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Informationalising matter: systems understandings of the nanoscale (2008)
Journal Article
Kearnes, M. (2008). Informationalising matter: systems understandings of the nanoscale. Spontaneous generations, 2(1),

Themes of mastery, domination and power are familiar to any scholar of modern technology. Science is commonly cast as enabling the technological control over both the natural and physical worlds. Indeed, Francis Bacon famously equated scientific know... Read More about Informationalising matter: systems understandings of the nanoscale.

On nanotechnology and ambivalence: the politics of enthusiasm (2007)
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Kearnes, M., & Wynne, B. (2007). On nanotechnology and ambivalence: the politics of enthusiasm. NanoEthics, 1(2), 131-142. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11569-007-0014-7

The promise of scientific and technological innovation – particularly in fields such as nanotechnology – is increasingly set against what has been articulated as a deficit in public trust in both the new technologies and regulatory mechanisms. Whilst... Read More about On nanotechnology and ambivalence: the politics of enthusiasm.

Where is nano taking us? (2007)
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Baumberg, J., Cronin, L., Gee, M., Kearnes, M., Macnaghten, P., Makatsoris, H., …Charbit, F. (2007). Where is nano taking us?. Nanotechnology Perceptions, 3(1), 3-14

Ecologies and economies of action - sustainability, calculations and other things (2007)
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Hinchliffe, S., Kearnes, M., Degen, M., & Whatmore, S. (2007). Ecologies and economies of action - sustainability, calculations and other things. Environment and Planning A, 39(2), 260-282. https://doi.org/10.1068/a38110

In ecological, environmental, and urban-regeneration terms, the participatory turn and the turn to action have been written about at length in both academic and official literatures. From neighbourhood renewal to lay ecologies, people are being ‘give... Read More about Ecologies and economies of action - sustainability, calculations and other things.

Chaos and control: Nanotechnology and the politics of emergence (2006)
Journal Article
Kearnes, M. (2006). Chaos and control: Nanotechnology and the politics of emergence. Paragraph, 29(2), 57-80. https://doi.org/10.3366/prg.2006.0014

This article looks at the strong links between Deleuze's molecular ontology and the fields of complexity and emergence, and argues that Deleuze's work implies a ‘philosophy of technology’ that is both open and dynamic. Following Simondon and von Uexk... Read More about Chaos and control: Nanotechnology and the politics of emergence.

Nuclear Futures: Assessing Public Attitudes to New Nuclear Power (2006)
Journal Article
Grove-White, R., Kearnes, M., Macnaghten, P., & Wynne, B. (2006). Nuclear Futures: Assessing Public Attitudes to New Nuclear Power. The Political Quarterly, 77(2), 238-246. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-923x.2006.00766.x

The nuclear debate has become once again a ‘live’ policy issue in UK national politics, with far-reaching implications for a diverse range of stakeholders. There is now a new policy rationale for the consideration of new-build nuclear power in the co... Read More about Nuclear Futures: Assessing Public Attitudes to New Nuclear Power.

Nanotechnology, governance, and public deliberation: What role for the Social Sciences? (2005)
Journal Article
Macnaghten, P., Kearnes, M., & Wynne, B. (2005). Nanotechnology, governance, and public deliberation: What role for the Social Sciences?. Science Communication, 27(2), 268-291. https://doi.org/10.1177/1075547005281531

In this article we argue that nanotechnology represents an extraordinary opportunity to build in a robust role for the social sciences in a technology that remains at an early, and hence undetermined, stage of development. We examine policy dynamics... Read More about Nanotechnology, governance, and public deliberation: What role for the Social Sciences?.

Urban wild things: a cosmopolitical experiment (2005)
Journal Article
Hinchliffe, S., Kearnes, M., Degen, M., & Whatmore, S. (2005). Urban wild things: a cosmopolitical experiment. Environment and Planning D: Society and Space, 23(5), 643-658. https://doi.org/10.1068/d351t

Cities are inhabited by all manner of things and made up of all manner of practices, many of which are unnoticed by urban politics and disregarded by science. In this paper we do two things. First, we add to the sense that urban living spaces involve... Read More about Urban wild things: a cosmopolitical experiment.

Geographies that matter – the rhetorical deployment of physicality? (2003)
Journal Article
Kearnes, M. (2003). Geographies that matter – the rhetorical deployment of physicality?. Social and Cultural Geography, 4(2), 139-152. https://doi.org/10.1080/14649360309061

Jackson (2000) proposes a 'rematerialization' of social and cultural geography. He argues for the grounding of geographical analysis in the concrete world of actual physical objects. Examining the work of Jackson (2000) and Miller (1987, 1998) this p... Read More about Geographies that matter – the rhetorical deployment of physicality?.