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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear colleagues (and apologies for cross-posting),<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">My new book <i><a href="https://www.dukeupress.edu/nonhuman-witnessing">Nonhuman Witnessing: War, Data, and Ecology after the End of the World</a>
</i>is available for pre-order from Duke University Press, with publication scheduled for early February 2024. Here’s the blurb:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">In <i>Nonhuman Witnessing</i> 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.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">“The work of Michael Richardson is like a four dimensional cartography to navigate the hyperaesthetics of our post-photographic present.” — Eyal Weizman, coauthor of
<i>Investigative Aesthetics: Conflicts and Commons in the Politics of Truth</i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">“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
<i>Savage Ecology: War and Geopolitics at the End of the World</i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>To pre-order from <a href="https://www.dukeupress.edu/nonhuman-witnessing">
Duke in the US</a>, you can use the discount code E24RCHDN to receive 30%. If you’d rather use the Europe-based
<a href="https://www.combinedacademic.co.uk/9781478025641/nonhuman-witnessing/">Combined Academic Publishers</a>, you’ll need to wait until January but the same code will provide an equivalent discount once sales go live.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Best wishes,</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Michael</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">-----</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Michael Richardson (he/him)</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Associate Professor in Media and Culture</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Program Director, Bachelor of Media</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Co-Director, <a href="http://www.mediafutureshub.org/" title="http://www.mediafutureshub.org/"><span style="color:#0563C1">Media Futures Hub</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Associate Investigator, <a href="https://www.admscentre.org.au/" title="https://www.admscentre.org.au/"><span style="color:#0563C1">ADM+S</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">School of the Arts & Media | Faculty of Arts, Design & Architecture | University of New South Wales</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><a href="mailto:michael.richardson@unsw.edu.au" title="mailto:michael.richardson@unsw.edu.au"><span style="color:#0563C1">michael.richardson@unsw.edu.au</span></a> | <a href="https://unsw.academia.edu/MichaelRichardson" title="https://unsw.academia.edu/MichaelRichardson"><span style="color:#0563C1">https://unsw.academia.edu/MichaelRichardson</span></a> | <a href="http://www.twitter.com/richardson_m_a" title="http://www.twitter.com/richardson_m_a"><span style="color:#0563C1">@richardson_m_a</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Coming soon! </span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><a href="https://www.dukeupress.edu/nonhuman-witnessing" title="https://www.dukeupress.edu/nonhuman-witnessing"><span style="color:#0078D7">Richardson,
Michael.</span><span style="color:#0078D7;text-decoration:none"> </span><i><span style="color:#0078D7">Nonhuman Witnessing: War, Data, and Ecology after the End of the World</span></i><span style="color:#0078D7">. Duke University Press, 2024</span></a>.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">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.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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