Speculation, now: essays and artwork

Interdisciplinary in design and concept, Speculation, Now illuminates unexpected convergences between images, concepts, and language. Artwork is interspersed among essays that approach speculation and progressive change from surprising perspectives. A radical cartographer asks whether ""the speculative"" can be represented on a map. An ethnographer investigates religious possession in Islam to contemplate states between the divine and the seemingly human. A financial technologist queries understandings of speculation in financial markets. A multimedia artist and activist considers the relation.

Foreword / Carin Kuoni -- Speculation, now / Vyjayanthi Venuturupalli Rao -- Design notes / Prem Krishnamurthy -- Visible and invisible sides of reproduction / Boris Groys -- Dreams, magic, and mirrors : more histories of extraversion and speculation in Central Africa / Filip De Boeck -- Hedge/hog : speculative action in financial markets / Satya Pemmaraju -- Models / Josiah McElheny -- Verification / Iddo Tavory -- The contemporary / Katherine Carl -- Witchcraft : magic, risk, uncertainty and innovation / Peter Geschiere -- Mirroring / Luke Fowler -- Speculative hedging / Kenan Halabi -- Preface to the third edition / Walid Raad -- The ethics of deep time / Trevor Paglen -- Colors, patterns, fabric, and trim : fast-fashion families in downtown L.A. / Christina Moon -- Synchronicities / Sherene Schostak -- Addressing racial inequality in a post-racial America / Darrick Hamilton & William Darity, Jr. -- Exception, the state of / Chen Tamir -- Obfuscation / Orit Halpern -- Risk / Larissa Harris -- Models / David Reinfurt -- -- Unlikeness / MacKenzie Wark -- Trading markets / Byron Tucker -- Withdrawal / Graham Harman -- Credit / Dushko Petrovich -- Insurance / Elka Krajewska -- Stat…