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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|Rhizome.org]] from 1996 to 2002. Besides writing several books, he co-translated [http://monoskop.org/log/?p=1282 ''Tiqqun: Introduction to Civil War''] to English. Lives in [[New York City]].
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'''Alexander R. Galloway''' (1974) is a writer and computer programer working on issues in philosophy, technology, and theories of mediation. Professor of Media, Culture, and Communication at New York University, he is author of several books on digital media and critical theory, including ''The Interface Effect'' (Polity, 2012). His collaboration with Eugene Thacker and McKenzie Wark, ''Excommunication: Three Inquiries in Media and Mediation'', was published by the University of Chicago Press. With Jason E. Smith, Galloway co-translated the Tiqqun book ''[http://monoskop.org/log/?p=1282 Introduction to Civil War]'' (Semiotext[e], 2010). For ten years he worked with RSG on ''Carnivore'', ''Kriegspiel'' and other software projects. Galloway's last book was a monograph on the work of [[François Laruelle]], published in 2014. He is currently finishing a new manuscript on the deep history of computation.
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Galloway has given over two hundred talks both across the U.S. and in ten countries around the world. His writings have been translated into eleven languages. He is recipient of a number of grants and awards including a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Berlin Prize, and the Prix Ars Electronica.
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A member of the NYU faculty since 2002, Galloway has also held visiting professorships at the University of Pennsylvania (Spring 2012) and Harvard University (Fall 2016). During 2019-2020 he was a member in the School of Social Science at the Institute for Advanced Study. [http://cultureandcommunication.org/galloway/bio (2020)]
  
 
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* ''[http://monoskop.org/log/?p=6819 The Interface Effect]'', Polity Press, 2012.
 
* ''[http://monoskop.org/log/?p=6819 The Interface Effect]'', Polity Press, 2012.
 
* with Eugene Thacker and McKenzie Wark, ''[https://monoskop.org/log/?p=13726 Excommunication: Three Inquiries in Media and Mediation]'', University of Minnesota Press, 2013.
 
* with Eugene Thacker and McKenzie Wark, ''[https://monoskop.org/log/?p=13726 Excommunication: Three Inquiries in Media and Mediation]'', University of Minnesota Press, 2013.
* ''Laruelle: Against the Digital'', University of Minnesota Press, 2014. [http://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/laruelle]
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* ''[http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=4F1D8B837548FEFC2A604535FBB24C10 Laruelle: Against the Digital]'', University of Minnesota Press, 2014. [http://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/laruelle]
  
 
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; Articles
 
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* [https://journals.uvic.ca/index.php/ctheory/article/view/14501 "Warcraft and Utopia"], ''Ctheory'', Feb 2006.
* 'Warcraft and Utopia', [https://journals.uvic.ca/index.php/ctheory/index ''Ctheory''] Feb. 2006, [https://journals.uvic.ca/index.php/ctheory/article/view/14501/5342|[HTML]].
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* [https://sci-hub.se/10.1177/026327640602300241 "Protocol"], ''Theory, Culture & Society'' 23(2-3): "Problematizing Global Knowledge", 2006, pp 317-320. [https://doi.org/10.1177/026327640602300241]
* [https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/026327640602300241 'Protocol'], [https://www.theoryculturesociety.org ''Theory, Culture & Society: Special Issue on Problematizing Global Knowledge, 23:2-3''] 2006, 317-320.
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* [https://sci-hub.se/10.1177/1470412906070519 "Language wants to be Overlooked: On Software and Ideology"], ''Journal of Visual Culture'' 5(3), 2006, pp 315-331. [https://doi.org/10.1177/1470412906070519]
* [https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1470412906070519 'Language wants to be Overlooked: On Software and Ideology'], [http://www.journalofvisualculture.org/ ''Journal of Visual Culture 5:3''] 2006, 315-331.
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* [https://sci-hub.se/10.2307/23133906 "What is New Media? Ten Years After 'The Language of New Media'"], ''Criticism'' 53:3, 2011, pp 377-384. [https://doi.org/10.2307/23133906]
* [https://www.jstor.org/stable/23133906?seq=1 'What is New Media? Ten Years After 'The Language of New Media'], [https://www.wsupress.wayne.edu/journals/detail/criticism ''Criticism 53:3''] 2011, 377-384.
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* [https://sci-hub.se/10.1086/668529 "The Poverty of Philosophy: Realism and Post-Fordism"], ''Critical Inquiry'' 39:2, 2013, pp 347-366. [https://doi.org/10.1086/668529]
* [https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/668529?journalCode=ci 'The Poverty of Philosophy: Realism and Post-Fordism'], [https://criticalinquiry.uchicago.edu/past_issues/issue/winter_2013_v39_n2/ ''Critical Inquiry 39:2''], 2013, 347-366.
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* [https://www.e-flux.com/journal/74/59810/ "Jodi’s Infrastructure"], ''e-flux Journal'' 74, Jun 2016.
* [https://www.e-flux.com/journal/74/59810/jodi-s-infrastructure/ 'Jodi’s Infrastructure'], ''e-flux Journal 74'': June 2016.
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* [https://sci-hub.se/10.1215/01642472-3468014 "History Is What Hurts: On Old Materialism"], ''Social Text'' 34:2, 2016, pp 125-141. [https://doi.org/10.1215/01642472-3468014]
* [https://doi.org/10.1215/01642472-3468014 'History Is What Hurts: On Old Materialism'], [https://socialtextjournal.org/ ''Social Text 34:2''] (127) (2016): 125-141.
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* co-author, [https://sci-hub.se/10.1162/OCTO_a_00243 "A Questionnaire on Materialisms"], ''October'' 155:1, 2016, pp 45-47. [https://doi.org/10.1162/OCTO_a_00243]
* [https://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/abs/10.1162/OCTO_a_00243 'A Questionnaire on Materialisms'], [https://www.mitpressjournals.org/october ''October 155:1''] 2016, 45-7.
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* [https://www.e-flux.com/journal/89/179446/ "21 Paragraphs on Badiou"], ''e-flux Journal'' 89, Mar 2018.
* [https://www.e-flux.com/journal/89/179446/21-paragraphs-on-badiou/ '21 Paragraphs on Badiou'], ''e-flux Journal 89'': March 2018.
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* [https://sci-hub.se/10.1353/dia.2019.0013 "Mathification"], ''Diacritics'' 47:1, 2019, pp 96-115. [https://doi.org/10.1353/dia.2019.0013]
* [https://muse.jhu.edu/article/749667 'Mathification'], [https://www.diacriticsjournal.com/portfolio/47-1/ ''Diacritics 47:1''], 2019 96-115.  
 
