All Outputs (4)

The decomposition of autonomy: Or, drones and global technicity (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Crogan, P. (2014, December). The decomposition of autonomy: Or, drones and global technicity. Paper presented at Remote Control: Violence, Containment, Technology, Utrecht, Netherlands

This paper assesses the political and global security implications of the use of automated weapon systems by several advanced industrial powers through a critical frame informed by the work of Bernard Stiegler, Gregoire Chamayou, Derek Gregory and ot... Read More about The decomposition of autonomy: Or, drones and global technicity.

Drones and global technicity (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Crogan, P. (2014, November). Drones and global technicity. Paper presented at General Organology, Kent, England

This paper (for General Organology conference, http://nootechnics.org/ ) will explore the expansion of military drone usage by Western powers in the “war on terror” over the last decade or so in relation to Bernard Stiegler’s organological approach t... Read More about Drones and global technicity.

The conditions of production of video games: The nature and stakes of creative freedom in Stiegler’s philosophy of technicity (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Crogan, P. (2014, November). The conditions of production of video games: The nature and stakes of creative freedom in Stiegler’s philosophy of technicity. Presented at Philosophy of Computer Games 8: Freedom in Play, Bilgi University, Istanbul

This is the text of a keynote presentation at the Philsophy of Computer Games 8: Freedom in Play conference held at Bilgi University, Istanbul in November 2014. It considers the implications of Bernard Stiegler's philosophy of technology for a critic... Read More about The conditions of production of video games: The nature and stakes of creative freedom in Stiegler’s philosophy of technicity.

Technology, technicity and time: Reanimating old questions for film and media theory in the wake of Stiegler’s philosophical activism (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Crogan, P. (2014, May). Technology, technicity and time: Reanimating old questions for film and media theory in the wake of Stiegler’s philosophical activism. Presented at Irish Screen Studies Seminar, Dublin, Ireland

This is the text of the keynote speech at the Irish Screen Studies Seminar, Trinity College Dublin, May 2014. Stiegler's philosophy of technology and of media is examined for its potential to contribute to a reformulation of film and media studies in... Read More about Technology, technicity and time: Reanimating old questions for film and media theory in the wake of Stiegler’s philosophical activism.