Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 160912 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou |
| PRENOMES | Aris |
| SOBRENOME | Komporozos-Athanasiou |
| ASSINATURA | KOMPOROZOS-ATHANASIOU A |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University College London |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6714-3474 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 15 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 58 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 15 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2015 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 5 |
Contre-spéculations
Cet article soutient que l’émergence de homo speculans et son rapport à l’incertitude recèlent un potentiel politique encore peu exploré. Le fait que les communautés spéculatives habitent l’inconnu a rendu les individus à la fois plus attentifs à l’ici et maintenant et plus ouverts à l’imprévisibilité du futur. Ces évolutions ouvrent de nouvelles possibilités non seulement pour penser, mais aussi pour poursuivre des alternatives au capitalisme et…
Not so 'dumb money'? Constituting professionals and amateurs in the history of finance capitalism
This article examines the historically contentious relationship between the financial market and the public as discussed in academic literature, financial journalism and prescriptive how-to invest handbooks during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Although financial markets thrive off active public participation, speculating at stock and commodity exchanges has been a sanctioned ritual reserved for a privileged minority. We argue that the f…
Board Games as Social Media
Can board games be part of challenging the dangerous tide of reactionary cultural politics presently washing over the United States and many other countries? The authors frame this threat to progressive social movements and democracy as entangled with a cultural politics of reenchantment. Thanks in part to the rise of ubiquitous digital media, capitalism is gamified as never before, yet most people feel trapped in an unwinnable game. Here, a gami…
Dangerous Play in an Age of Technofinance
In this paper we explore one dimension of the contemporary cultural politics that gives rise to reactionary formations and movements: the desire for a kind of dangerous play within a financialized world where most people feel trapped in a game they can’t win. We take up three interwoven phenomena from the recent past in the United States, though with implications beyond that context: (a) the GameStop stock-buying frenzy of early 202l, (b) the sto…
An “Anxiety Epidemic” in the Financialized University
Financialization is transforming social subjects and institutions, including the university. This article explores overlooked links between the financialization of public postsecondary education on both sides of the North Atlantic and the ongoing “anxiety epidemic” among students (and, indeed, staff). The article argues that the “anxious university” represents a unique space to study the economic, political, social, and cultural impact of the ris…
Interview with Wu Ming 1
In this interview with Wu Ming 1, a member of the mysterious but well-known and widely-translated novel-writing Wu Ming Collective, we discuss his new book, La Q di Qomplotto ( The Q in Qonspiracy: How Conspiracy Fantasies Defend the System). In the interview, Wu Ming 1 unravels the power of narrative and games in driving conspiracy fantasies and fuelling new forms of activism that have risen to confront a system that gives rise to them
Governing Researchers through Public Involvement
This paper focuses on recent developments in UK health research policy, which place new pressures on researchers to address issues of accountability and impact through the implementation of patient and public involvement (PPI). We draw on an in-depth interview study with 20 professional researchers, and we analyse their experiences of competing for research funding, focusing on PPI as a process of professional research governance. We unearth domi…
The imaginary constitution of financial crises
This article proposes an alternative sociological framework for dealing with the imaginary constitution of financial crises. Theorisation of financial crises is often limited by dualistic juxtaposition of the rational and irrational, moral and immoral, calculative and intuitive, thus neglecting the imaginary structuring of such dyads in the construction of financial and fiscal realities. To address this lacuna, we introduce ideas from philosopher…
Re-imagining the future in finance capitalism
What is the role of imagination in the constitution of finance capitalism? How do the fictions, myths, and (ir)rationalities of finance shape society's ability to imagine the future in the face of mounting political instability? Well over a decade since the Global Financial Crisis of 2008, today's financialised economies are still marred by stagnation and uncertainty. Against this backdrop, the increasingly speculative nature of economic forecast…
Citizen Participation in Neoliberal Times
