Erin Manning (born 1969) is a

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and

political philosopher Political philosophy or political theory is the philosophical study of government, addressing questions about the nature, scope, and legitimacy of public agents and institutions and the relationships between them. Its topics include politics, l ...

as well as a practicing artist in the areas of dance, fabric design, and interactive installation. Manning's research spans the fields of

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political theory Political philosophy or political theory is the philosophical study of government, addressing questions about the nature, scope, and legitimacy of public agents and institutions and the relationships between them. Its topics include politics, l ...

, and

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. She received her

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in Political Philosophy from

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in 2000. She currently teaches in the

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Fine Arts Faculty.Erin Manning
Faculty page at

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. With biography, bibliography and links to web resources. Retrieved: December 11, 2010.

Work

Manning is founder and director of the SenseLab, a research-creation laboratory affiliated with Hexagram: Institute for Research/Creation in Media Arts and Technology in

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. She collaborates with

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. They co-edit a book series at

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entitled ''Technologies of Lived Abstraction'' and are founding members of the editorial collective of the Sense Lab journal ''Inflexions: A Journal of Research Creation''. Manning frequently gives workshops and lectures at universities and other institutions, including but not limited to the Zürcher Hochschule der Künste (

Zurich University of the Arts Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK, german: Zürcher Hochschule der Künste) has approximately 2,500 students, which makes it the largest arts university in Switzerland. The university was established in 2007, following the merger between Zurich' ...

) (with Brian Massumi),Brian Massumi and Erin Manning
Generating the Impossible.
Zürcher Hochschule der Künste. Workshop. Zurich. August 18, 2010 the

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, the Dance Bar (International Dance Programme) in Sweden,Erin Manning
The Dance Bar with Erin Manning.
Dance Bar. International Dance Programme. Sweden, April 2010 and the

University of California at Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California. Established in 1868 as the University of California, it is the state's first land-grant univ ...

.Erin Manning and Janet O'Shea
Theater, Dance and Performance Studies.

. Durham Studio Theater (Dwinelle Hall). April 06, 2010

Bibliography

* ''Ephemeral Territories: Representing Nation, Home, and Identity in Canada'' (

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, 2003) () * ''Politics of Touch: Sense, Movement, Sovereignty'' (University of Minnesota Press, 2007) () * ''Relationscapes: Movement, Art, Philosophy'' (MIT Press, 2009) () * ''Always More Than One: Individuation's Dance'' (Duke University Press, 2013) () * ''Thought in the Act: Passages in the Ecology of Experience'' (with Brian Massumi; University of Minnesota Press, 2014) () * ''The Minor Gesture'' (Duke University Press, 2016) ()

References

External links

Erinmovement.com
Personal website with news and art/research project descriptions.
The SenseLab

Inflexions: A Journal for Research-Creation

Technologies of Lived Abstraction
MIT Press book series. {{DEFAULTSORT:Manning, Erin 1969 births Living people Canadian multimedia artists Mass media theorists North American cultural studies University of Hawaiʻi alumni Academic staff of European Graduate School Concordia University faculty Canadian women philosophers Political philosophers Canadian women artists 21st-century Canadian philosophers