Michel Serres, Porous Becomings, and the Social Contract Tradition: D Knight, A Bandak, C Watkin

In this roundtable, Daniel M Knight, Andreas Bandak and Chris Watkin discuss Michel Serres in the light of Bandak and Knight's recent co-edited book "Porous Becomings: Anthropological Engagements with Michel Serres" (https://www.dukeupress.edu/porous-bec.... The conversation ranges over the metaphor of porosity, the idea of a natural contract, and curiosity in the contemporary humanities.

The roundtable took place over Zoom on 19 September 2024, and was hosted by Christopher Watkin (Monash University), as part of the Australian Research Council funded Future Fellowship project "Rewriting the Social Contract: Technology, Ecology, Extremism". This seminar is an initiative of the Social Contract Research Network.

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