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*the language of things**
transversal web journal*
According to Walter Benjamin, the human being's relationship to things
is not characterized by the relation of a being capable of language to a
mute reality of objects, but rather corresponds to a "relationship of
media of differing density". Consequently, one of the crucial points of
Benjamin's reflections is the concept of a "language of things" and the
question of translating this language into that of human beings. Partly
tying into this concept directly, partly in loose or implicit reference
to it, this edition of the web journal investigates various aspects of
these kinds of translation processes between things and humans. The
articles collected here address the "magical" aspects of Benjamin's
theory of language and the interweaving of language, the use of things
and economic, social valuations, the translations of geo-political
spaces in experiences of migration, and the effects of certain
communication technology things, which are found installed in our lives
as immediate posts of mediality.
http://translate.eipcp.net/transversal/0107
Kathrin Busch: The Language of Things and The Magic of Language. On
Walter Benjamin's Concept of Latent Potency
Scott Lash: Objects that Judge: Latour's Parliament of Things
Maurizio Lazzarato: "Semiotic Pluralism" and the New Government of Signs
Angela Melitopoulos: Timescapes. The Logic of the Sentence
Klaus Neundlinger: When the Spoon Becomes a Knife. On Using Words and
Things to Create Relationships*
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*New texts in the "thematic strands":*
Manuela Bojadz(ijev: Does Contemporary Capitalism Need Racism?
Vera Tollmann: The Promise
Marc Hatzfeld: Babblings from France or Babel in the Île-de-France
Thomas Korschil: Will Carinthia Remain German?
http://translate.eipcp.net/strands/alltexts
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translate. Beyond Culture: The Politics of Translation*
http://translate.eipcp.net/
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