[Infrastructure-readinggroup] Planning for the remainder of the year

[Niels ten Oever]

PS I had a lot of fun reading the small book 'Weaponization of Everything' [0], it reads very smoothly and provides a lot of explanatory value for contemporary times.

[0] Galeotti, Mark. 2022. The Weaponisation of Everything: A Field Guide to the New Way of War. Yale University Press.


On 01-02-2025 19:31, Niels ten Oever wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I hope you are doing great - considering everything that is happening in the world. I like to plan when everything seems uncertain, so here we go. I picked some books that we will read until the end of the year. You can find the proposed schedule below and on the website.
> 
> I propose that we will read the current book until their endings, then we will read European Objects and Lifelines of our Society together, to go a bit back to the infrastructure and standards theme. Then we will continue with The Dawn of Everything by David Graeber and David Wengrow and The Invisible Weapon by Headrick. I really wanted to read this Graeber book, but it is definitely too much to read by myself, and I think Headrick is one of the main scholars of telegraphy, so it might be nice to finish of our whole telegraph tour with him.
> 
> All suggest, comments, alterations very much welcome!
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Niels
> 
> PS Most recent version is always here: https://www.criticalinfralab.net/2024/02/01/infrastructure-reading-group/
> 
> 
> February 4th - Telegraphic Imperialism - Chapter 7 // The Apple II Age - Chapter 6
> February 18th - Telegraphic Imperialism - Chapter 8 + Conclusion // The Apple II Age - Chapter 7
> March 4th - The Apple II Age - Inconclusions + Epilogue
> March 18th - European Objects and Lifelines of our Society - Chapter 1
> April 1st - European Objects and Lifelines of our Society - Chapter 2
> April 15th - European Objects and Lifelines of our Society - Chapter 3
> April 29th - European Objects and Lifelines of our Society - Chapter 4
> May 13th - European Objects and Lifelines of our Society - Chapter 5
> May 27th - European Objects and Lifelines of our Society - Chapter 6
> June 10th - European Objects and Lifelines of our Society - Chapter 7
> June 24th - European Objects and Lifelines of our Society - Chapter 8 and conclusion
> July 8st - The Dawn of Everything and The Invisible Weapon - Chapter 1
> July 22nd - The Dawn of Everything and The Invisible Weapon - Chapter 2
> August 5th - The Dawn of Everything and The Invisible Weapon - Chapter 3
> August 19th - The Dawn of Everything and The Invisible Weapon - Chapter 4
> September 2nd - The Dawn of Everything and The Invisible Weapon - Chapter 5
> September 16th - The Dawn of Everything and The Invisible Weapon - Chapter 6
> September 30th - The Dawn of Everything and The Invisible Weapon - Chapter 7
> October 14th - The Dawn of Everything and The Invisible Weapon - Chapter 8
> October 28th - The Dawn of Everything and The Invisible Weapon - Chapter 9
> November 11th - The Dawn of Everything and The Invisible Weapon - Chapter 10
> November 25th - The Dawn of Everything and The Invisible Weapon - Chapter 11
> December 9th - The Dawn of Everything and The Invisible Weapon - Chapter 12
> December 23rd - The Invisible Weapon - Chapters 13, 14, 15
> 

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Niels ten Oever, PhD
Co-Principal Investigator - critical infrastructure lab - University of Amsterdam
Assistant Professor - Department of European Studies - University of Amsterdam

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