The Contemporary Condition
- Submitting institution
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London South Bank University
- Unit of assessment
- 34 - Communication, Cultural and Media Studies, Library and Information Management
- Output identifier
- 276496
- Type
- T - Other
- DOI
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- Location
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- Brief description of type
- Co-edited book series
- Open access status
- Out of scope for open access requirements
- Month
- October
- Year
- 2016
- URL
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https://openresearch.lsbu.ac.uk/item/8902x
- Supplementary information
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- Request cross-referral to
- 32 - Art and Design: History, Practice and Theory
- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
- No
- Criminology
- No
- Interdisciplinary
- Yes
- Number of additional authors
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- Research group(s)
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B - Centre for the Study of the Networked Image
- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- The Contemporary Condition book series is an ongoing investigation of "contemporaneity" as a defining condition of our historical present. What is emphasised is that contemporaneity is not (only) a new period replacing modernity or postmodernity in a developmental narrative, but something that further complicates this very way of historical thinking. The series identifies broad lines of inquiry for investigation that are considered to be largely overlooked in discussions: the issue of temporality, the role of media and computational technologies (the particular expertise of Cox), post-colonial perspectives, and how artistic practice itself produces contemporaneity (again Cox).
All books are peer-reviewed and co-edited by Cox, and draw upon distinguished advisors from a broad range of disciplines (some of whom have also contributed books to the series), including: Prof Mieke Bal (Amsterdam); Prof Peter Osborne (Kingston); Prof Terry Smith (Pittsburgh); Prof Wolfgang Ernst (Humboldt University Berlin); Prof Ina Blom (Oslo). Collaborating institutions form an interdisciplinary network for the production and dissemination for the research, including: Centre for Research in Modern European Philosophy, Kingston University; and The Computer Laboratory, University of Cambridge, where Cox was visiting academic in 2016.
The book series is the outcome of a larger 3 year research project The Contemporary Condition, of which Cox is co-PI (along with Jacob Lund, Aarhus University), made possible by a grant from the Danish Council for Independent Research (6.2m DKK). In addition to numerous other outputs such as papers and presentations, Cox has co-organised 2 international conferences (The Biennial Condition, Liverpool Biennial 2016; The Contemporary Contemporary, Aarhus Art Museum, 2017). Cox co-initiated and co-edit the books series which forms the most significant public outcome of the research project, and has gained international attention, and are widely cited, including re-publication of the first three volumes into Korean. The books are also distributed by MIT Press.
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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