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posted on 2023-08-24, 06:05 authored by Jana NormanSaltfish: Ecologies of Creative Processes
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Background The notion of human and more-than-human collaborative networks of knowledge production is a key feature of posthumanism (Braidotti, 2019), aligned with the field’s critique of anthropocentrism, individualism, and rationalism. Significant texts in the field, such as Donna Haraway’s Staying with the Trouble: Making Kin in the Chthulucene (2016), provide intriguing examples of multi-species ‘thinking-with’ and ‘making-with’. Collaborative production of knowledge about collaborative knowledge production is less common and represents a gap in the field that is ripe for experimentation. Contribution Saltfish: Ecologies of Creative Practice is innovative because it actively experiments with posthumanism. The article is a ‘doing’ of theory; it is iterative research-in-practice. As stated in the article: ‘Among other possibilities, the posthumanities puts bets on a couple of things: that it is better to work as a group, debating ideas, and that it is better to take our working environment into account. We want to keep those things in the process’. The article advances the field of critical theory by contributing a posthuman methodology as distinct from a description, depiction, or application of posthumanism. Significance The publication of Saltfish: Ecologies of Creative Practice in the Sydney Review of Books attests to its significance: the SRB is ‘one of Australia’s most respected and ambitious online literary journals’ (Copyright Agency, 2021) and review for inclusion in the journal is conducted by an esteemed academic and creative editorial team. The article is an output of the Posthumanities research group led by Emeritus Professor Stephen Muecke (UNSW). Professor Muecke is a recognised national and international leader in cultural studies and the posthumanities.Publisher
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