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

[Claudio Ruiz]

+1 to Asia and I’m now really interested in Quinn’s book.

On 6 Apr 2026, at 10:06, Asia Bazdyrieva wrote:

> 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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