Bepaitment of uenuei & Cultuial Stuuies

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Natuies & Cultuies of Bouies
Se me s t e i 2, 2u14

0ni t of St uuy 0ut l i ne






0nit cooiuinatoi: Kane Race
Email auuiess: kane.iacesyuney.euu.au
Consultation Bouis: Weunesuay 1pm - Spm oi by appointment
Room: K4u8 Nain Quauiangle

This 0nit of Stuuy 0utline N0ST be ieau in conjunction with the policies of the Faculty of
Aits anu Social Sciences on attenuance, late woik, plagiaiism, anu special consiueiation at
http:syuney.euu.auaitscuiient_stuuentspolicies.shtml anu all applicable 0niveisity
policies. In ueteimining applications anu appeals ielating to these matteis, it will be
assumeu that eveiy stuuent has taken the time to familiaiise themselves with these key
policies anu pioceuuies.
School of Philosophical and Historical Inquiry
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
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This unit exploies new appioaches to embouiment in the wake of contempoiaiy
theoiies of biopolitics, oi the politics of life. Biawing on new woik in science
stuuies as well as theoiies of embouiment, it equips stuuents with a fully
mateiialist appioach to the analysis of natuie, cultuie anu bouies. The bouy is
appioacheu as an object of knowleuge anu powei, as always implicateu with
technologies, as an oiganisation of affects anu as a meuium of expeiimentation.
We also uevelop ways of accounting foi the activity of nonhuman actois in the
woilus anu piactices in which humans paiticipate. The unit combines theoietical
ieflection with case stuuies of bouily piactices, cultuies, subcultuies anu
technologies.

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This unit aims to

Intiouuce stuuents to piagmatist appioaches to natuies, cultuies anu
bouies ueiiveu fiom continental philosophy, cultuial stuuies anu
sociology.
Encouiage the piouuction of empiiically infoimeu, conceptually
innovative scholaiship
Bevelop ways of accounting foi the activity of nonhuman actois in the
woilus anu piactices in which humans paiticipate.
Attune stuuents to natuies, cultuies, bouies anu subjectivities as uynamic,
piocessual anu emeigent
Bevelop an event- anu piocess- baseu appioach to genuei anu cultuial
stuuies.

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Stuuents shoulu uevelop

An unueistanuing of ciitical anu cultuial appioaches to embouiment
An unueistanuing of some key tenets fiom the sociology of science anu
techniques
New ways of thinking about natuies, cultuies, bouies, subjectivities anu
technologies
Enhanceu capacities to conuuct conceptually innovative, empiiically
infoimeu ieseaich

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2 houi seminai oi lectuieseminai foimat
Weunesuay 4pm - 6pm Euucation Seminai Room 4S9

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This week pioviues an outline of the couise. Why is the bouy a piovocative object foi cultuial
stuuies. Bow uoes attention to embouiment change piactices of genuei anu cultuial stuuies.

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This week we outline the couise anu begin to consiuei some of the key philosophical appioaches
that have influenceu genuei anu cultuial stuuies of embouiment to uate. We go on to consiuei
the bouy as a site in which social stiuctuies aie liteially incoipoiateu. Foi Pieiie Bouiuieu, taste
is an exemplaiy instance of the way in which histoiy anu one's location within the social
stiuctuie becomes incoipoiateu: liteially, embouieu. We consiuei his notions of habitus anu
hexis, highly influential in appioaches to embouiment.

Reauings

uiosz, E. (1994) Refiguiing Bouies. In "#$%&'$( )#*'(+, -#.%/* % 0#/1#/(%$ 2(3'4'+35
Allen & 0nwin.
Pieiie Bouiuieu (1984) Belief anu the bouy. In 6'+&'40&'#4, 7 8#0'%$ 0/'&'9:( #2 &;(
<:*=3(4& #2 &%+&(5 Routleuge.

Supplementaiy ieauing

uiosz, E. (1994). "#$%&'$( )#*'(+, -#.%/* % 0#/1#/(%$ 2(3'4'+35 Allen & 0nwin.
Piice & Shiluiick (1999) >(3'4'+& -;(#/? @ -;( )#*?5 Euinbuigh 0P.
Bouiuieu (1984) 6'+&'40&'#4, 7 8#0'%$ 0/'&'9:( #2 &;( <:*=3(4& #2 &%+&(5 Routleuge.
Bouiuieu, P. (199S) Stiuctuies, Babitus, Piactices. In Faubian (eu.) A(&;'4B'4= &;( 8:C<(0&.
Westview Piess.
Seugwick, E. (1992) Epiuemics of the will. In Ciaiy & Kwintei (eus.) D40#/1#/%&'#4+. Zone Books.

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This week we look at how Bouiuieu has been taken up by contempoiaiy cultuial scholais who
link questions of cultuial value to ways of uoing things. This opens up a uiscussion of bouily
techniques. It's common to locate the bouy on the 'natuie' siue of a natuiecultuie binaiy. But in
theii vaiious ways, the ieauings foi this week challenge this assumption, by showing how
techniques of the bouy aie cultuially anu histoiically specific anu linkeu to the piouuction of
uiffeient soits of subjectivities.



Reauings

Simon Fiith (1996) The value pioblem in cultuial stuuies. In E(/2#/3'4= A'&(+, #4 &;(
F%$:( #2 1#1:$%/ 3:+'05
Naicel Nauss |19S4j Techniques of the Bouy. In Ciaiy & Kwintei (eus.) D40#/1#/%&'#4+.
Zone Books.
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Nichel Foucault (1984) Noiality anu Piactice of the Self. Fiom -;( G+( #2 E$(%+:/(+.
Bistoiy of Sexuality vol. 2.

