September 01 2017 The Smartness Mandate: Notes toward a Critique Orit Halpern, Orit Halpern Orit Halpern is Associate Professor in Sociology and Anthropology at Concordia University. She works on cybernetics, infrastructure, and the future of urban habitats. She is also a codirector of the Speculative Life Research Cluster, a laboratory situated at the intersection of art and the life sciences, architecture and design, and computational media (www.speculativelife.com). Her website is www.orithalpern.net. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Robert Mitchell, Robert Mitchell Robert Mitchell is the Marcello Lotti Professor of English and Director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies in Science and Cultural Theory at Duke University. His books include Tissue Economies: Blood, Organs, and Cell Lines in Late Capitalism, with Catherine Waldby (Duke University Press, 2006) and, most recently, Experimental Life: Vitalism in Romantic Science and Literature (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013). Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Bernard Dionysius Geoghegan Bernard Dionysius Geoghegan Bernard Dionysius Geoghegan is a media historian whose work examines the constitution of digital media as hybrid ensembles of techniques, instruments, and inscription systems. He is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Digital Humanities at King's College London and also holds supplementary appointments as a Visiting Associate Professor of Film and Media Studies at Yale University and as a curator at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt in Berlin. His website is www.bernardg.com. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Author and Article Information Orit Halpern Orit Halpern is Associate Professor in Sociology and Anthropology at Concordia University. She works on cybernetics, infrastructure, and the future of urban habitats. She is also a codirector of the Speculative Life Research Cluster, a laboratory situated at the intersection of art and the life sciences, architecture and design, and computational media (www.speculativelife.com). Her website is www.orithalpern.net. Robert Mitchell Robert Mitchell is the Marcello Lotti Professor of English and Director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies in Science and Cultural Theory at Duke University. His books include Tissue Economies: Blood, Organs, and Cell Lines in Late Capitalism, with Catherine Waldby (Duke University Press, 2006) and, most recently, Experimental Life: Vitalism in Romantic Science and Literature (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013). Bernard Dionysius Geoghegan Bernard Dionysius Geoghegan is a media historian whose work examines the constitution of digital media as hybrid ensembles of techniques, instruments, and inscription systems. He is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Digital Humanities at King's College London and also holds supplementary appointments as a Visiting Associate Professor of Film and Media Studies at Yale University and as a curator at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt in Berlin. His website is www.bernardg.com. Online Issn: 1536-0105 Print Issn: 1526-3819 © 2017 by Grey Room, Inc. and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.2017Grey Room, Inc. and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Grey Room (2017) (68): 106–129. https://doi.org/10.1162/GREY_a_00221 Cite Icon Cite Permissions Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Search Site Citation Orit Halpern, Robert Mitchell, Bernard Dionysius Geoghegan; The Smartness Mandate: Notes toward a Critique. Grey Room 2017; (68): 106–129. doi: https://doi.org/10.1162/GREY_a_00221 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentAll JournalsGrey Room Search Advanced Search This content is only available as a PDF.
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