Cheryl Narumi Naruse talks about the transformation of Singapore over the past decades into a site of postcolonial promise, with economic prosperity
Computer Graphics
In this episode of High Theory, Bernard Dionysius Geoghegan talks with us about computer graphics. Emerging from tools for sailing and warmaking,
Reading
Reading Swati Moitra explains how reading can be a subversive and even revolutionary act in certain socio-historical contexts. She draws especially from
Cooperative Extension System
In this episode of High Theory, Karl Dudman tells us about the Cooperative Extension System. Formed in 1914 as an extension of
ACLA 2023
How Will Critique Save the World? : Popular Theory and Public Humanities This episode of High Theory is based upon a conference
Choice Architecture
In this episode of High Theory, Eli Cook tells us about choice architecture. The term was invented by behavioral economists in 2008
Affective Masculinities
Amrita De talks about affective masculinities, aspirational linkages with dominant scripts of masculinities, socially organized. As she expands her work beyond her
Index
In this episode of High Theory, Dennis Duncan tells us about the history of the index. At it’s simplest, an index is
Queer Space
In this episode of High Theory, Jack Jen Gieseking tells us about queer space. Queer geographies matter alongside queer temporalities. And it
Near Death Experience
In this episode of High Theory, Laura Wittman tells us about near death experiences. The central feature of these experiences is a
MLA 2023
This episode is a recording of a short paper presented by Kim and Saronik in the panel “Literary Criticism: New Platforms” organized
Ethical AI
In this episode of High Theory, Alex Hanna talks with Nathan Kim about Ethical AI. Their conversation is part of our High
Neurasthenia
In this episode of High Theory, Kim talks with Saronik about neurasthenia. A disease that no longer exists, neurasthenia was a nineteenth
Off-Shore Aesthetics
Sritama Chatterjee talks about a model of literary criticism that she developed in the process of writing her new essay on shipbreaking
Civil Disobedience
Eraldo Souza dos Santos talks about the invention of civil disobedience as a form of political action around the world, and the
Probability
In this episode of High Theory, Justin Joque talks with Júlia Irion Martins about Probability. This conversation is part of our High
