...Cinematic Discourse<subtitle>Universality, Singularity, and the Everyday World</subtitle> ...

...<subtitle>Machinic Bodies, Ghosts, and Para-Selves: Confronting the Singularity with Brian Rotman</subtitle> ...

... To speak well of the sciences, this chapter argues, entails an exploration of the singularity of scientific practices, of what, like all other practices, makes them unlike all other practices. It follows the history of the detection of solar neutrinos and develops an argument affirming...

... This chapter focuses on the singular performances of the interface between (Black) subjectivity and information technologies in popular music, asking how these performances impact definitions of the technological. To this end, after a brief examination of those aspects of mobile technologies...

... The book's introduction places “Old Town Road” in context as a singular chart phenomenon and considers its value as both a piece of music and a pop artifact. An opening anecdote from a grade-school gymnasium reveals the depth of popularity of Lil Nas X's song with audiences of all ages...

... This chapter explores ulaka (anger), an affect related to the aesthetic value of isigqi (power), to argue the eloquence of the ngoma body-voice. Starting close in by detailing singular moments of artistry, the analysis attends to the strident timbre of the lead voice (team captain), comparing...

.... Underlining the divergences between practices and moving away from the consensual reasons that overlook the singularity of what matters becomes a crucial factor in speaking well of the sciences without according them the right to judge others. politics of science feminist critique practice turn...

... prejudices, and power structures. This scene is the starting point of a meditation on the quandary of doing anthropology in the Middle East, with the singular tensions between hope and cynicism, cheerfulness and negativity that undermine political debates. bioethics health inequalities cynicism...

... Starting with a discussion of Galileo and his experimental apparatus, this chapter addresses the singularity of theoretico-experimental science and the power that its practices articulate. It reconsiders the “epic” genre of narrative that the Galilean fable of origins has given rise to and its...

... a deidealized approach based on the work of Kadji Amin. It demonstrates how transmisogyny and the reproductive imperative work in the tale to contain Agar's dangerous fluid masculinity. The reading fixes on the workings of “fixing” ( sābit honā ) in the qissah and shows how Agar is reduced to a singular...

... This chapter outlines one possible way of practicing a politics of crisis. Ranging widely (the essay touches on epistemology, the continuing importance of the university as a privileged site of critical engagement, the limitations of Deleuzian singularity, the siren song of vitalism...

... in particular instances through situated and singular practices. This book engages Guatemalans’ experiences via number but also strives to unsettle readers’ relations to counting, especially the idea that mathematics is the only true universal language. ...