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Project Collaborator

Jason W. Moore

Professor of Sociology Binghamton University

Biography

Jason W. Moore, a historical geographer and environmental historian, is Professor of Sociology at Binghamton University. He co-coordinates the World-Ecology Research Network. His books and essays include L’écologie-monde du capitalisme: Comprendre et combattre la crise environnementale (Éditions Amsterdam, 2024), Oltre la giustizia climatica: Verso un’ecologia della rivoluzione (Ombre Corte, 2024), Capitalism in the Web of Life (Verso, 2015) and, with Raj Patel, A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things (California, 2017). Major awards include the Alice Hamilton Prize in environmental history, the Braverman Prize in labor studies, and the Immanuel Wallerstein Award for Capitalism in the Web of Life. Moore’s interviews, lectures, and essays can be found in over 20 languages on his website: https://jasonwmoore.com/.

Featured Project

Detail of a U.S. military map charting the international movement of iron and steel.

Hidden Abodes of the “Great Acceleration”: Fossil Metabolism, Infrastructure, and the Climate/Nature Crisis

2024 – 2025

Projects

Critical Computation: Machine Learning and Questions of Quality in Art and Design

Jason Salavon, All the Ways (Couch Gag), 2016.

Critical Computation: Machine Learning and Questions of Quality in Art and Design

This project investigated the creative potential and theoretical implications of machine-generated visual art and design.
Can a computer be programmed to make and appreciate great art? This is the question at the heart of the Critical Computation project (2016–2018), which investigated the creative potential and theoretical implications of machine-generated visual art and design. The project was among the first ...