[csaa-forum] New book! Nonhuman Witnessing: War, Data and Ecology after the End of the World

[Michael Richardson]

Dear colleagues (and apologies for cross-posting),

My new book Nonhuman Witnessing: War, Data, and Ecology after the End of the World<https://www.dukeupress.edu/nonhuman-witnessing> is available for pre-order from Duke University Press, with publication scheduled for early February 2024. Here’s the blurb:

In Nonhuman Witnessing Michael Richardson argues that a radical rethinking of what counts as witnessing is central to building frameworks for justice in an era of endless war, ecological catastrophe, and technological capture. Dismantling the primacy and notion of traditional human-based forms of witnessing, Richardson shows how ecological, machinic, and algorithmic forms of witnessing can help us better understand contemporary crises. He examines the media-specificity of nonhuman witnessing across an array of sites, from nuclear testing on First Nations land and autonomous drone warfare to deepfakes, artificial intelligence, and algorithmic investigative tools. Throughout, he illuminates the ethical and political implications of witnessing in an age of profound instability. By challenging readers to rethink their understanding of witnessing, testimony, and trauma in the context of interconnected crises, Richardson reveals the complex entanglements between witnessing and violence and the human and the nonhuman.

“The work of Michael Richardson is like a four dimensional cartography to navigate the hyperaesthetics of our post-photographic present.” — Eyal Weizman, coauthor of Investigative Aesthetics: Conflicts and Commons in the Politics of Truth

“Foregrounding the ethical dimensions of the convergence between the fields of security and ecology, Michael Richardson explores whether witnessing is taking place beyond the boundaries of the human. By making a fantastic case for the reversal of the humanist concept of witnessing, Richardson impacts what kinds of research questions can be asked across the disciplines.” — Jairus Victor Grove, author of Savage Ecology: War and Geopolitics at the End of the World

To pre-order from Duke in the US<https://www.dukeupress.edu/nonhuman-witnessing>, you can use the discount code E24RCHDN to receive 30%. If you’d rather use the Europe-based Combined Academic Publishers<https://www.combinedacademic.co.uk/9781478025641/nonhuman-witnessing/>, you’ll need to wait until January but the same code will provide an equivalent discount once sales go live.

Best wishes,
Michael

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Michael Richardson (he/him)
Associate Professor in Media and Culture
Program Director, Bachelor of Media
Co-Director, Media Futures Hub<http://www.mediafutureshub.org/>
Associate Investigator, ADM+S<https://www.admscentre.org.au/>

School of the Arts & Media | Faculty of Arts, Design & Architecture | University of New South Wales

michael.richardson at unsw.edu.au<mailto:michael.richardson at unsw.edu.au> | https://unsw.academia.edu/MichaelRichardson | @richardson_m_a<http://www.twitter.com/richardson_m_a>

Coming soon! Richardson, Michael. Nonhuman Witnessing: War, Data, and Ecology after the End of the World. Duke University Press, 2024<https://www.dukeupress.edu/nonhuman-witnessing>.

I acknowledge and pay my respects to the Traditional Owners of the land I work and live on, the Bidjigal and Gadigal Peoples, and their elders past and present. Sovereignty was never ceded, and the struggle for justice continues.

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