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Born 1974. Artist and computer programmer. Lives in [[New York City]]. Received a BA from Brown University and a PhD from Duke University. He worked at [[Rhizome|Rhizome.org]] from 1996 to 2002. As the founding member of the [[Radical Software Group]] (RSG), he is the creator of ''Carnivore'', a networked surveillance tool based on the notorious FBI software of the same name. Carnivore has been exhibited internationally and won a Golden Nica at Ars Electronica 2002. Alex's first book, PROTOCOL, or, How Control Exists After Decentralization, was published in 2003 by The MIT Press.
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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]].
  
Galloway is Assistant Professor of Media Ecology, Department of Culture and Communication at the New York University. His scholarly interests include: digital media, computer networks, software, new media art, video games, semiotics, film and video, critical theory.
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; Monographs
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* [http://monoskop.org/log/?p=81 ''Protocol: How Control Exists After Decentralization''], MIT Press, 2003, [http://aaaaarg.fail/thing/51c5856f6c3a0e090cc90f00 ARG].
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* [http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=7E5B2EA1A0E63103689DED2E33D08F07 ''Gaming: Essays on Algorithmic Culture''], University of Minnesota Press, 2006.
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* with Eugene Thacker, [http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=08073E336F8EAB45E86F67CF00A8A159 ''The Exploit: A Theory of Networks''], University of Minnesota Press, 2007.
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* [http://monoskop.org/log/?p=4003 ''French Theory Today: An Introduction to Possible Futures''], The Public School New York/Erudio Editions, 2011.
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* ''[http://monoskop.org/log/?p=6819 The Interface Effect]'', Polity Press, 2012.
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* with Eugene Thacker and McKenzie Wark, ''[https://monoskop.org/log/?p=13726 Excommunication: Three Inquiries in Media and Mediation]'', University of Minnesota Press, 2013.
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* ''Laruelle: Against the Digital'', University of Minnesota Press, 2014. [http://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/laruelle]
  
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; Interviews and talks (selection)
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* Stefan Hechenberger, [http://switch.sjsu.edu/v19/00002e "Interview with Alex Galloway"], Summer 2004.
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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.
  
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* Alex Galloway. ''Protocol: How Control Exists After Decentralization''. MIT Press, 2003. ISBN 0-262-07247-5.
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* [http://cultureandcommunication.org/galloway/ Home page]
* Alex Galloway. ''Gaming: Essays on Algorithmic Culture''. 2006. ISBN 0816648514. http://www.upress.umn.edu/Books/G/galloway_gaming.html
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* [http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/faculty_bios/view/Alexander_Galloway Profile at NYU]
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* [http://rhizome.org/member.php?user_id=2408 Profile at Rhizome]
  
 
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[[Category:Writers|Galloway, Alex]]
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[[Category:Software studies|Galloway, Alex]]
* Stefan Hechenberger. ''Interview with Alex Galloway''. summer 2004. http://switch.sjsu.edu/v19/00002e
 
 
 
 
 
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Revision as of 14:37, 6 November 2017

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.

Monographs
Interviews and talks (selection)
Links