The latest issue of Cultural Politics, (Volume 3, Issue 1, March 2007) with
a special section on Velocities of Power has just been published. (See Table
of Contents below). As the journal's Arts Editor I am proud to draw your
attention to the Field Report for this issue: "We Don't Like It As It Is But
We Don't Know What We Want It To Be," a project about time, the war on
terror, and architecture in contemporary Damascus by The Speculative Archive
artists Julia Meltzer and David Thorne. Other artists contributing to past
and upcoming "Field Reports" in Cultural Politics include Stephen Andrews,
Zoe Leonard, Nancy Spero, Carrie Moyer, David Humphrey, Trevor Paglen, Paul
Chan and Dinh Q. Le… Stay tuned!
Joy Garnett
Arts Editor
Cultural Politics
http://culturalpolitics.org
Cultural Politics
Volume 3, no.1
March 2007
TABLE of CONTENTS
ARTICLE
Shrinking the Borders: Globalization, Culture and Belonging
Graeme Turner
SPECIAL SECTION ON VELOCITIES OF POWER
Velocities of Power: An Introduction
John Beck and Paul Crosthwaite
Resistance Becomes Ballistic: Vanishing Point and the End of the Road
John Beck
Speed, War and Traumatic Affect: Reading Ian McEwan's Atonement
Paul Crosthwaite
Media Poll-itics in Canadian Elections: A Report on Accelerated Public
Opinion
Bob Hanke
Running to Stand Still: Late Modernity?s Acceleration Fixation
Donncha Kavanagh, Geoff Lightfoot, and Simon Lilley
FIELD REPORT / ART WORK
We Don't Like It As It Is But We Don't Know What We Want It To Be
The Speculative Archive /Artists Julia Meltzer and David Thorne on time,
the war on terror, and architecture in contemporary Damascus
BOOK REVIEWS
Ghosts of Place
Mike Gane on John Schofield's Combat Archeology: Material Culture and
Modern Conflict
Bringing the Economy Back in to Cultural Politics?
Joanne Roberts on Don Rowbotham's Culture, Society and Economy: Bringing
Production Back In
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Cultural Politics: March issue
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