· 2013· Book chapter
Race and/as Technology, or How to Do Things to Race
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- 2013year
Short summary
This essay proposes that race functions as a technology, a practical art of mediation and enframing that actively shapes history and identity, rather than merely being an object of representation.
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Key points
- Race can be conceptualized as a technology and a mode of medi(t)ation.
- Race functions as a practical or industrial art, not just an object of representation.
- It is a historically inflected system of tools and 'enframing' that builds history and identity.
- Individuals are both users of and used by this racial technology.
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Abstract
This essay poses the questions: to what degree are race and technology intertwined? To what extent can race be considered a technology and mode of mediatization, that is, not only a mechanism, but also a practical or industrial art? Could “race” be not simply an object of representation and portrayal, of knowledge or truth, but also a technique that one uses, even as one is used by it-a carefully crafted, historically inflected system of tools, of mediation, or of “enframing” that builds history and identity?
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