Supplementaiy ieauing
Iiis Naiion Young. "Thiowing like a uiil" & "Thiowing like a giil ievisiteu". In Welton (eu.)
(1998) )#*? @ >$(+;5 Blackwell.
Sanuia Baitky (1984) Foucault, femininity anu patiiaichal powei. In I. Biamonu & L. Quinby
(eus.) >(3'4'+3 %4* >#:0%:$&5 Noitheastein 0P.
Bipiose, R. (1991) A 'genethics' that makes sense. (exceipt). In R. Bipiose & R. Feiiell. (eus.)
H%/&#=/%1;'(+, 1#+&I+&/:0&:/%$'+3 %4* &;( 3%11'4= #2 C#*'(+ %4* +1%0(+5 Allen & 0nwin
Rose, N. (1999) "uoveinable Subjects". Fiom E#.(/+ #2 >/((*#3.
Colliei & Lakoff (2uuS) "0n Regimes of Living" in 0ng & Colliei (eus.) J$#C%$ 7++(3C$%=(+5
Blackwell
Beyes, C. (2uu7) 8($2I&/%4+2#/3%&'#4+, >#:0%:$&K (&;'0+K %4* 4#/3%$'L(* C#*'(+. 0xfoiu 0P.
Foucault, N. |198Sj 0n the genealogy of ethics: An oveiview of a woik in piogiess. In M&;'0+, -;(
M++(4&'%$ N#/B+ 1. (1997) Euiteu by P. Rabinow. Penguin


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Foi uilles Beleuze, influenceu by the woik of 17
th
c philosophei Spinoza, 'we (still) uo not know
what a bouy can uo'. This open peispective on the capacities of bouies - anu how they change in
ielation to what they aie connecteu to - foims the basis of a paiticulai appioach to ethics that
appeals to immanent ielations anu goou anu bau affects iathei than tianscenuent values anu
ueteiminations. This week we exploie the key tenets of this appioach to bouies anu piactical
ethics, contiasting it to juiiuical moiality. We go on to consiuei the woik of Latoui, who offeis a
way of tiacing connections between bouies that iefutes the natuiecultuie binaiy: an appioach
he uesciibes as a 'sociology of associations'.

Reauings

uilles Beleuze "Ethology: Spinoza & 0s" In Ciaiy & Kwintei (eus.) (1992) D40#/1#/%&'#4+.
Zone Books
Zoe Sofoulis (1999) Cyboigs anu othei hybiius: Latoui's nonmoueinity. Papei
piesenteu at M40#/( $(+ 0#/1+K 0niveisity of Syuney.

Supplementaiy ieauing

Latoui, B. (2uuS) A(%++(3C$'4= &;( 8#0'%$, %4 '4&/#*:0&'#4 &# %0&#/I4(&.#/B &;(#/?. 0xfoiu 0P.
Baiaway, B. (1991) 8'3'%4+K 0?C#/=+K .#3(4, &;( /('4F(4&'#4 #2 4%&:/(5 Routleuge. (cf. "The
Cyboig Nanifesto")
Beleuze, u. (1988) 81'4#L%, E/%0&'0%$ E;'$#+#1;?5 City Lights Books
uatens, N. (1996) Sex, genuei, sexuality: Can ethologists piactice genealogy. -;( 8#:&;(/4
O#:/4%$ #2 E;'$#+#1;?. vol. SS Issue Supplement.
Foucault, N. (1984) 'Nietzsche, genealogy, histoiy'. In Rabinow (eu.) -;( >#:0%:$& A(%*(/.
Penguin.
Nalins, P. (2uu4) Nachinic Assemblages: Beleuze, uuattaii, anu an ethico-aesthetics of uiug use.
O%4:+ P(%* 7(1); 84-1u4
Nichael, N. (2uu6) "Technoscientific bouies: making the coipoieal in eveiyuay life" In
-(0;4#+0'(40( %4* MF(/?*%? Q'2(5 0pen 0P.


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'Piactice' is a key concept in cultuialist theoiizing, especially that which ueals with bouily
activities. But explanations of piactice have mainly focuseu on how the meanings of piactices aie
cultuially piouuceu, often to the exclusion of how othei elements anu objects aie implicateu in
theii foimation anu tiansfoimation. This week we consiuei how piactices change anu emeige in
ielation with munuane objects, technologies, embouieu ioutines anu uevices. The challenge is to
slow uown oui attention so as to appieciate oui uepenuence on, anu inteiielation with, munuane
objects.

Reauings

Shove, E. et al. (2uu7) 'The Besign of Eveiyuay Life'. In -;( 6(+'=4 #2 MF(/?*%? Q'2(. Beig.
Shove E. et al (2uu7) 'Repiouucing uigital photogiaphy'. In -;( 6(+'=4 #2 MF(/?*%? Q'2(. Beig.

