Prose, marks, awkward vibes. Bio
Represented by Salma Begum, London.
Envelope On Meaning Signaling Games Letter from a Peripheral Character Stuff Sound and Pain Dialectal Tribes Color Terms
The question we collectively face now is whether we can reshape our habits — and habitus — again. And as Josh Berson … argues in a fascinating new book The Human Scaffold, the issue is not just about material goods: social, emotional and biological patterns also matter deeply. —Gillian Tett, Financial Times
A thorough, imaginative, and compelling rebuttal of the pervasive argument … that meat consumption is central to human existence. —Choice
2016 PROSE Award, Language and Linguistics
My work explores the relationship between bodily activity and value: how our habits of listening, breathing, eating, etc inform what matters and conversely. Over time, my pursuit of this theme has grown more experimental. But at the center remains a commitment to the cultivation of an exploratory mindset.
I was trained as a historian, anthropologist, and philosopher, with emphasis on the historical dynamics of practical knowledge; an earlier career in computer science continues to inform my habits of thought. I’ve held appointments, inter alia, at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, Wellcome Collection, and the Berggruen Institute, where I was inaugural Berggruen Fellow in the Transformations of the Human.
Occasionally I do things with noise.
