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Situationsbewusstsein. Tödliche Biokonvergenz an den Grenzen von Körpern und Maschinen

This essay sets out an initial analytic framing for research in progress on the problem of ‹situational awareness› within contemporary forms of (particularly U.S.) warfare. It focuses more specifically on the logics, rhetorics and material practices of remotely-controlled weapons systems (particularly armed drones). Drawing from reports in investigative journalism, military documents, and critical scholarship, the essay examines connections between the emphasis in military and security discourses on keeping ‹our› bodies safe, through so-called network-centric warfare, and the efforts to cut off the networks that might bring our wars too close to home.