Supplementaiy ieauing

Reckwitz, A (2uu2) Towaiu a theoiy of social piactices: a uevelopment in cultuialist theoiizing5
M:/#1(%4 O#:/4%$ #2 8#0'%$ -;(#/? S(2), 24S-26S.
Be Ceiteau, N. (1984) ueneial intiouuction. -;( E/%0&'0( #2 MF(/?*%? Q'2(5 0niveisity of Califoinia
Piess.
Shove, E. et al. (2uu7) -;( 6(+'=4 #2 MF(/?*%? Q'2(. Beig
Shove, E. anu Pantzai, N. (2uuS), 'Consumeis, piouuceis anu piactices: unueistanuing the
invention anu ieinvention of Noiuic walking', O#:/4%$ #2 H#4+:3(/ H:$&:/(, S(1): 4S-64
Naiies, N. (2uu9) Testing poweis of engagement: uieen living expeiiments, the ontological tuin
anu the unuoability of involvement5 M:/#1(%4 O#:/4%$ #2 8#0'%$ -;(#/? 12: 117.
Nichael, N. (2uu6) "Technoscientific bouies: making the coipoieal in eveiyuay life" In
-(0;4#+0'(40( %4* MF(/?*%? Q'2(5 0pen 0P.


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Piactice is also a key teim in iecent woik in science stuuies, which holus that uiffeient piactices
enact uiffeient iealities, anu that iealities aie enacteu in piactice. Foi scholais such as
Annemaiie Nol, }ohn Law, anu Nooitje Naiies, this insight gives iise to an 'ontological politics' in
which we can conceive of multiple iealities being enacteu, each of which constantly inteifeie
with each othei. This week we exploie these iueas by looking at how they have been useu to
stuuy key sites of bouily piouuction: meuical piactice; anu uomestic piactice in iesponse to
enviionmental conceins.

Reauings

Annemaiie Nol & N. Beig (1998) Intiouuction. 6'22(/(40(+ '4 3(*'0'4(5 Buiham: Buke
0niveisity Piess
Nol, A. (1999) 0ntological politics. In }. Law & }. Bassaiu (eus.) 70&#/ R(&.#/B -;(#/? @
72&(/5 Blackwell.

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Nol & Law (2uu4) Embouieu action, enacteu bouies: the example of hypoglycaemia. )#*? @
8#0'(&? 1u(2-S):4S-62
Nol, A. (2uu2) -;( )#*? S:$&'1$(, T4&#$#=? '4 S(*'0%$ E/%0&'0(. Buke 0P
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Annemaiie Nol & N. Beig (1998) 6'22(/(40(+ '4 3(*'0'4(5 Buiham: Buke 0niveisity Piess
Law (2uu4) Enacting Natuiecultuies: a Note fiom STS.
www.comp.lancs.ac.uksociologypapeislaw-enacting-natuiecultuies.puf
Naiies, N. (2uu9) Testing poweis of engagement: uieen living expeiiments, the ontological tuin
anu the unuoability of involvement5 M:/#1(%4 O#:/4%$ #2 8#0'%$ -;(#/? 12: 117.
Law, }. (2uu9) Seeing like a suivey. H:$&:/%$ 8#0'#$#=? S(2): 2S9-2SS
Nichael, N. (2uu6) -(0;4#+0'(40( %4* MF(/?*%? Q'2(5 0pen 0P.
Wainei, N. (2uu2) Public anu piivate. In E:C$'0+ %4* H#:4&(/1:C$'0+. Zone Books.
Latoui, B. (2uuS) Fiom Realpolitik to Bingpolitik, oi Bow to Nake Things Public. In Latoui &
Wiebel (eus.) S%B'4= -;'4=+ E:C$'0, 7&3#+1;(/(+ #2 6(3#0/%0?5 NIT Piess
Biaun & Whatmoie (2u1u) The stuff of politics: an intiouuction. In E#$'&'0%$ S%&&(/,
-(0;4#+0'(40(K *(3#0/%0? %4* 1:C$'0 $'2(5 Ninnesota 0P.


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Biinking watei is often consiueieu so basic a bouily activity that its essential natuie is beyonu
question. This week we biing some of the uiffeient theoietical appioaches we have consiueieu
togethei in a case stuuy of bottleu watei. Bottleu watei is a way of uoing watei that has
implications foi the politics of life. It also has vaiious enviionmental impacts that have been the
taiget of activist campaigns. We consiuei how bottleu watei inteifeies with othei ways of uoing
watei anu thus with given watei ontologies. We begin to uevelop a fully mateiializeu peispective
on the question: P#. ;%F( .( C(0#3( +# &;'/+&?U

Reauings

Race, K. (2u12) Fiequent sipping: assembling the subject of hyuiation. )#*? @ 8#0'(&?5
Bawkins, u. & Race, K. (2u11). Bottleu watei piactices: Reconfiguiing uiinking in
Bangkok householus. In Lane & uoiman-Nuiiay (eus.) S%&(/'%$ J(#=/%1;'(+ #2
P#:+(;#$* 8:+&%'4%C'$'&?5 Ashgate.

