Darin Barney is a
political theorist, academic and activist whose work focuses on critical theory, the philosophy of technology, infrastructure and disruptive politics. He currently hold the Grierson Chair in Communication Studies at McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. In 2004 he was selected as one of fifteen "Leaders of Tomorrow" by the Partnership Group for Science and Engineering.
In 2007, he delivered the Hart House Lecture at the University of Toronto.
The lecture was entitled: One Nation Under Google: Citizenship in the Technological Republic.
In 2010, the CBC Radio "Ideas" series featured Dr. Barney on the topic: "The Origins of the Modern Public".
In 2013, he wrote an article to defend McGill University's decision to award an honorary doctorate to American philosopher
Judith Butler
Judith Pamela Butler (born February 24, 1956) is an American philosopher and gender theorist whose work has influenced political philosophy, ethics, and the fields of third-wave feminism, queer theory, and literary theory. In 1993, Butler b ...
.
Before the
Canadian election on 19 October 2015, he co-authored an article with
Elyse Amend entitled: "Getting It Right: Canadian Conservatives and the "War on Science" in the
Canadian Journal of Communication
The ''Canadian Journal of Communication'' publishes Canadian research and scholarship in the field of communication studies, first published in 1974.
"In pursuing this objective, particular attention is paid to research that has a distinctive C ...
about the contempt of the Conservative government regarding Science.
In terms of activism, Professor Barney is invested in the divestment from
fossil fuel
A fossil fuel is a hydrocarbon-containing material formed naturally in the Earth's crust from the remains of dead plants and animals that is extracted and burned as a fuel. The main fossil fuels are coal, oil, and natural gas. Fossil fuels ma ...
campaign at McGill University.
Divest McGill received the Catalyst prize in 2015.
Education
Barney studied at Simon Fraser University for his bachelors' and master's degree, and the University of Toronto, where he received a PhD in 1999.
Publications
* ''The Network Society''. Polity Press. 2004.
* ''Prometheus Wired: The Hope for Democracy in the Age of Network Technology''. UBC Press. 2000.
References
External links
Darin Barney Work – Art History & Communication Studies, McGill University
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Simon Fraser University alumni
University of Toronto alumni
Canadian activists
McGill University faculty
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people