The Map as Apparatus: From Ontological Entanglements to Simulacra in Democratization

• In Event: Critical Approaches to Emerging Technologies, Aesthetics, and Simulacra

Brief Overview

How does the ontological entanglements (Zanotti) operate when the apparatus precedes the contingency? I aim to develop a conceptual tool, the (Borges’) Map from Baudrillard, analyze how apparatuses in IR precede and gets shaped by the contingency.

Author

• Onur Karabicak, Virginia Tech