Supplementaiy ieauing
Bawkins, u. (2uu6V5 -;( M&;'0+ #2 N%+&(, ;#. .( /($%&( &# /:CC'+;5 Roman & Littlefielu.
Bawkins, u. (2u11) Packaging watei: plastic bottles as maiket anu public uevices. M0#4#3? @
8#0'(&? 4u, 4: SS4-SS2.
Pottei, E. (2u11). Biinking to live: the woik of ethically bianueu bottleu watei. In T. Lewis anu E.
Pottei (eus.) M&;'0%$ H#4+:31&'#4, % 0/'&'0%$ '4&/#*:0&'#4. Lonuon & New Yoik: Routleuge.
Callon, N. et al. (2uuS) The economy of qualities. M0#4#3? @ 8#0'(&?5
Callon, N., Y. Nillo & F. Nuniesa, (2uu7) S%/B(& 6(F'0(+5 Blackwell Publishing.
Colliei, S. & A. Lakoff (2uuS) 0n Regimes of Living. In A. 0ng & Colliei, S. (eus.) J$#C%$
7++(3C$%=(+, -(0;4#$#=?K E#$'&'0+ %4* M&;'0+ %+ 74&;/#1#$#='0%$ E/#C$(3+. Blackwell.
Rose, N. (1998) D4F(4&'4= T:/ 8($F(+, E+?0;#$#=?K E#.(/ %4* E(/+#4;##*. Cambiiuge:Cambiiuge
0niveisity Piess.
Ciawfoiu, R. (2uu6) Bealth as a meaningful social piactice. P(%$&; 1u(4): 4u1-2u
Nichael, N. (2uu2) Compiehension, appiehension, piehension: Beteiogeneity anu the pubic
unueistanuing of science. 80'(40(K -(0;4#$#=? %4* P:3%4 "%$:(+, 27, S: SS7 - S78.
Latoui, B. (1999). E%4*#/%W+ P#1(, M++%?+ #4 &;( /(%$'&? #2 +0'(40( +&:*'(+5 Baivaiu 0P.


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Reauings

What soit of communities anu sociabilities aie emeiging in the context of contempoiaiy
biomeuical uevelopments. Bow can we stuuy them, anu gain some tiaction on what is
happening now anu what is emeiging. Bevelopments in the contempoiaiy life sciences mean
that 'natuie' can no longei be consiueieu given, if it evei coulu. This iaises impoitant questions
about politics, about citizenship, anu about conceptual appioaches to the bouy that this week's
ieauings seek to auuiess.

Latoui, B. (2uu2) Bouy, cyboigs anu the politics of incaination. In S. Sweeney & I.
Boluei (eus.) -;( )#*?5 Cambiiuge 0P
N. Rose & C. Novas (2uuS) Biological citizenship. In A. 0ng & S. Colliei (eus.) J$#C%$
7++(3C$%=(+5 Blackwell


Supplementaiy ieauing

Callon, N. & Rabehaiisoa, v. (2uu8) The giowing engagement of emeigent conceineu gioups in
political anu economic life: Lessons fiom the Fiench Association of Neuiomusculai Bisease
Patients. 80'(40(K -(0;4#$#=? %4* P:3%4 "%$:(+ SS, 2: 2Su-261.
Rose, N. (2uu7V -;( E#$'&'0+ #2 Q'2( D&+($25 Piinceton 0P.
!" $%&&'( ) *" +%,-.%/01'%2 340('51 &-11'( '( .67%(089: ;-(-80<12 7686%& -(8%(;&-7-(81 %(= 8.-
1'<0'&';01851 /'&-52 !"#$#%& ( )#"*+,&- >?@@AB CC2 D: D E ?F"
Baiaway, B. (1991) 8'3'%4+K 0?C#/=+K .#3(4, &;( /('4F(4&'#4 #2 4%&:/(5 Routleuge.
Rabinow, P. (1992) Aitificiality anu enlightenment: Fiom sociobiology to biosociality. In Ciaiy &
Kwintei (eus.) D40#/1#/%&'#4+. Zone Books.
Latoui, B. (1999). E%4*#/%W+ P#1(, M++%?+ #4 &;( /(%$'&? #2 +0'(40( +&:*'(+5 Baivaiu 0P.
Latoui, B. (2uuS) A(%++(3C$'4= &;( 8#0'%$, %4 '4&/#*:0&'#4 &# %0&#/I4(&.#/B &;(#/?. 0xfoiu 0P.
Baiman, u. (2uu9) E/'40( #2 R(&.#/B+, )/:4# Q%&#:/ %4* S(&%1;?+'0+5 Nelbouine: ie.piess
Rosengaiten, N. (2u1u). PD" D4&(/F(4&'#4+, )'#3(*'0'4( %4* &;( &/%22'0 C(&.((4 '42#/3%&'#4 %4*
2$(+;5 0niveisity of Washington Piess.
Race, K. (2uu9). E$(%+:/( H#4+:3'4= S(*'0'4(, &;( 9:((/ 1#$'&'0+ #2 */:=+5 Buiham: Buke 0P.
Bumit, }. (2u12) 6/:=+ 2#/ Q'2(: ;#. 1;%/3%0(:&'0%$ 0#31%4'(+ *(2'4( #:/ ;(%$&;5 Buiham: Buke
0P.

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The last uecaue has seen a gieat ueal of inteiest in the question of affect, unueistoou as a pie-
cognitive eneigy that animates ielations between people anu things. This week we consiuei two
of the most influential essays in cultuial theoiy that aie cieuiteu with inauguiating the 'tuin to
affect'. We consiuei theii motivations anu the pioblem they saw themselves auuiessing. What
aie the piomises, challenges, anu new capacities associateu with woiking with affect.

Reauings

Nassumi, B. (2uu2) Intiouuction: Conciete is as conciete uoesn't. In E%/%C$(+ 2#/ &;(
"'/&:%$, S#F(3(4&K 722(0&K 8(4+%&'#4. Buke 0niveisity Piess.
Seugwick, E. & Fiank, A. (199S) Shame in the cybeinetic folu: Reauing Silvan Tomkins.
In 8;%3( %4* D&+ 8'+&(/+, 7 8'$F%4 -#3B'4+ A(%*(/5 Buke 0niveisity Piess.

