The Archipelago #14: Tiziana Terranova – Recursive Colonialism And The Mediterranean
Since her influential book Network Culture - Politics for the Information Age came out in 2004, theorist and activist Tiziana Terranova has been studying the workings of technology's effects on society. She has elaborated on these themes in numerous essays and has been part of many research groups that dive into the various ways social relations are organized and mediated.
In this episode, Tiziana Terranova talks about her recent work on the concept of recursive colonialism, how colonialism is reproduced through repetition and diversification, as well as her interest in how technology affects the Mediterranean and the importance of looking at the history of technology from a non-Western perspective.