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Introduction: Thinking with Algorithms: Cognition and Computation in the Work of N. Katherine Hayles

Amoore, Louise

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In our contemporary moment, when machine learning algorithms are reshaping many aspects of society, the work of N. Katherine Hayles stands as a powerful corpus for understanding what is at stake in a new regime of computation. A renowned literary theorist whose work bridges the humanities and sciences among her many works, Hayles has detailed ways to think about embodiment in an age of virtuality (How We Became Posthuman, 1999), how code as performative practice is located (My Mother Was a Computer, 2005), and the reciprocal relations among human bodies and technics (How We Think, 2012). This special issue follows the 2017 publication of her book Unthought: The Power of the Cognitive Nonconscious, in which Hayles traces the nonconscious cognition of biological life-forms and computational media. The articles in the special issue respond in different ways to Hayles’ oeuvre, mapping the specific contours of computational regimes and developing some of the ‘inflection points’ she advocates in the deep engagement with technical systems.

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Amoore, L. (2019). Introduction: Thinking with Algorithms: Cognition and Computation in the Work of N. Katherine Hayles. Theory, Culture and Society, 36(2), 3-16. https://doi.org/10.1177/0263276418818884

Journal Article Type Article
Online Publication Date Feb 13, 2019
Publication Date Mar 1, 2019
Deposit Date Mar 1, 2019
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal Theory, Culture and Society
Print ISSN 0263-2764
Electronic ISSN 1460-3616
Publisher SAGE Publications
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 36
Issue 2
Pages 3-16
DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/0263276418818884

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Amoore, Louise (2019). Introduction: Thinking with Algorithms: Cognition and Computation in the Work of N. Katherine Hayles. Theory, Culture & Society 36(2): 3-16. Copyright © The Author(s) 2019. Reprinted by permission of SAGE Publications.





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