As we write this introduction, much of the global economy remains in crisis, a wave of ethno-nationalist populism continues to sweep countries across the global north and south, while neoliberal politics reaffirms its firm grip on their future. At the same time, the role of borders, both physical and symbolic, acquires renewed importance, creating new exclusionary zones and unsettling modernity’s settled concepts of democratic ‘citizenship’. How …
Performing accountability in health research
The article explores how spaces aimed at improving accountability in health systems are socially produced. It addresses the implications of an initiative to promote patient involvement in government-funded research in the context of a large cancer research network in England. We employ a socio-spatial theoretical framework inspired by insights from Henri Lefebvre and Judith Butler to examine how professional researchers, doctors and patients unde…
"Migration and Citizenship in "Athens of Crisis
In this interview with UCL's Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou, Lefteris Papagiannakis explains his role as Athens' vice mayor for migrants and refugees. He discusses the city's responses to the arrival of thousands of refugees and migrants in the last few years. He reflects on the complex relationship of the municipality of Athens with non-government support networks, such as non-governmental organizations (NGOs), international organizations, as well a…
Experience as Evidence
This article investigates how healthcare professionals articulate the relationship between patient experience and 'evidence', creating hybrid forms of knowledge. We propose a Bakhtinian dialogical framework to theorise this process. Drawing on ethnographic work from patient involvement initiatives in England, we show how patient experiences are re-articulated by professionals who add their own intentions and accents in a dialogical process which …
Citizen Participation as Political Ritual
This article examines citizen participation in health research, where funders increasingly seek to promote and define 'patient and public involvement' (PPI). In England, the focus of our study, government policy articulates a specific set of meanings attached to PPI that fuse patients' rights and responsibilities as citizens, as 'consumers' and as 'lay experts'. However, little is known about the meanings those who take part in PPI activities att…
The Role of Emotion in Enabling and Conditioning Public Deliberation Outcomes
Citizen participation in deliberation activities within public health systems is increasingly seen as essential in achieving more patient‐centred, equitable and democratic care. However, recent studies show that patients' lived, affective experience of illness and care remains poorly understood within deliberative fora. In response, this article argues that emotion is central in mediating deliberation, and in conditioning deliberative outcomes. T…
Experience as Evidence
This article investigates how healthcare professionals articulate the relationship between patient experience and 'evidence', creating hybrid forms of knowledge. We propose a Bakhtinian dialogical framework to theorise this process. Drawing on ethnographic work from patient involvement initiatives in England, we show how patient experiences are re-articulated by professionals who add their own intentions and accents in a dialogical process which …
The Role of Emotion in Enabling and Conditioning Public Deliberation Outcomes
Citizen participation in deliberation activities within public health systems is increasingly seen as essential in achieving more patient‐centred, equitable and democratic care. However, recent studies show that patients' lived, affective experience of illness and care remains poorly understood within deliberative fora. In response, this article argues that emotion is central in mediating deliberation, and in conditioning deliberative outcomes. T…
Performing accountability in health research
The article explores how spaces aimed at improving accountability in health systems are socially produced. It addresses the implications of an initiative to promote patient involvement in government-funded research in the context of a large cancer research network in England. We employ a socio-spatial theoretical framework inspired by insights from Henri Lefebvre and Judith Butler to examine how professional researchers, doctors and patients unde…
An “Anxiety Epidemic” in the Financialized University
Financialization is transforming social subjects and institutions, including the university. This article explores overlooked links between the financialization of public postsecondary education on both sides of the North Atlantic and the ongoing “anxiety epidemic” among students (and, indeed, staff). The article argues that the “anxious university” represents a unique space to study the economic, political, social, and cultural impact of the ris…
Citizen Participation as Political Ritual
This article examines citizen participation in health research, where funders increasingly seek to promote and define 'patient and public involvement' (PPI). In England, the focus of our study, government policy articulates a specific set of meanings attached to PPI that fuse patients' rights and responsibilities as citizens, as 'consumers' and as 'lay experts'. However, little is known about the meanings those who take part in PPI activities att…
