A reflection on the radical imagination: From finance to social movements to games (Junkyard)
A reflection on how I came to be fascinated by the power of the imagination for The Junkyard: A scholarly blog devoted to the study of imagination
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Notes towards a theory of risk management as human sacrifice (and vice versa) (Schemas of Uncertainty)
An essay on racial capitalism, empire and the gory capitalist cosmology
Entangled Legacies: Race, finance and inequality (Manchester University Press)
Manchester University Press 2023: a collection edited by Paul Gilbert, Clea Bourne, Max Haiven and Johnna Montgomerie for newcomers and specialists alike
I Dream of DeFi: A Conversation (Flash Art)
Original –> https://flash—art.com/2021/01/defi-decentralization-crypto-art/ I Dream of DeFi. A Conversation with Ruth Catlow, Max Grünberg, Max Haiven, Aude Launay, and Denise Thwaites, curated by Alex Estorick … Read more
Financialization and failure: Lessons from the anxious university (Routledge International Handbook of Failure)
The following is the uncorrected text for a chapter in the forthcoming Routledge International Handbook of Failure: Critical Perspectives from Sociology and other Social Sciences, … Read more
Debt and Financialization of Childhood (Oxford Bibliographies)
The following text is a not-yet copy-edited draft of Max Haiven. 2022 (in production). “Debt and Financialization of Childhood” in Oxford Bibliographies in Childhood Studies, … Read more
Whither Harmony Square?: Conspiracy Games in Late Capitalism (LA Review of Books)
The following piece by Conspiracy Games and Countergames reseachers Max Haiven, A. T. Kingsmith and Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou was printed in the Los Angeles Review of … Read more
Should Artists ‘Take the Money and Run’? (Art Review)
The following is a preliminary version of the text published on October 6, 2021 in ArtReview: https://artreview.com/should-artists-take-the-money-and-run-jens-haaning/ The mainstream news cycle is forever doomed to … Read more
Was the GameStop frenzy an artwork? (Hyperallergic)
This essay originally appeared in HyperAllergic –> https://hyperallergic.com/624288/was-the-gamestop-frenzy-an-artwork/ Was the GameStop scandal some kind of massive, participatory activist artwork? In late January and early February … Read more
The GameStop saga is not the revenge against finance we deserve (Novara)
My essay “The GameStop Saga Is Not the Revenge Against Finance We Deserve” has been published by Truthout here: https://truthout.org/audio/the-gamestop-saga-is-not-the-revenge-against-finance-we-deserve/ “There’s a catharsis to actually … Read more