Societies around the world, and humanity at large, today face unprecedented challenges. From climate change to economic inequality, from war and political polarisation to the ingrained effects of colonisation and racism, the world faces a series of unfolding crises. In this context, academics, researchers, and intellectuals are called upon to provide insights and perspectives that can help to understand and address the present moment. At the same time, the humanities and social sciences traditions of critical inquiry are constantly called into question for the contribution they can make to the worlds we inhabit. What can critique do, as theoretical and practical intervention, to change things for the better today?
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Critique Now is an interdisciplinary research group at the Faculty of Arts, Design & Architecture that investigates different forms of critical thought in the twenty-first century across the humanities, social sciences, and law. The group aims to generate and support interdisciplinary research that develops new modes of practising critique in the humanities and social sciences. It has a particular focus on collaborative work that engages postgraduate and early-career researchers working in these fields.
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Coming from diverse disciplinary backgrounds, members of the group use philosophical, legal, social and historical methodologies to understand the global challenges posed by inequality, climate change, the ongoing impacts of colonialism, and contemporary modes of subjectivity.
Members:
- Ben Golder
- Heikki Ik盲heimo (Co-Convenor)
- Kasia Je偶owska
- Daniel McLoughlin
- Timothy O鈥橪eary (Co-Convenor)
- Melanie White
- Jessica Whyte (Co-Convenor)
Associate Members:
- Arcot Ananth
- Octaviano Arruda
- Max Hoddinott
- Minerva Inwald
- Siddharth Narrain
- Sonia Qadir
- Md. Abu Sayeed
- Shohini Sengupta
- Angela Smith
- Ashraf Uddin