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    Critical Genealogies


The collection "Critical Genealogies," edited by Verena Erlenbusch-Anderson, Colin Koopman, and Bonnie Sheehey, presents genealogical research engaged in investigating problematizations of the present as well as work addressed to questions of methodology in genealogy. The unifying theme of the special collection is a shared interest in taking up genealogy as a method for interrogating the history of our present, a present that differs in important ways from the present examined by genealogical predecessors such as Nietzsche, Foucault, Williams, and others. The collection features genealogical works-in-progress and reflections on methodological questions of research design, strategy, and structure as well as practical questions about conducting genealogical research. The launch piece for the collection is a group interview on genealogical methodology titled "Ways of Doing Genealogy" in which is conveyed a variety of reflections on deploying genealogical methods across a range of topics.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.16995/gc.collection.796

Interview


Ways of Doing Genealogy: Inquiry after Foucault. A Group Interview with Verena Erlenbusch, Simon Ganahl, Robert W. Gehl, Thomas Nail, and Perry Zurn

Ways of Doing Genealogy: Inquiry after Foucault. A Group Interview with Verena Erlenbusch, Simon Ganahl, Robert W. Gehl, Thomas Nail, and Perry Zurn

Colin Koopman

2017-03-06 Volume 3 • Issue 1 • 2017 • 1–10

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Collection: Critical Genealogies

From Media Archaeology to Media Genealogy: An Interview with Erkki Huhtamo

From Media Archaeology to Media Genealogy: An Interview with Erkki Huhtamo

Simon Ganahl

2016-10-01 Volume 2 • Issue 1 • 2016 • 1–8

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Collection: Critical Genealogies

Roundtable on the Archive: A Group Discussion from the Fourth Critical Genealogies Workshop (Richmond, VA, 2022)

Roundtable on the Archive: A Group Discussion from the Fourth Critical Genealogies Workshop (Richmond, VA, 2022)

Colin Koopman

2023-04-24 Volume 9 • Issue 1 • 2023 • 1–29

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Collection: Critical Genealogies

Research


(Critical) Reverse Engineering and Genealogy

(Critical) Reverse Engineering and Genealogy

Robert W. Gehl

2017-04-03 Volume 3 • Issue 1 • 2017 • 1–14

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Collection: Critical Genealogies

The Nature of Our Becoming: Genealogical Perspectives

The Nature of Our Becoming: Genealogical Perspectives

Anne Sauka

2020-04-30 Volume 6 • Issue 1 • 2020 • 1–30

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Collection: Critical Genealogies

Does Foucault Have a Published Œuvre?

Does Foucault Have a Published Œuvre?

William A. B. Parkhurst

2020-06-16 Volume 6 • Issue 1 • 2020 • 1–38

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Collection: Critical Genealogies

Genealogy of Algorithms: Datafication as Transvaluation

Genealogy of Algorithms: Datafication as Transvaluation

Virgil W. Brower

2020-10-19 Volume 6 • Issue 1 • 2020 • 1–43

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Collection: Critical Genealogies

Collection: Algorithmic Governmentality