8 October 2013 4 pm – 6 pm Convened by Jennifer Gabrys Speculative approaches to research and practice are emerging across multiple fields as a way to develop not simply descriptive engagements with topics, but rather to make propositions that invent new possibilities for research and practice. What types of speculation specifically materialize across these […]

Marsha Rosengarten (Goldsmiths, University of London) Speculation as a Constraint on Thought: Whitehead, Stengers and the Role of the Future in the Present Michael Halewood (University of Essex)

03 May 2014 Organisers: Jennifer Gabrys, Marsha Rosengarten, Martin Savransky & Alex Wilkie. Once exclusively confined to the conjectural practices of armchair philosophers and seers, the notion of ‘speculation’ is now increasingly present as an approach signalling toward uncertain or possible futures. Not only does it characterise some of the practices performed in financial markets […]

Martin Savranksy (Goldsmiths, University of London) Speculative Method and Twitter: Bots, Energy and Three Conceptual Characters Alex Wilkie (Goldsmiths, University of London) Pollution Sensing and the Shadowy World of Things: An Opening into Speculative Research and Practice Jennifer Gabrys (Goldsmiths, University of London)

25 April 2014 British Sociological Association Annual Conference In this special event members of a research cluster within the Unit of Play, Goldsmiths, collectively discussed and developed approaches to speculative research and practice. Speculative approaches to research and practice are emerging across multiple fields as a way to develop not simply descriptive engagements with topics, […]