Department of Anthropology

Media theorist Alexander Galloway (NYU) will offer a novel history of computation, stretching from German and French chronophotographers of the late 19C to a nearly forgotten chapter late in the life of French filmmaker and philosopher Guy Debord, who in the 1970s defied expectations by establishing a commercial game company and releasing a table-top parlor game called The Game of War. This event is sponsored by the Center for Theoretical Inquiry in the Humanities, and part of its semester-long inquiry into the topic of play. More information.