Alexander R. Galloway
Born 1974. Author and associate professor in the Department of Media, Culture, and Communication at New York University. He has a Bachelors Degree in Modern Culture and Media from Brown University (1996), and a Ph.D. in Literature from Duke University in 2001. Galloway's research interests include media theory and contemporary philosophy. Galloway is also a programmer and artist. He is a founding member of the Radical Software Group (RSG), and his art projects include Carnivore, a networked surveillance tool based on the FBI software of the same name (won a Golden Nica at Ars Electronica 2002), and Kriegspiel, based on a war game designed by Guy Debord. He worked at Rhizome.org from 1996 to 2002. Besides writing several books, he co-translated Tiqqun: Introduction to Civil War to English. Lives in New York City.
- Publications
- The Interface Effect, Polity Press, 2012.
- French Theory Today: An Introduction to Possible Futures. The Public School New York/Erudio Editions, 2011.
- The Exploit: A Theory of Networks, coauthored with Eugene Thacker. University of Minnesota Press, 2007.
- Gaming: Essays on Algorithmic Culture. University of Minnesota Press, 2006.
- Protocol: How Control Exists After Decentralization. MIT Press, 2003.
- Articles
- Stefan Hechenberger. "Interview with Alex Galloway". Summer 2004.
- Leper Creativity, panel discussion with Nicola Masciandaro and Eugene Thacker, The New School, March 2011
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