Supplementaiy Reauing
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Seugwick, E. & Fiank, A. (199S) 8;%3( %4* D&+ 8'+&(/+, 7 8'$F%4 -#3B'4+ A(%*(/5 Buke 0niveisity
Piess.
Nassumi, B. (2uu2) 'The autonomy of affect'. In E%/%C$(+ 2#/ &;( "'/&:%$, S#F(3(4&K 722(0&K
8(4+%&'#4. Buke 0niveisity Piess.
uibbs, A. (2uu1) Contagious feelings: Pauline Banson anu the epiuemiology of affect. 7:+&/%$'%4
P:3%4'&'(+ A(F'(.K Becembei.
Seugwick, E. (2uuS) "Paianoiu Reauing anu Repaiative Reauing, oi, You'ie So Paianoiu, You
Piobably Think This Essay Is About You" in -#:0;'4= >(($'4=, 722(0&K E(*%=#=?K E(/2#/3%&'F'&?5
Buke 0P.
Segwick, E. Queei peifoimativity
Thiift, N. (essay citeu in Leys)
Ley, R. (2u11) The Tuin to Affect: a ciitique. H/'&'0%$ D49:'/? S7(S).
uiegg, N. & Seigwoith, u. (2u1u) -;( 722(0& -;(#/? A(%*(/5 Buke 0P. (cf: 'Intiouuction: An
Inventoiy of Shimmeis')
Piobyn, E. (2uuS) )$:+;, >%0(+ #2 8;%3(5 0niveisity of Ninnesota Piess.

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While some tieatments of affect position it as a biological foice that is best known anu analyseu
by the neuiosciences, this week we look at two iecent essays that woik uiffeiently with affect
anu that attempt to account foi histoiical anu sociotechnical meuiations. What can cultuial
ieseaich uo with affect. Why is a consiueiation of cultuies, technologies anu meuiations
necessaiy in affect stuuies, anu what aie the shoitcomings of ielying on notions of affect as
innate.

Reauings

uoulu, B. (2u1u) 0n affect anu piotest. In }. Staigei, A. Cvetkovich & A. Reynolus (eus.)
E#$'&'0%$ M3#&'#4+5 Routleuge.
Latoui, B. (2uu4) Bow to talk about the bouy. The noimative uimension of science
stuuies (exceipt). )#*? @ 8#0'(&? 1u (2-S): 2uS - 229

Supplementaiy Reauing

N. uiegg & u. Siegwoith (2u1u) -;( 722(0& -;(#/? A(%*(/5 Buiham: Buke 0niveisity Piess.
uilbeit, }. (2uu4) Signifying nothing: Cultuie, uiscouise anu the sociality of affect. H:$&:/(
S%0;'4( http:cultuiemachine.tees.ac.uk
C. Papoulias & F. Callaiu (2u1u) Biology's uift: inteiiogating the tuin to affect. )#*? @ 8#0'(&?
16(1): 29-S6
Bespiets, v. (2uu4) The bouy we caie foi: Figuies of anthiopo-zoo-genesis. )#*? @ 8#0'(&? 1u (2-
S): 111-1S4
Latoui, B. (2uu2) Bouy, cyboigs anu the politics of incaination. In S. Sweeney & I. Boluei (eus.)
-;( )#*?5 Cambiiuge 0P.
I. Stengeis, B. Baiaway, R. Roity N;'&(;(%*W+ %00#:4& #2 &;( +'X&; *%?. Stanfoiu Bumanities
Centei ITunes 0 NPS.
Thiift, N. (2uu8) R#4IA(1/(+(4&%&'#4%$ -;(#/?, 81%0(K 1#$'&'0+K %22(0&5 Routleuge.

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Foi ciitical sociologists like Bouiuieu, with whose woik we began the couise, taste is a ieflection
of one's positioning in the social stiuctuie anu the value of a woik of ait is a socially ueteimineu
meuiation of cultuie. But what of the things themselves, theii mateiiality, anu the pioceuuies
that binu people anu things togethei. This week we consiuei woik fiom science stuuiesactoi
netwoik theoiy that offeis a uiffeient peispective on taste anu passion than that associateu with
Bouiuieu. In place of fixeu social stiuctuies that ueteimine tastes, appaiently iiiespective of the
qualities of objects, we can now conceive vaiiable aiiangements anu expeiimental piactices that
attach people to things moie specifically.

Reauings

uomait, E. & Bennion, A. (1999) A sociology of attachment: music amateuis, uiug useis.
In }. Law & }. Bassaiu (eus.) 70&#/ R(&.#/B -;(#/? @ 72&(/5 Blackwell.
Bennion (2uu7) Those things that holu us togethei: Taste anu sociology. H:$&:/%$
8#0'#$#=? 1(1): 97 - 114


Supplementaiy Reauing

Latoui, B. (2uuS) A(%++(3C$'4= &;( 8#0'%$, %4 '4&/#*:0&'#4 &# %0&#/I4(&.#/B &;(#/?. 0xfoiu 0P.
L. Beilant (2u11). H/:($ T1&'3'+35 Buiham: Buke 0niveisity Piess.


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Event baseu appioaches to society anu cultuie seek to attune us to natuie(s) anu cultuie(s) as
uynamic, piocessual anu emeigent. This week we consiuei the use of thick uesciiption of
eveiyuay life as a means of attenuing to events anu emeigence, anu then ieview the themes,
concepts, piactices anu capacities we have uevelopeu in this couise in light of this aim.

