[root&router-readinggroup] New books starting on April 28 & Book suggestions for September

[Asia Bazdyrieva]

Dear Niels!

Thank you for the reminder!
As per book suggestions - I love yours. Happy to read everything Yuk.

Greetings from Kyiv,

Warmly,
Asia

On Mon, Apr 6, 2026 at 2:05 PM Niels ten Oever <mail at nielstenoever.net>
wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Just a quick reminder that we will start with two new books on April 28,
> namely:
>
> – The Low-Carbon Contradiction: Energy Transition, Geopolitics, and the
> Infrastructural State in Cuba by Gustav Cederlöf
> – The Deadly Life of Logistics: Mapping Violence in Global Trade by
> Deborah Cowen
>
> This is a good time to start prepping for (re-)joining! All details on
> joining can be found here:
> https://www.criticalinfralab.net/2025/11/open-reading-group/
>
> Also: we're also happily accepting suggestions for books to read after
> these books, so that would roughly be for September. Feel free to share
> ideas over this list or to me individually.
>
> I have been thinking about the following books:
>
> - Hui, Yuk. 2024. Machine and Sovereignty: For a Planetary Thinking. U of
> Minnesota Press.
> - Quinn, Josephine. 2025. How the World Made the West. Bloomsbury
> Publishing.
>
> All your suggestions are very welcomed!
>
> Best,
>
> Niels
>
>
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Asia Bazdyrieva (she/her)

University of Applied Arts Vienna
Weibel Institute for Digital Cultures
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