J O Scanlan
Biographic Data
| ID | 4450899 |
|---|---|
| NAME | J O Scanlan |
| GIVEN NAMES | J |
| FAMILY NAME | O Scanlan |
| SIGNATURE | SCANLAN J O |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Lancashire |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2951-7823 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Political Power of Negative Motivations
Mythical Past, Infinite Future
This article explores the ways in which time and change have defined West Cumbria, a little known and overlooked region that is characterized by both an attachment to a mythologized past and an openness to a future that, from a human perspective, might as well reach to infinity. This condition has arisen primarily because of West Cumbria’s native industries and from the way that its geology and geographical location have shaped it into its presen…
Raymond Moore’s uncertain places
This article examines the work of late British photographer Raymond Moore (1920–1987) and the ways in which his images of landscapes and objects allow us to understand his work as being driven towards encounters with what I term uncertain places, which is to say places in transition or between states of being that also point the observer of these images to that which lies beyond even photographically-aided perception. This idea is further examine…
Surf Life ou l'excès à l'ère du numérique
Surf Life » est un terme qui tente de décrire certaines caractéristiques et conséquences de ce que je pense être une nouvelle écologie de la mémoire et de l'oubli. Les formes qu'elle prend et la prise de conscience qu'elle semble générer ne doivent pas être dissociées de la manière dont nous vivons au sein de cette « Surf Life », ni des endroits et des moments conditionnés par les nouvelles technologies numériques qui envahissent le quotidien. Co…
Trafficking
In cities the world over, we are able to determine stability in daily existence, to identify with our social spaces, because modes of transport have become essential components of subjective autonomy. But would it not be just as accurate to say that in transit, modern life puts the self in abeyance? The author argues that the ways we allow ourselves to be moved around in “traffic space” create a passivity that renders almost invisible the complex…
Duchamp’s Wager
This article considers the notion of ‘play’ in the plastic arts as described by Johan Huizinga, its definitional relation to the materiality of the art object, and the way in which such a conception rests on a notion of aesthetic order that, after the work of Marcel Duchamp, could not be sustained. I argue that Duchamp’s readymadesforce a re-evaluation of plasticity (and thus of Huizinga’s definition of play), and introduce a permanent revolution…
Duchamp’s Wager
This article considers the notion of ‘play’ in the plastic arts as described by Johan Huizinga, its definitional relation to the materiality of the art object, and the way in which such a conception rests on a notion of aesthetic order that, after the work of Marcel Duchamp, could not be sustained. I argue that Duchamp’s readymadesforce a re-evaluation of plasticity (and thus of Huizinga’s definition of play), and introduce a permanent revolution…
Duchamp’s Wager
This article considers the notion of ‘play’ in the plastic arts as described by Johan Huizinga, its definitional relation to the materiality of the art object, and the way in which such a conception rests on a notion of aesthetic order that, after the work of Marcel Duchamp, could not be sustained. I argue that Duchamp’s readymadesforce a re-evaluation of plasticity (and thus of Huizinga’s definition of play), and introduce a permanent revolution…
Trafficking
In cities the world over, we are able to determine stability in daily existence, to identify with our social spaces, because modes of transport have become essential components of subjective autonomy. But would it not be just as accurate to say that in transit, modern life puts the self in abeyance? The author argues that the ways we allow ourselves to be moved around in “traffic space” create a passivity that renders almost invisible the complex…
Surf Life ou l'excès à l'ère du numérique
Surf Life » est un terme qui tente de décrire certaines caractéristiques et conséquences de ce que je pense être une nouvelle écologie de la mémoire et de l'oubli. Les formes qu'elle prend et la prise de conscience qu'elle semble générer ne doivent pas être dissociées de la manière dont nous vivons au sein de cette « Surf Life », ni des endroits et des moments conditionnés par les nouvelles technologies numériques qui envahissent le quotidien. Co…
Raymond Moore’s uncertain places
This article examines the work of late British photographer Raymond Moore (1920–1987) and the ways in which his images of landscapes and objects allow us to understand his work as being driven towards encounters with what I term uncertain places, which is to say places in transition or between states of being that also point the observer of these images to that which lies beyond even photographically-aided perception. This idea is further examine…
Mythical Past, Infinite Future
This article explores the ways in which time and change have defined West Cumbria, a little known and overlooked region that is characterized by both an attachment to a mythologized past and an openness to a future that, from a human perspective, might as well reach to infinity. This condition has arisen primarily because of West Cumbria’s native industries and from the way that its geology and geographical location have shaped it into its presen…
The Political Power of Negative Motivations
Sociology (4 works) · Political science (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · History (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works)