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David presented a paper at the ‘Diagnoses of Matter and Memory: Bergson and the Problems of Brain, Time and Memory’ 8th International Colloquium of Project Bergson in Japan, in Tokyo and Osaka, Japan, 10th-13th November […]
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In September 2016 David was Chair of the 12th IFIP TC9 Human Choice and Computers Conference, “Technology and Intimacy: Choice or Coercion” at MediaCityUK, Salford Quays.The Proceedings were published by Springer. IFIP has a formal […]
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This is a book about evolution – from a post-Darwinian perspective. It recounts the core ideas of one of the great French philosophers, Henri Bergson (1859-1941), and his rediscovery and legacy in the poststructuralist critical […]
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Mapping the resonances, dissonances, and linkages between the thought of Gramsci and Foucault to uncover new tools for socio-political and critical analysis for the twenty-first century, this book reassesses the widely-held view that their work […]
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In July 2016 David gave an interview to the Hong Kong based South China Morning Post and answered lots of questions about the future of sex robots – the hot topic of both Keynote speakers […]
David presented at the 12th IFIP TC9 Human Choice and Computers Conference, Technology and Intimacy: Choice or Coercion, 7-9 September, 2016, MediaCityUK, Salford Quays, Greater Manchester, UK, (HCC12). Abstract: This paper introduces the concept of ‘skeuomorphic […]
David presented at the 2nd International Conference on Cultural Political Economy: Putting Culture in its Place in Political Economy, at the University of Bristol, Thursday, 25th August 2016. Abstract: Cultural Political Economy (CPE) as readily acknowledges […]
Stern’s report on the UK REF was published this month, and made some pretty grim reading. Two paragraphs in particular caught my eye: Scope for ‘gaming’ 31. the practice of making a highly selective submission […]
David presented about his book, Bergson, Complexity and Creative Emergence, at the Deleuze Studies Conference 2016: Virtuality:Becoming:Life, Rome, Italy, 13/7/2016 Abstract: Durée Réelle : microphysical indetermination : creative emergence Bergson argues that measurable time is an artificial […]
David will be an invited speaker at the forthcoming ‘Diagnoses of Matter and Memory: Bergson and the Problems of Brain, Time and Memory’ 8th International Colloquium of Project Bergson in Japan, taking place in Tokyo and Osaka, […]
In March 2016 David published an article about wearable technology, promoting the forthcoming HCC12 conference, in the second Salford Business School magazine – Ignited 2
Completing his role as a TEL Champion, David has been appointed Leader of the newly formed eLearning Group, by the Associate Dean (Academic), in Salford Business School. The first task will be to co-ordinate preparations […]
With colleagues Marie Griffiths and Maria Kutar, David published an article, in November 2015, in The Conversation, about the impressions given by the popular TV programme, The Apprentice, of what things are like in the […]
David published a paper in the journal, Information Technology and People, in 2015, entitled, ‘Theorising Web 3.0: ICTs in a Changing Society’. This paper was also the Editorial for a Special Issue of Information Technology and People, Guest […]