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COLLABORATORY: VITAL SYSTEMS SECURITY

The Vital Systems Security collaboration examines how, today, security is being constituted as an object of knowledge, intervention, and political reflection. It proposes that the security of vital systems such as energy, transportation, communication and health is one norm in relationship to which security is being reproblematized. A central goal of the collaboration is to examine these issues through collective, conceptually driven inquiry that addresses rapidly developing contemporary problems.

Monthly Archives: April 2007

McFate, Anthropology, and the War

Posted on April 30, 2007 by scollier

The SF Chronicle has another article on Montgomery McFate, the war, and anthropology — this one very much worth reading. The response from the anthropologists is, I think, kind of astonishing. Read on…

Posted in Uncategorized | 5 Comments

Global Health, NGOs, and Public Health Infrastructure

Posted on April 16, 2007 by Carlo Caduff
Posted in biopolitics, infrastructure | 1 Comment

Global Warming and Security

Posted on April 15, 2007 by Carlo Caduff
Posted in biopolitics, preparedness, risk | 7 Comments

From Emergency Response to Reconstruction

Posted on April 10, 2007 by scollier
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CSIS and Infrastructure

Posted on April 5, 2007 by scollier
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Nomination of Six Centers of Excellence for Influenza Research and Surveillance

Posted on April 4, 2007 by Carlo Caduff
Posted in avian flu, bioscience, early warning systems | 3 Comments

Drugs in the Water

Posted on April 4, 2007 by Carlo Caduff
Posted in biopolitics, food safety, risk | Leave a comment

National Public Health Week, April 2-8

Posted on April 2, 2007 by lfearnley
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