User:Berna Bereit SI24 Personal Reader

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REFERENCE #1

Han, B.-C., 2014. Psychopolitik: Neoliberalismus und die neuen Machttechniken. S. Fischer Verlage, Frankfurt am Main.

Following his bestseller 'Fatigue Society', Byung-Chul Han, "the new star of German philosophy" (El País), passionately continues his criticism of neoliberalism. In a trenchant manner, he sets out the neoliberal regime's technique of domination and power, which, in contrast to Foucault's biopolitics, discovers the psyche as a productive force. Han describes neoliberal psychopolitics in all its facets, which leads to a crisis of freedom. Within the framework of this analysis of neoliberal power technology, Han also presents a first theory of big data and a lucid phenomenology of emotion. However, his brilliant new essay also draws up counter-models to neoliberal psychopolitics: rich in ideas and full of surprises.

REFERENCE #2

Frayling, C., 1993. Research in Art and Design. Royal College of Art, London.

Where artists, craftspeople and designers are concerned, the word 'research' - the r word - sometimes seems to describe an activity which is a long way away from their respective practices. The spoken emphasis tends to be put on the first syllable -the re - as if research always involves going over old territory, while art, craft and design are of course concerned with the new. The word has traditionally been associated with; | obscure corners of specialised libraries, where solitary scholars live; | white-coated people in laboratories, doing esoteric things with test-tubes; | universities, rather than colleges; | arms length, rather than engagement; | artyfacts, rather than artefacts; | words not deeds.

Recently an opposing tendency has emerged - largely as the pragmatic result of decisions about government funding of higher education - where the word has come to be associated with: | what artists, craftspeople and designers do all the time anyway; | artefacts, rather than artyfacts; | deeds not words.

Much of the debate - and attendant confusion - so far, has revolved around a series of stereotypes of what research is, what it involves and what it delivers. The debate has also led towards some very strange directions indeed - such as the question (asked in all seriousness) 'does an exhibition of paintings count as research or doesn't it?' This paper attempts to unpack some of the stereotypes, and redirect the debate away from some of its more obviously blind alleys.

Relation to my own work

As a designer I often question the relevance of my own voice and work. Research as a scientific disciplin and the process of researching are both essential parts. Claim the space

Annotations and notes

(p.4)

• 'research' meaning 'the act of searching, closely or carefuly, for or after a specified thing or person'
• 'Resarch' meaning 'work directed towards the innovation, introduction, and improvement of products and processes'

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