Rob Aitken
Biographic Data
| ID | 3661817 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rob Aitken |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rob |
| FAMILY NAME | Aitken |
| SIGNATURE | AITKEN R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Department of Political Science University of Alberta |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
An Economics of Capital: Genealogies of Everyday Financial Conduct
Although recent forms of neoliberalism have been associated with everyday forms of 'investment', this paper argues that the financial conduct of everyday populations has long been an intense site of intervention. Drawing on the history of nineteenth and twentieth-century Canadian government savings, annuities and tax deferral programs, this paper argues that everyday financial conduct has long been a key site of experimentation and innovation in …
An Instrument for Reaching Into Experience: Progressive Film at the Rockefeller Boards, 1934-1945
The emergence of progressive filmmaking in the interwar period is often associated with John Grierson, the British documentary movement and the influence it traced abroad. This paper argues, however, that more particular attention needs to attend the specific context for progressive filmmaking in the United States. To make this argument, this paper foregrounds two strands of progressive filmmaking that were pursued alongside, and often in tension…
An Economics of Capital: Genealogies of Everyday Financial Conduct
Although recent forms of neoliberalism have been associated with everyday forms of 'investment', this paper argues that the financial conduct of everyday populations has long been an intense site of intervention. Drawing on the history of nineteenth and twentieth-century Canadian government savings, annuities and tax deferral programs, this paper argues that everyday financial conduct has long been a key site of experimentation and innovation in …
An Instrument for Reaching Into Experience: Progressive Film at the Rockefeller Boards, 1934-1945
The emergence of progressive filmmaking in the interwar period is often associated with John Grierson, the British documentary movement and the influence it traced abroad. This paper argues, however, that more particular attention needs to attend the specific context for progressive filmmaking in the United States. To make this argument, this paper foregrounds two strands of progressive filmmaking that were pursued alongside, and often in tension…
An Economics of Capital: Genealogies of Everyday Financial Conduct
Although recent forms of neoliberalism have been associated with everyday forms of 'investment', this paper argues that the financial conduct of everyday populations has long been an intense site of intervention. Drawing on the history of nineteenth and twentieth-century Canadian government savings, annuities and tax deferral programs, this paper argues that everyday financial conduct has long been a key site of experimentation and innovation in …
Sociology (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 works) · Archaeology (1 works) · Argument (complex analysis (1 works) · Art (1 works) · Capital (architecture (1 works) · Cinema and Media Studies (1 works) · Citizenship (1 works) · Context (archaeology (1 works) · Deferral (1 works)