  
 
; Interviews and talks (selection)
 
; Interviews and talks (selection)
* Stefan Hechenberger, [https://web.archive.org/web/20120420053956/http://switch.sjsu.edu/v19/00002e?u_max=navigation "Interview with Alex Galloway"], ''Switch'' 19:1, Summer 2004. CADRE Laboratory, San José State University. (archived)
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* Stefan Hechenberger, [https://web.archive.org/web/20120420053956/http://switch.sjsu.edu/v19/00002e?u_max=navigation "Interview with Alex Galloway"], ''Switch'' 19:1, San José State University, Summer 2004.  
* [http://vimeo.com/groups/86415/videos/22862862 Leper Creativity], panel discussion with Nicola Masciandaro and Eugene Thacker, The New School, Mar 2011.
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* [http://vimeo.com/groups/86415/videos/22862862 Leper Creativity], panel discussion with Nicola Masciandaro and Eugene Thacker, The New School, Mar 2011. Video.
  
 
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* [http://cultureandcommunication.org/galloway/ Home page]
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* [http://cultureandcommunication.org/galloway/ Personal website]
* [http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/faculty_bios/view/Alexander_Galloway Profile at NYU]
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* [http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/faculty_bios/view/Alexander_Galloway Profile on NYU]
* [http://rhizome.org/member.php?user_id=2408 Profile at Rhizome]
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* [http://rhizome.org/member.php?user_id=2408 Profile on Rhizome]
  
 
[[Category:Writers|Galloway, Alex]]
 
[[Category:Writers|Galloway, Alex]]
 
[[Category:Software studies|Galloway, Alex]]
 
[[Category:Software studies|Galloway, Alex]]

Revision as of 15:46, 30 December 2020

Alexander R. Galloway (1974) is a writer and computer programer working on issues in philosophy, technology, and theories of mediation. Professor of Media, Culture, and Communication at New York University, he is author of several books on digital media and critical theory, including The Interface Effect (Polity, 2012). His collaboration with Eugene Thacker and McKenzie Wark, Excommunication: Three Inquiries in Media and Mediation, was published by the University of Chicago Press. With Jason E. Smith, Galloway co-translated the Tiqqun book Introduction to Civil War (Semiotext[e], 2010). For ten years he worked with RSG on Carnivore, Kriegspiel and other software projects. Galloway's last book was a monograph on the work of François Laruelle, published in 2014. He is currently finishing a new manuscript on the deep history of computation.

Galloway has given over two hundred talks both across the U.S. and in ten countries around the world. His writings have been translated into eleven languages. He is recipient of a number of grants and awards including a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Berlin Prize, and the Prix Ars Electronica.

A member of the NYU faculty since 2002, Galloway has also held visiting professorships at the University of Pennsylvania (Spring 2012) and Harvard University (Fall 2016). During 2019-2020 he was a member in the School of Social Science at the Institute for Advanced Study. (2020)

Monographs
Articles
Interviews and talks (selection)
Links