Article ID: CBB281059364

(Dis)entangling Barad: Materialisms and ethics (December 2017)

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In the wake of the widespread uptake of and debate surrounding the work of Karen Barad, this article revisits her core conceptual contributions. We offer descriptions, elaborations, problematizations and provocations for those intrigued by or invested in this body of work. We examine Barad’s use of quantum physics, which underpins her conception of the material world. We discuss the political strengths of this position but also note tensions associated with applying quantum physics to phenomena at macro-scales. We identify both frictions and unacknowledged affinities with science and technology studies in Barad’s critique of reflexivity and her concept of diffraction. We flesh out Barad’s overarching position of ‘agential realism’, which contains a revised understanding of scientific apparatuses. Building upon these discussions, we argue that inherent in agential realism is both an ethics of inclusion and an ethics of exclusion. Existing research has, however, frequently emphasized entanglement and inclusion to the detriment of foreclosure and exclusion. Nonetheless, we contend that it is in the potential for an ethics of exclusion that Barad’s work could be of greatest utility within science and technology studies and beyond.

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Authors & Contributors
Ibáñez, Joana
Andrea Mazzola
Massimiliano Sassoli de Bianchi
Simons, Massimiliano
Sangiacomo, Andrea
Maite Hernando-Arrese
Concepts
Philosophy of science
Ontology
Quantum theory
Technoscience; science and technology studies
Physics
Human body
Time Periods
21st century
20th century, early
20th century
17th century
16th century
Places
Patagonia
Lisbon (Portugal)
Cambodia
Colombia
Netherlands
Spain
Institutions
HidroAysén
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