Postdigital as (Re)Turn to the Political

The Struggling Towards a Transdisciplinary Metaphysics

“…It is work that is being done in the growing number of courses in postdigital humanities in universities but are these institutions the correct places? 11 Surely these spaces would become different places and cultures where public intellectuals might flourish outside of designated learning hubs whose function would then be coordinate instruction in disciplines as skills rather than intrinsic valuable hegemonies of knowledge. Much more could be imagined and envisioned.…”

Postdigital Living in the Age of Covid-19: Unsettling What We See as Possible

“…PJ: Your argument echoes Jeremy Knox's recent editorial, 'Postdigital as (Re)Turn to the Political' (Knox 2019), and further reminds me of Sinclair and Hayes' reflection: 'When the prefix post(-) triggers us to recognise that there is something to talk about in the term that follows, with the word 'digital' it signals that we have not done with the digital and there are some material aspects of the digital that cannot be physically composted.' (Sinclair and Hayes 2019: 130) Great to see these concordances!…”

Data Centres in the University: From Tools to Symbols of Power and Transformation

“…According to Williamson and Eynon (2020) the focus of the discussions could then be on the designs (skeletons) and subsequent the functioning of these platforms. A substantive part of these debates is taking place from a post-digital approach and positioning (Cramer, 2014;Knox, 2019;Llamas, 2020), in which the need to explore and analyse initiatives that seek to foster human development and well-being beyond short-term technological solutionism is advocated.…”