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Mediation, Multiplicity, Topology: Human Remains in a Post-Human World

Explore the concept of mediation as linking entities, multiplicity in social reality, and topology as ongoing transformations in a post-human world. This presentation delves into hybrid topologies where the human exists amidst interruptions and shifts, inviting reflections on the fluid nature of existence. Drawing inspiration from Latour, Serres, Law, Mol, Bingham, and Thrift, it probes the intricate connections and patterns in the contemporary landscape. Join us as we navigate through the realms of mediation, multiplicity, and topology in the midst of the human experience.

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Mediation, Multiplicity, Topology: Human Remains in a Post-Human World

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  1. The human in multiple, hybrid topologies HUMAN REMAINS THE PLACE OF THE HUMAN IN A POST-HUMAN WORLD Presentation for 4th Nordic Geographers’ Meeting, Roskilde University, 24-27.05.2011 Connie Svabo, PhD, Assistant Professor Space, Place, Mobility and Urban Studies (MOSPUS) Research Unit & Centre for Experience Research (COF) Department of Environmental, Social and Spatial Change (ENSPAC) Roskilde University (RUC)

  2. Mediation, multiplicity, topology • Mediation is the process of linkingentities, makingconnections • Concept from Latour, inspired by Serres • Multiplicity is the ideathat in social reality multiple orders, logics and patternsare at playsimultaneously • Concept from Law & Mol, inspired by Serres • Topology is ’the science of proximities and ongoingorinterrupted transformations’ • ConceptBingham & Thrift, Mol & Law, Latour, Serres

  3. Naturama • Museum of naturalhistory • 65.000 annual visits • 50% of visitorsare under 18 • Association of visitors and exhibition

  4. Method: ethnographicfieldwork • 14 months, severallaterre-visits • Observation • 39 days, 21 days in exhibition, the rest in offices • written notes, audiorecordings, video recordings, use of spy-wearcameraglasses • Interviews • 26 on-sitevisitor interviews + staff interviews • Focusincreasinglyonchildren and youngsters

  5. Fellow visitors Exhibition visitor exercisepamphlet visitor phonecamera visitor animalcostume

  6. Multiple, hybrid topologies and the human in the midst, betwixt and between, at midpoint, intersection, hub, junction, shift, flicker, fluid, gossamer, gauzy, thin, delicate, fibrous, flimsy, sheer, airy, shimmer, sparkle, blitz, diffusion interference, interruption, clamor and hubbub

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