury help enact autism='qstn'>?
="lsts lst1">•what if ="trms">serious adoption practices for and by the elderly became common='qstn'>?
="lsts lst1">•what if nations that are worried about low birth rates (Denmark, Germany, Japan, Russia, white America, more) acknowl="trms"nttrm="knowledge,Knowledge">edged that fear of immigrants is a big problem, and that racial purity projects and fantasies drive resurgent pronatalism='qstn'>?


posthuman='lgc'>: a mode of ="trms"nttrm="listen,alist,ilist,llist,olist,ylist,ulist">listening for the nonhuman ='lgc'>+ ="trms">simultaneously acknowledging the impossibility of fully hearing it ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> impossible ="trms">position ='lgc'>==expand='lgc'>='lgc'>==> our range of ="trms">socialities, ="trms">causalities, temporalities and ethics because it contains the ='strcls'>**stubborn ="trms">anthropo="trms">morphic residual='strcls'>** within any ‘new’ theory of ="trms">society
='lgc'>='lgc'>--> (not in="trms">finite) co-constitution of the ="trms">social ='lgc'>+ the extra-="trms">social (vaccines ='and'>& ="trms">markets, planetary ="trms">systems ='and'>& telescopes, catastrophes ='and'>& laws, etc.)

feminist ="trms">science studies ='strcls'>*="trms">demand a normative ="trms">responsibility='strcls'>* towards ="trms">ontological in="trms">="trms"nttrm="cluster,club">clusivity and humility

(now that there is no objective ='lgc'>='lgc'>-->) ="trms">interrogatives are object-makers

='strcls'>*strangeness (of nonhuman life) ='lgc'>[acts as a guide='lgc'>] ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> mobilising new pre="trms">positions of connection ='lgc'>='lgc'>==> to think ="trms">differently about the ="trms">social ='lgc'>='lgc'>==> new conceptions of ="trms">society (as planetmate, messmate, ="trms">natureculture, mindbody, thing-power, odd kin, etc.)


parallels drawn between theories of evolution ='and'>& theories of ="trms">social change='lgc'>:
="lsts lst1">•Gould ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> concept of punctuated equilibrium
="lsts lst1">•="ppl">Serres ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ="trms">ontology of the ="trms">social as parasitism
="lsts lst1">•Hayles ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ="trms">translation of epigenesis and ="trms">technogenesis
="lsts lst1">•

='lgc'>{="trms">phenomenon of serial endo="trms">symbiosis theory ='lgc'><='lgc'>-- ="trms">social theorists deploy this in the search for accounts of how change and creativity o="trms"nttrm="righ,rigo,riga,rigi,trig,rign">riginate='lgc'>}='lgc'>='lgc'>--> (bio-econornic context) ='strcls'>*="trms">symbiosis='strcls'>* has long been recognised as a theory which de="trms">monstrates the co-constitution of the ="trms">social and the biological
='lgc'>=/= ="ppl">Darwinian ="trms">story of='lgc'>: small variations, random mutation, long time scales, ="trms">natural selection, fitness and incremental development='lgc'>:
="lsts lst1">•complexity derived by brute mechanical climbing from the base al="trms"nttrm="already,spread">ready built by the efforts of earlier climbing
="lsts lst1">•unit of change='lgc'>: the gene, or individual organism, the ="trms">zoocentric, ‘big like us’ ="trms">epistemic culture of both ="trms">science and ="trms">social ="trms">science (='lgc'>=/= weird ="trms">worldings of protists, ="trms"nttrm="search">archea, eukaryotes ='lgc'>[Wertheim='lgc'>])

bacteriology ='lgc'>='lgc'>==> new organisms were often stemmed from profound and prolonged ="trms">symbiotic ="trms">relationships that have proven difficult to analyse ='lgc'>=/= discrete
="lsts lst1">•traits are in="trms">herited outside of sexual dissemination (di="trms">gestion, infection, donation, other complex forms of partner[...]