The imaginary constitution of financial crises
This article proposes an alternative sociological framework for dealing with the imaginary constitution of financial crises. Theorisation of financial crises is often limited by dualistic juxtaposition of the rational and irrational, moral and immoral, calculative and intuitive, thus neglecting the imaginary structuring of such dyads in the construction of financial and fiscal realities. To address this lacuna, we introduce ideas from philosopher…
Interview with Wu Ming 1
In this interview with Wu Ming 1, a member of the mysterious but well-known and widely-translated novel-writing Wu Ming Collective, we discuss his new book, La Q di Qomplotto ( The Q in Qonspiracy: How Conspiracy Fantasies Defend the System). In the interview, Wu Ming 1 unravels the power of narrative and games in driving conspiracy fantasies and fuelling new forms of activism that have risen to confront a system that gives rise to them
Re-imagining the future in finance capitalism
What is the role of imagination in the constitution of finance capitalism? How do the fictions, myths, and (ir)rationalities of finance shape society's ability to imagine the future in the face of mounting political instability? Well over a decade since the Global Financial Crisis of 2008, today's financialised economies are still marred by stagnation and uncertainty. Against this backdrop, the increasingly speculative nature of economic forecast…
Citizen Participation in Neoliberal Times
As we write this introduction, much of the global economy remains in crisis, a wave of ethno-nationalist populism continues to sweep countries across the global north and south, while neoliberal politics reaffirms its firm grip on their future. At the same time, the role of borders, both physical and symbolic, acquires renewed importance, creating new exclusionary zones and unsettling modernity’s settled concepts of democratic ‘citizenship’. How …
"Migration and Citizenship in "Athens of Crisis
In this interview with UCL's Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou, Lefteris Papagiannakis explains his role as Athens' vice mayor for migrants and refugees. He discusses the city's responses to the arrival of thousands of refugees and migrants in the last few years. He reflects on the complex relationship of the municipality of Athens with non-government support networks, such as non-governmental organizations (NGOs), international organizations, as well a…
Governing Researchers through Public Involvement
This paper focuses on recent developments in UK health research policy, which place new pressures on researchers to address issues of accountability and impact through the implementation of patient and public involvement (PPI). We draw on an in-depth interview study with 20 professional researchers, and we analyse their experiences of competing for research funding, focusing on PPI as a process of professional research governance. We unearth domi…
The Role of Emotion in Enabling and Conditioning Public Deliberation Outcomes
Citizen participation in deliberation activities within public health systems is increasingly seen as essential in achieving more patient‐centred, equitable and democratic care. However, recent studies show that patients' lived, affective experience of illness and care remains poorly understood within deliberative fora. In response, this article argues that emotion is central in mediating deliberation, and in conditioning deliberative outcomes. T…
Performing accountability in health research
The article explores how spaces aimed at improving accountability in health systems are socially produced. It addresses the implications of an initiative to promote patient involvement in government-funded research in the context of a large cancer research network in England. We employ a socio-spatial theoretical framework inspired by insights from Henri Lefebvre and Judith Butler to examine how professional researchers, doctors and patients unde…
"Migration and Citizenship in "Athens of Crisis
In this interview with UCL's Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou, Lefteris Papagiannakis explains his role as Athens' vice mayor for migrants and refugees. He discusses the city's responses to the arrival of thousands of refugees and migrants in the last few years. He reflects on the complex relationship of the municipality of Athens with non-government support networks, such as non-governmental organizations (NGOs), international organizations, as well a…
Experience as Evidence
This article investigates how healthcare professionals articulate the relationship between patient experience and 'evidence', creating hybrid forms of knowledge. We propose a Bakhtinian dialogical framework to theorise this process. Drawing on ethnographic work from patient involvement initiatives in England, we show how patient experiences are re-articulated by professionals who add their own intentions and accents in a dialogical process which …
Citizen Participation as Political Ritual
