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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.

Category Archives: links and connections

Swine Flu (Redux)

Posted on April 24, 2009 by Carlo Caduff

… no good news today. Not avian flu, but swine flu … ! New, deadly swine flu hits Mexico By Noel Randewich and Armando Tovar Reuters Friday, April 24, 2009 11:30 AM MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – A deadly strain of … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized, avian flu, biopolitics, early warning systems, links and connections, surveillance | 8 Comments

Animalia Biosecurity: A Kingdom of Bio-Agent Sentinels (I of II)

Posted on April 12, 2009 by shapironick
Posted in early warning systems, links and connections, surveillance | 9 Comments

Nano Risk: Dupont + Environmental Defense

Posted on February 26, 2007 by ckelty
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More on DHS ‘risk’ assessment

Posted on February 16, 2007 by lfearnley
Posted in links and connections, risk | 1 Comment

Enactment in the Military

Posted on January 28, 2007 by scollier
Posted in enactment, links and connections | 2 Comments

LSE Centre for Analysis of Risk and Regulation

Posted on January 23, 2007 by scollier
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