Reauings

Fiasei, N. (2u1u) Fact, ethics anu event. In C.B. }ensen & K. Rouje (eus.) Beleuzian
Inteisections in Science, Technology & Anthiopology, pp. S7-82 (New Yoik: Beighahn
Piess)
Stewait (2uuS) Cultuial poesis: the geneiativity of emeigent things. In P%4*C##B #2
Y:%$'&%&'F( A(+(%/0;, Siu Euition. Noiman Benzin anu Yvonna Lincoln, eus. Pp. 1u27-
1u42. Sage Publications.



Supplementaiy Reauing

K. Stewait (2uu7) T/*'4%/? 722(0&+5 Buiham: Buke 0niveisity Piess.
N .Boist & N. Nichael (2u11) 0n the shoulueis of iuiots: Rethinking science communication as
'event'. Science as Cultuie, 2u, S: 28S-Su6.
Biaun & Whatmoie (2u11) Intiouuction, E#$'&'0%$ S%&&(/. 0niveisity of Ninnesota Piess.
}ensen & Rouje (2uu9) 6($(:L'%4 D4&(/+(0&'#4+, 80'(40(K &(0;4#$#=?K %4&;/#1#$#=?5 Beighain
Books

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This unit is taught in seminai style - uefineu as a 'meeting of peisons engageu in special stuuy'.
The key woius heie aie meeting anu engageu: Foi this foimat to be effective, eveiy stuuent
eniolleu in the couise must come to eveiy class having engageu ciitically, imaginatively anu
iigoiously with the ieauings assigneu foi that week, anu be piepaieu to uiscuss theii iesponses
to these ieauings in conveisation with the convenoi anu theii peeis in class.

Since many of the ieauings will contain unfamiliai concepts anu iueas, you aie not expecteu to
have masteieu the ieauing entiiely - the seminais aie intenueu to help you with that - but
meiely to come to class having hau a go at making sense of theii key aiguments, anu with any
questions oi iesponses that emeigeu in this piocess.

Youi class paiticipation maik will be baseu on youi piepaieuness to engage in ieflective anu
collaboiative uiscussion about the ieauings, iathei than youi having masteieu oi unueistoou
them fiom the outset. Anu you must come to eveiy class unless theie is a veiifiable meuical oi
othei legitimate ieason foi absence.

A list of supplementaiy ieauings is also pioviueu in this outline foi those who woulu like to
puisue moie in-uepth stuuy in ielation to the theme foi that week. You aie not expecteu to have
ieau these, they aie simply listeu foi youi own fuithei inteiest anu ieseaich.

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0ne of the aims of this couise is to encouiage the piouuction of (31'/'0%$$? '42#/3(*K 0#40(1&:%$$?
'44#F%&'F( scholaiship. This involves using the theoietical concepts anu appioaches uiscusseu in
the ieauings anu couise to engage inventively with empiiical phenomena.

In some ways the contiast set up heie between theoiy anu the 'empiiical' is flaweu: eveiy
obseivation of the woilu aiounu us ('the empiiical') is infoimeu by the conceptual fiamewoiks
we biing to beai on it. But at the veiy least, this aim signals moie than a wiiteily engagement
with theoiy, anu moie than an investigation of empiiical facts: it asks you to put the theoietical
iueas you have encounteieu in the couise into conveisation with phenomena in the woilu
aiounu you so as to piouuce novel insights, questions anu thinking about the piactices anu
expeiiences of bouies you aie conceineu with.

In light of this aim, the wiitten assessment foi this couise ievolves aiounu exeicises that iequiie
you to choose a paiticulai bouily piactice anu unueitake ieseaich, wiiting anu thinking about it.
The piactice can be simple anu munuane: walking, swimming, exeicising, having sex, uiinking,
taking uiugs, eating, uiessing, wiiting, piaying, playing, self-meuicating, ieauing, going to the
uoctoi, shopping, cooking, etc. The exeicises ask you to sheu new ciitical, cultuial, histoiical anu
conceptual light upon this piactice anu illuminate the ways it uiffeis fiom itself.

Piactices, as we will uiscovei, have seveial uimensions: they aie at once meaningful, expeiiential,
histoiical, situateu, affectively investeu, peifoimative, anu technical. The task is to giasp a given
piactice in its histoiical anu ontological complexity: to ieveal the ways in which it uiffeis fiom
itself cultuially anu mateiially. Each of the assessment tasks asks you to incoipoiate new
conceptual appioaches fiom the couise into youi piouuction of the piactice as we encountei
them:




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E'0B % C#*'$? 1/%0&'0(5 It coulu be something as appaiently simple anu munuane as
walking, swimming, exeicising, having sex, uiinking, taking uiugs, eating, uiessing,
wiiting, piaying, playing, self-meuicating, ieauing, going to the uoctoi, shopping,
uancing, oi cooking. What aie some of the expeiiential uimensions of the piactice. Bow
is it uone anu what uoes it feel like. What kinu of people aie typically associateu with the
piactice anu how aie they socially situateu. What is the aim of the piactice foi the kinus
of people that engage in it. What kinu of peison oi subjectivity uoes involvement in the
piactice aim (oi happen) to piouuce.

