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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: November 2007

Next salvo in the war over War and Anthropology

Posted on November 22, 2007 by Dale A. Rose

No time like this very second to point all you anthropology people (once again) to the debate about the role of your discipline in enlightening soldiers to the nuances and minutiae of cultures and cultural difference. As the debate about … Continue reading →

Posted in briefly noted | 1 Comment

Introduction — Benjamin Hickler

Posted on November 21, 2007 by scollier
Posted in avian flu, introductions | 6 Comments

Mapping Muslims

Posted on November 10, 2007 by Dale A. Rose
Posted in surveillance | 4 Comments

Imaginative Enactment and the History of the Political Exercise

Posted on November 9, 2007 by alakoff
Posted in emergency response, enactment, preparedness, vital systems | 5 Comments

Early warning for social unrest

Posted on November 9, 2007 by scollier
Posted in catastrophe models, early warning systems | 3 Comments

Flood Response in Mexico

Posted on November 6, 2007 by scollier
Posted in emergency response, floods and hurricanes | Leave a comment

Introduction — Antti Silvast

Posted on November 5, 2007 by scollier
Posted in electricity, infrastructure, introductions, vital systems | 11 Comments

Wasted Public Funds

Posted on November 3, 2007 by Carlo Caduff
Posted in biopolitics, bioscience, preparedness | Leave a comment
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