This article examines citizen participation in health research, where funders increasingly seek to promote and define 'patient and public involvement' (PPI). In England, the focus of our study, government policy articulates a specific set of meanings attached to PPI that fuse patients' rights and responsibilities as citizens, as 'consumers' and as 'lay experts'. However, little is known about the meanings those who take part in PPI activities att…
Citizen Participation in Neoliberal Times
As we write this introduction, much of the global economy remains in crisis, a wave of ethno-nationalist populism continues to sweep countries across the global north and south, while neoliberal politics reaffirms its firm grip on their future. At the same time, the role of borders, both physical and symbolic, acquires renewed importance, creating new exclusionary zones and unsettling modernity’s settled concepts of democratic ‘citizenship’. How …
The imaginary constitution of financial crises
This article proposes an alternative sociological framework for dealing with the imaginary constitution of financial crises. Theorisation of financial crises is often limited by dualistic juxtaposition of the rational and irrational, moral and immoral, calculative and intuitive, thus neglecting the imaginary structuring of such dyads in the construction of financial and fiscal realities. To address this lacuna, we introduce ideas from philosopher…
Re-imagining the future in finance capitalism
What is the role of imagination in the constitution of finance capitalism? How do the fictions, myths, and (ir)rationalities of finance shape society's ability to imagine the future in the face of mounting political instability? Well over a decade since the Global Financial Crisis of 2008, today's financialised economies are still marred by stagnation and uncertainty. Against this backdrop, the increasingly speculative nature of economic forecast…
Dangerous Play in an Age of Technofinance
In this paper we explore one dimension of the contemporary cultural politics that gives rise to reactionary formations and movements: the desire for a kind of dangerous play within a financialized world where most people feel trapped in a game they can’t win. We take up three interwoven phenomena from the recent past in the United States, though with implications beyond that context: (a) the GameStop stock-buying frenzy of early 202l, (b) the sto…
An “Anxiety Epidemic” in the Financialized University
Financialization is transforming social subjects and institutions, including the university. This article explores overlooked links between the financialization of public postsecondary education on both sides of the North Atlantic and the ongoing “anxiety epidemic” among students (and, indeed, staff). The article argues that the “anxious university” represents a unique space to study the economic, political, social, and cultural impact of the ris…
Interview with Wu Ming 1
In this interview with Wu Ming 1, a member of the mysterious but well-known and widely-translated novel-writing Wu Ming Collective, we discuss his new book, La Q di Qomplotto ( The Q in Qonspiracy: How Conspiracy Fantasies Defend the System). In the interview, Wu Ming 1 unravels the power of narrative and games in driving conspiracy fantasies and fuelling new forms of activism that have risen to confront a system that gives rise to them
Governing Researchers through Public Involvement
This paper focuses on recent developments in UK health research policy, which place new pressures on researchers to address issues of accountability and impact through the implementation of patient and public involvement (PPI). We draw on an in-depth interview study with 20 professional researchers, and we analyse their experiences of competing for research funding, focusing on PPI as a process of professional research governance. We unearth domi…
Board Games as Social Media
Can board games be part of challenging the dangerous tide of reactionary cultural politics presently washing over the United States and many other countries? The authors frame this threat to progressive social movements and democracy as entangled with a cultural politics of reenchantment. Thanks in part to the rise of ubiquitous digital media, capitalism is gamified as never before, yet most people feel trapped in an unwinnable game. Here, a gami…
Not so 'dumb money'? Constituting professionals and amateurs in the history of finance capitalism
This article examines the historically contentious relationship between the financial market and the public as discussed in academic literature, financial journalism and prescriptive how-to invest handbooks during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Although financial markets thrive off active public participation, speculating at stock and commodity exchanges has been a sanctioned ritual reserved for a privileged minority. We argue that the f…
Contre-spéculations
Cet article soutient que l’émergence de homo speculans et son rapport à l’incertitude recèlent un potentiel politique encore peu exploré. Le fait que les communautés spéculatives habitent l’inconnu a rendu les individus à la fois plus attentifs à l’ici et maintenant et plus ouverts à l’imprévisibilité du futur. Ces évolutions ouvrent de nouvelles possibilités non seulement pour penser, mais aussi pour poursuivre des alternatives au capitalisme et…
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