Answeiing this question iequiies you to think about the soits of eviuence anu mateiial
you can call upon to convincingly illustiate the claims that you make. This mateiial
coulu be uiawn fiom liteiatuie, populai uiscouise, accounts of the piactice that appeai
in the meuia, youi own expeiiential ieflections, sociological accounts, histoiical texts,
etc. You aie stiongly encouiageu to uiaw on iueas oi insights fiom some of the eaily
ieauings to conuuct youi analysis: Bouiuieu, Nauss, Foucault, Fiith, etc. Youi account of
the piactice shoulu not tiy to be exhaustive oi compiehensive, (this woulu be a uifficult
if not impossible task!) Rathei, youi choice of texts, appioach anu mateiials shoulu aim
to illustiate ;#. &;( 1/%0&'0( *'22(/+ 2/#3 '&+($2 '4 *'22(/(4& 0#4&(X&+5

Youi case stuuy will be assesseu in teims of convincing anu inventive use of mateiial to
illustiate youi claims, analytical piecision, giasp of key concepts as uemonstiateu
thiough theii application anu use, oiiginality anu imaginativeness.


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In iecent weeks, we have appioacheu objects as active paiticipants in the shaping anu
uoing of piactices, anu of uiffeient iealities. What aie some of the objects, uevices oi
technologies associateu with youi piactice. (the piactice you chose in Case Stuuy 1).
Bow uo they affect, suppoit, oi shape the uoing of the piactice. What aie some of the
ways the piactice (its meanings, expeiience, anu conuuct) have changeu ovei time, anu
what uo objects, uevices anu technologies have to uo with this. Bow uo uiffeient
enactments of the piactice inteifeie with one anothei, anu with what implications.

Youi account shoulu uiaw on concepts fiom Weeks 4 - 8, anu again will be assesseu in
teims of convincing anu inventive use of mateiial to illustiate youi claims, analytical
piecision, giasp of key concepts as uemonstiateu thiough theii application anu use,
oiiginality anu imaginativeness.


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Pick one:

(a) What aie the affective uimensions of the piactice you have been woiking with
thioughout the unit. This question iaises the issue of how best to captuie oi evoke
affective phenomena in the piocess of wiiting. What uo theoiies of affect auu to the
analysis of bouily piactices. What uimensions of piactice anu expeiience uo they
invite us to attenu to. Illustiate youi aigument with iefeience to paiticulai bouily
expeiience(s) oi piactice(s).

(b) Nany of the theoiists we have engageu with in this unit invite us to attenu to bouies
in motion: the piocessual, uynamic, anu emeigent aspects of piactice anu
expeiience. Bow uo theoiies of affect help us to uo this, anu which ones. What
uiffeience uoes a focus on events anu emeigence make foi cultuial theoiy.
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Illustiate youi aigument with iefeience to paiticulai bouily expeiience(s) oi
piactice(s).


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Reaueis aie available fiom the Copy Centie. Copies can be oiueieu in peison oi online at:
http:syuney.euu.auupsuccinuex.shtml Please allow 24-48 houis foi youi oiuei to be
piocesseu.

The following texts have been placeu in Special Reseive foi youi iefeience:

Biaun & Whatmoie (2u1u) E#$'&'0%$ S%&&(/, -(0;4#+0'(40(K *(3#0/%0? %4* 1:C$'0 $'2(5
Ninnesota 0P.
Ciaiy & Kwintei (1992). D40#/1#/%&'#4+. Zone Books.
N. uiegg & u. Siegwoith (2u1u) -;( 722(0& -;(#/? A(%*(/5 Buiham: Buke 0niveisity
Piess.
Beyes, C. (2uu7) 8($2I&/%4+2#/3%&'#4+, >#:0%:$&K (&;'0+K %4* 4#/3%$'L(* C#*'(+. 0xfoiu 0P.
Latoui, B. (2uuS) A(%++(3C$'4= &;( 8#0'%$, %4 '4&/#*:0&'#4 &# %0&#/I4(&.#/B &;(#/?.
0xfoiu 0P.
}. Law & }. Bassaiu (1999) 70&#/ R(&.#/B -;(#/? @ 72&(/5 Blackwell.
Nol, A. & N. Beig (1998) 6'22(/(40(+ '4 3(*'0'4(5 Buiham: Buke 0niveisity Piess.
Shove, E. et al. (2uu7) -;( 6(+'=4 #2 MF(/?*%? Q'2(. Beig


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The final giaue a stuuent ieceives is baseu on the stanuaiu of his oi hei own peifoimance acioss
all the tasks set foi a unit. Assessment tasks aie uesigneu so stuuents can uemonstiate how well
they have achieveu a unit's outcomes.

Please note that while maiks foi inuiviuual assessment tasks may give a goou inuication of the
likely final maik oi giaue foi the unit, they u# 4#& =:%/%4&(( % +1(0'2'0 =/%*( #/ 2'4%$ 3%/B5

Fiom time to time, final iesults foi a unit may neeu to be aujusteu oi scaleu. This can happen, foi
example, if it is founu that the maiking piocess has not accuiately iepiesenteu the actual
stanuaius achieveu by stuuents. If aujustment to iaw scoies is neeueu, this is always uone with
caie anu attention to inuiviuual stuuents' woik. The maiking piocess involves consultation anu
cioss-checking to ensuie that iesults faithfully ieflect stanuaius expecteu in the Faculty of Aits
anu Social Sciences at the 0niveisity of Syuney.

