Screening Economies: Money Matters and the Ethics of Representation (Culture & Theory)

The relationship between economy, finance and society has become opaque. Quantum leaps in complexity and scale have turned this deeply interdependent web of relations into an area of incomprehensible abstraction. And while the economization of life has come under widespread critique, inquiry into the political potential of representational praxis is more crucial than ever. This volume explores ethical, aesthetic and ideological dimensions of economic representation, redressing essential questions: What are the roles of mass and new media? How do the arts contribute to critical discourse on the global techno-economic complex? Collectively, the contributions bring theoretical debate and artistic intervention into a rich exchange that includes but also exceeds the conventions of academic scholarship. Content Lessons from “Fearless Girl”: Issues of Representation in Globalized Financial Capitalism How to Measure the Economy Using Big Data Blockchain and Bodies © INCorporated: Media Ar ts Screening Economic Innovation 2.0 “Screening Economies”: Insights from Journalistic Experience Screening Surveillance Capitalism: “Big Other”, or How to Control Man with Machines Frankenstein’s Legacy: Discursive Thinking in the Economic Paradigm Bankrupt Worlds: Economic Catastrophes in the Theater of Friedrich Dürrenmatt The Order of the Derivative: Representing and Being Represented by Financialization’s Sociality Financial Markets as Interpretative Economies: An Overview of the Meaning of Financialized Money Trades: Interview with Imanuel Schipper (Hamburg) Networks Reworked: Interview with Paolo Cirio (New York) Forget Neoliberalism: It’s Financialization, Stupid! Interview with Aeron Davis (London) Contributors