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Dave Boothroyd

University of Lincoln, United KingdomEmail Dave Boothroyd is Professor of Media and Culture at the University of Lincoln, England. He is the author of two books, Ethical Subjects in Contemporary…

Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, MexicoEmail Gabriela Méndez Cota received her PhD from Goldsmiths, University of London, for a thesis titled The Genetic Contamination of Mexican Nationalism (2014). In 2011 she edited…

Monarch Drone Communiqué: Evolution of the Eyes (in the Sky, Head and Hand – Plastique Fantastique

Vol 16 (2015) Drone Cultures Monarch Drone Communiqué: Evolution of the Eyes (in the Sky, Head and Hand) Plastique Fantastique Text: David Burrows, Mark Jackson, Simon O’Sullivan, Stuart Tait…

Welcome to the Electrocene, an Algorithmic Agartha – Dan Mellamphy and Nandita Biswas Mellamphy

Vol 16 (2015) Drone Cultures Welcome to the Electrocene, an Algorithmic Agartha Dan Mellamphy & Nandita Biswas Mellamphy ¶I—As Above, So Below Dagmar Buchwald begins her contribution to a recent…

Vaporents: Inhuman Orientations – Dane Sutherland

Vol 16 (2015) Drone Cultures Vaporents: Inhuman Orientations Dane Sutherland Although in general you could call us ‘depressed’, I honestly don’t believe we’re pessimistic. Without nostalgia – without even being…

Educative Power: The Myth of Dronic Violence in a Period of Civil War – Mike Neary

Vol 16 (2015) Drone Cultures Educative Power: The Myth of Dronic Violence in a Period of Civil War Mike Neary Harrier and Jaguar by Fiona Banner (Tate Britain, June 2010-January…

Vague Ideas, Clear Images – Eva Parra Iñesta

Vol 16 (2015) Drone Cultures Vague Ideas, Clear Images Eva Parra Iñesta It is Sunday morning in Cali, the sunny Colombian city that is known as both the world’s capital…

A Prairie Drone Companion – Brad Bolman

Vol 16 (2015) Drone Cultures A Prairie Drone Companion Brad Bolman [It is] as if the principle of the death penalty were less in question than the cruelty of its…

Drone It Yourself! On the Decentring of ‘ Drone Stories’ – Maximilian Jablonowski

Vol 16 (2015) Drone Cultures Drone It Yourself! On the Decentring of 'Drone Stories' Maximilian Jablonowski Living In a ‘Drone Culture’? In the first shot, there is a kitchen…

The Control Room: A Media Archaeology – Cormac Deane

Vol 16 (2015) Drone Cultures The Control Room: A Media Archaeology Cormac Deane Fig.1 Predator Drone Control Room, Balad US Air Base, Iraq, August 2007 Drone conflict is carried out…