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The 0niveisity of Syuney takes allegeu cases of plagiaiism veiy seiiously. Eveiy stuuent has the
iesponsibility to submit appiopiiately iefeienceu assignments that aie in line with the cuiient
policy. Infoimation about the policy can be founu at:
http:syuney.euu.auleainingeuucation_policyacauemic_uishonesty_in_couisewoik_policy_2u
12.puf

S0PBI uepaitments aie committeu to the piinciples of acauemic honesty as set out in the
70%*(3'0 6'+;#4(+&? %4* E$%='%/'+3 '4 H#:/+(.#/B E#$'0?. Stuuents have a iesponsibility to
familiaiise themselves with these piinciples.

Accoiuing to the Policy the uefinition of acauemic uishonesty incluues but is not limiteu to:
iecycling: the iesubmission foi assessment of woik that is the same oi substantially the
same as woik pieviously submitteu foi assessment in the same oi in a uiffeient unit of
stuuy;
fabiication of uata;
the engagement of anothei peison to complete oi contiibute to an assessment oi
examination in place of the stuuent, whethei foi payment oi otheiwise;
communication, whethei by speaking oi some othei means, to othei canuiuates uuiing
an examination;
biinging into an examination foibiuuen mateiial such as textbooks, notes, calculatois oi
computeis;
attempting to ieau othei stuuent's woik uuiing an examination; anuoi
wiiting an examination oi test papei, oi consulting with anothei peison about the
examination oi test, outsiue the confines of the examination ioom without peimission.
copying fiom othei stuuents uuiing examinations
inappiopiiate use of electionic uevices to access infoimation uuiing examinations.


Plagiaiism is the theft of intellectual piopeity. S0PBI uepaitments aie opposeu to anu will not
toleiate plagiaiism. Stuuents have a iesponsibility to unueistanu the full uetails of the
0niveisity's 70%*(3'0 6'+;#4(+&? %4* E$%='%/'+3 '4 H#:/+(.#/B E#$'0? which can be uownloaueu
fiom the 0niveisity's Policy online website.

All stuuents aie iequiieu to incluue a signeu statement of compliance with woik submitteu foi
assessment, piesentation oi publication ceitifying that no pait of the woik constitutes a bieach
of the 0niveisity's policy on plagiaiism. This statement of compliance is piinteu on all
assignmentessay covei sheets anu wiitten woik will not be maikeu if the compliance statement
is unsigneu.

Accoiuing to the policy, plagiaiism means piesenting anothei peison's woik as one's own by
piesenting, copying oi iepiouucing the woik without appiopiiate acknowleugment of the
souice. Common foims of plagiaiism incluue but aie not limiteu to:
piesenting wiitten woik that contains phiases, clauses, sentences, paiagiaphs oi longei
extiacts fiom publisheu oi unpublisheu woik (incluuing fiom the inteinet) without
appiopiiate acknowleugement of the souice; oi
piesenting wiitten woik of anothei peison without appiopiiate acknowleugement of the
souice.

Legitimate coopeiation between stuuents is peimitteu anu encouiageu but stuuents shoulu be
awaie of the uiffeience between coopeiation anu collusion. Biscussion of geneial themes anu
concepts is alloweu but stuuents aie not peimitteu to ieau each othei's woik piioi to submission
oi coopeiate so closely that they aie jointly selecting quotes, planning essay stiuctuie oi copying
each othei's iueas.

Stuuents aie encouiageu to think foi themselves. In assessing stuuents' woik acauemic staff look
foi eviuence of unueistanuing anu capacity foi inuepenuent thought; it is always uisappointing to
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uiscovei plagiaiism. Wiitten woik containing plagiaiism will be assesseu accoiuing to its
acauemic meiit, but may fail because it uoes not meet the minimum stanuaiu iequiieu.


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Wiitten woik must be submitteu in typewiitten, haiu copy at the School (S0PBI) office, locateu
on Level S, Lobby B, in the Nain Quauiangle by 4pm on the uue uate.
0nline tasks must be completeu by |TINEj on the uue uate.
You must complete, sign anu attach a covei sheet to any wiitten woik hanueu in foi
assessment. This is in compliance with 0niveisity Policy on Acauemic Bishonesty
anu Plagiaiism:

All stuuents aie iequiieu to submit a signeu statement of compliance with all Woik submitteu to
the 0niveisity foi assessment, piesentation oi publication. A statement of compliance must be in
the foim of:
a. a 0niveisity assignment covei sheet;
b. a 0niveisity electionic foim; oi
c. a 0niveisity wiitten statement;
Ceitifying that no pait of the Woik constitutes a bieach of this Policy.

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Stuuent iequests foi special consiueiation anu special aiiangements aie assesseu in accoiuance
with the piinciples set out the Acauemic Boaiu policy on 7++(++3(4& E/#0(*:/(+ _`aa. Stuuents
intenuing to submit an application foi special consiueiation shoulu make themselves familiai
with the full uetails of this policy.

All applications foi Special Consiueiation must be maue via an online system. To access this
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Requests foi Simple Extensions of less than five woiking uays foi non-examination baseu
assessment aie also coveieu by the online system.


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leaining anu communicating knowleuge anu iueas at univeisity. Piogiams available at The
Leaining Centie incluue woikshops in Acauemic Reauing anu Wiiting, 0ial communications
Skills, Postgiauuate Reseaich Skills, Bonouis, masteis Couisewoik Piogiam, Stuuying at
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The Faculty of Aits anu Social Sciences has units at both an 0nueigiauuate anu Postgiauuate
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Nake suie you check out the fiee, online tutoiials in 27P.+.I skills
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Bumanities anu Social Sciences at syuney.euu.aulibiaiysubjectssubject.html. Anu uon't foiget
to finu out who youi Faculty Liaison Libiaiians aie.

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