McKenzie Wark
Professor, Culture and Media; Program Director, Gender Studies
Email
warkk@newschool.edu
Office Location
B - Eugene Lang College Building - 65 West 11th Street
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“The philosophers have only interpreted the world in various ways. The point, however, is to change it.”
What I love to write, and to teach, is ways to think critically about contemporary life, as we can perceive and understand it via its media and culture. If we can equip ourselves with concepts that create some distance from our all-too familiar media bubbles, we can find our way towards crafting better lives, singly and together. Alongside my regular courses in digital media, I've lately been writing and teaching a lot in transgender studies. I'm also working on a book about the queer and trans rave scene in New York, reviving an old interest in the study of nightlife and subcultures. I like to stay curious, and tend to move my research and writing interests on to different topics every few years—so maybe I'll be looking into something else again soon.
Recent Publications
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Philosophy for Spiders: on the low theory of Kathy Acker, 2021
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Sensoria, 2020
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I'm Very into You: Correspondence 1995-1996 (with Kathy Acker), 2015
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Capital is Dead, Verso Books, 2019
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General Intellects: 21 Thinkers for the 21st Century, Verso Books, 2017
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Molecular Red: Theory of the Anthropocene, Verso, 2015
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The Spectacle of Disintegration, Verso Books, 2013
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Telesthesia: Communication, Culture & Class, Polity Press, 2012
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The Beach Beneath the Street: The Everyday Like and Glorious Times of the Situationist International, Verso Books, 2011
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Gamer Theory, Harvard University Press, 2007
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A Hacker Manifesto, Harvard University Press, 2004
Research Interests
Media theory, new media, critical theory, cinema, music, visual art.
Awards And Honors
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Thoma Foundation 2019 Arts Writing Award in Digital Art
Current Courses
Independent Study
LCST 3950, Spring 2022
Independent Study
GLIB 6990, Spring 2022
Independent Study
GSOC 6990, Spring 2022
Past Courses
Gender and its Discontents
GLIB 5406, Spring 2021
Gender and its Discontents
UTNS 5406, Spring 2021
Independent Senior Project
LCST 4990, Fall 2021
Independent Study
LCST 3950, Fall 2021, Spring 2021
Independent Study
GSOC 6990, Spring 2021
Independent Study
GLIB 6990, Fall 2021, Spring 2021
Intro to Cultural Studies
LCST 2120, Spring 2021
Trans | Aesthetics
NMDS 5443, Fall 2021
Trans | Aesthetics
LCST 4550, Fall 2021
Trans Theory as Gender Theory
GLIB 5150, Fall 2021