学者介绍
Keith Woodward，美国威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校，社会理论和人文地理教授。他是一位研究空间本体论、情动政治学以及共同政治行动的社会理论家。
他在空间本体论方面的研究对一种超验的、等级式的理论话语进行了深入批判，并提供了“场址本体论”作为对后者的一种替代方案。场址本体论从内在性出发、着重“从下至上”探索及处理社会空间关系；且这种本体论认为，差异与偶发恰恰是构成人文地理研究的基本要素。他正在写作的专著，《场址本体论》，将会详细地论述场址本体论的形而上学、质料、构成，以及它与方法论、政治学和主体性之间错综复杂的关系。
在此基础上，伍德沃德对情动理论的研究与阐述囊括着如何将情动阐释为一种能够穿越个体与生物性的共同语境及或者说布景的努力。同时，这种情动理论也试图去重新理解关于错误、意外、错赝等的可生产性，并从中发展出一种关于人类生活和政治生活的新语言。
驻访感言
I was surprised to find so many fellow travelers. During my time at the institute, there are a number of different thinkers in architecture and history, and literature, who are all thinking about space and the questions in..
I was surprised to find so many fellow travelers. During my time at the institute, there are a number of different thinkers in architecture and history, and literature, who are all thinking about space and the questions involving space and social life. And so, my time here has been really interesting because I've been able to grow in terms of by drawing upon the perspectives of other thinkers who are dealing with space in a range of different ways. It's also been exciting because I've interacted with fellows who are much closer to the work that I do than I would have expected and that's enabled me to build connections between my own institution and conferences connected to my discipline with fellows here in the in the program.
Keith Woodward
