Johnson, Laurie
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EditorialDespite being a much used trope in intellectual activity at the moment, 'desire' may yet prove to be more resilient as a concept than some other much (ab)used tropes of the past (such as 'body', 'transgression', and, of course, the ever-popular [ab]use of parentheses). It may be possible, that is, that as we enter this 'new' millenium, intellectuals may...Read more
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Articles"The Krell forgot one thing: monsters from the id." -- Warren Stevens (as Doc Ostrow), Forbidden Planet "What a mistake to have ever said the id. Everywhere it is machines -- real ones, not figurative ones: machines driving other machines, machines being...Read more
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ArticlesSomebody (who could be me) is running. They (who are many) are in pursuit. Somebody is running up what seems to be a steep incline, a hill of sorts. There is no other pathway. Yet somebody sees (too late, as always) that the pathway drops off instantly, where the hillside has been cut away to form a deep quarry. Unable in that instant to stop, or perhaps...Read more
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ArticlesLovecraft applies the term "Outsider" to this thing or entity, the Thing, which arrives and passes at the edge, which is linear yet multiple, "teeming, seething, swelling, foaming, spreading like an infectious disease, this nameless horror." Gilles Deleuze...Read more
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EditorialThe release of the Urban issue of M/C a journal of media and culture is particularly timely. This same month, the United Nations General Assembly is hosting the World Urban Forum [http://www.unhabitat.org], designated as an advisory body to support implementation...Read more
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FeatureThis paper on cultural loops will begin slightly off-track, drawing on lessons that can be learned from a very basic non-terminating program, written in basic programming language: 100 Print "an infinite loop is" 110 Goto 100 Run...Read more
