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The robots are coming! So too is the ‘age of automation’, the march of ‘invasive’ species, more intense natural disasters, and a potential cataclysm of other unprecedented events and phenomena of which we do not yet know, and cannot predict. This book is
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CECILY M
L A N D E ST ALLER & YO
RENGERS
Social Practices and Dynamic Non-Humans
Cecily Maller • Yolande Strengers Editors
Social Practices and Dynamic Non-Humans Nature, Materials and Technologies
Editors Cecily Maller Centre for Urban Research RMIT University Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Yolande Strengers Centre for Urban Research RMIT University Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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Acknowledgements
This book emerged from a symposium titled ‘Animals, Automated Devices and Ecosystems: A Symposium on the Agencies of Dynamic Non-humans in Theories of Practice’ that we convened in Barcelona, 9–10 October 2015 at RMIT Europe. RMIT University’s Centre for Urban Research and RMIT Europe generously supported the event by providing a vibrant venue and delicious catering, both of which were highly conducive to theoretical inspiration and discussion. We invited contributors from a range of disciplines working with dynamic nonhuman entities or phenomena and social practices to provoke discussion and advance conceptualisations of non-humans in theories of social practice. As many rich and intriguing ideas emerged during the event, developing a book to share these contributions with a wider audience became the logical next step. We are deeply indebted to generous research fellowships that provided the time and intellectual space to pursue this pro
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