Publications
Monographs
Barla, J. 2019. The Techno-Apparatus of Bodily Production: A New Materialist Theory of Technology and the Body. Bielefeld: transcript.
Edited books
Barla, J., Vicky Kluzik, and Thomas Lemke. 2022. Biokapital. Beiträge zur Kritik der politischen Ökonomie des Lebens. Frankfurt am Main and New York: Campus.
Barla, J. et al. 2012. Gewalt und Handlungsmacht: Queer_Feministische Perspektiven. Frankfurt am Main and New York: Campus.
Barla, J. et al. 2012. Gewalt und Handlungsmacht: Queer_Feministische Perspektiven. Frankfurt am Main and New York: Campus.
Journal articles
Barla, J. (2023): "Technologies of antiblackness: black matter, racial bias, and the haunting past of the spirometer." Technology in Society 73 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techsoc.2023.102256
Barla, J. (2023): "Natur, Mensch und Gesellschaft im Anthropozän. Auf dem Weg zu einer mehr-als-menschlichen Soziologie?" Soziologische Revue 46(1): 1-15 https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/srsr-2023-2009/html?lang=de (open access)
Barla, J. (2022): "Rück-kehren als Antworten: Technik, 'Race' und gespenstische Erbe von Materialisierungen." Behemoth: A Journal on Civilisation 15(1): https://doi.org/10.6094/behemoth.2022.15.1.1071 (open access)
Barla, J., and Ronja Trischler (2022): "Neomaterialistische Techniksoziologien - Potentiale, Spannungen, Desiderata." Behemoth: A Journal on Civilisation 15(1): https://doi.org/10.6094/behemoth.2022.15.1.1069 (open access)
Barla, J., and Franziska von Verschuer. 2022. "Anthropocene." Matter: Journal of New Materialist Research 3(2): https://doi.org/10.1344/jnmr.v3i2.40228 (open access)
Barla, J., and Sophie Bjork-James. 2022. "Introduction: entanglements of anti-feminism and anti-environmentalism in the far-right." Australian Feminist Studies 36(110): https://doi.org/10.1080/08164649.2022.2062668 (open access)
Barla, J., and Sophie Bjork-James. 2022. "A climate of misogyny: gender, politics of ignorance, and climate change denial – an interview with Katharine Hayhoe." Australian Feminist Studies 36(110): https://doi.org/10.1080/08164649.2022.2056873 (postprint available)
Barla, J. 2021. "Beyond reflexivity and representation: Diffraction as a methodological sensitivity in science studies." Distinktion. Journal of Social Theory: https://doi.org/10.1080/1600910X.2021.1934506. (postprint available)
Barla, J. & Christoph Hubatschke. 2018. “Technoecologies of borders: Thinking with borders as multispecies matters of care.” Australian Feminist Studies 32 (94): 395-410. (open access)
Barla, J. (2023): "Natur, Mensch und Gesellschaft im Anthropozän. Auf dem Weg zu einer mehr-als-menschlichen Soziologie?" Soziologische Revue 46(1): 1-15 https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/srsr-2023-2009/html?lang=de (open access)
Barla, J. (2022): "Rück-kehren als Antworten: Technik, 'Race' und gespenstische Erbe von Materialisierungen." Behemoth: A Journal on Civilisation 15(1): https://doi.org/10.6094/behemoth.2022.15.1.1071 (open access)
Barla, J., and Ronja Trischler (2022): "Neomaterialistische Techniksoziologien - Potentiale, Spannungen, Desiderata." Behemoth: A Journal on Civilisation 15(1): https://doi.org/10.6094/behemoth.2022.15.1.1069 (open access)
Barla, J., and Franziska von Verschuer. 2022. "Anthropocene." Matter: Journal of New Materialist Research 3(2): https://doi.org/10.1344/jnmr.v3i2.40228 (open access)
Barla, J., and Sophie Bjork-James. 2022. "Introduction: entanglements of anti-feminism and anti-environmentalism in the far-right." Australian Feminist Studies 36(110): https://doi.org/10.1080/08164649.2022.2062668 (open access)
Barla, J., and Sophie Bjork-James. 2022. "A climate of misogyny: gender, politics of ignorance, and climate change denial – an interview with Katharine Hayhoe." Australian Feminist Studies 36(110): https://doi.org/10.1080/08164649.2022.2056873 (postprint available)
Barla, J. 2021. "Beyond reflexivity and representation: Diffraction as a methodological sensitivity in science studies." Distinktion. Journal of Social Theory: https://doi.org/10.1080/1600910X.2021.1934506. (postprint available)
Barla, J. & Christoph Hubatschke. 2018. “Technoecologies of borders: Thinking with borders as multispecies matters of care.” Australian Feminist Studies 32 (94): 395-410. (open access)
Book chapters
Barla, J., Dagmar Lorenz-Meyer, and Peta Hinton. 2024. "Provocations of New Materialisms at the Crossroads of the Natural and Human Sciences." In Methods and Genealogies of New Materialisms. Ed. Iris van der Tuin and Felicity Colman, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, pp. 139–151.
Barla, J., Dagmar Lorenz-Meyer, and Peta Hinton. 2024. "Curated Panel: ‘New Materialisms across the Natural Sciences and Humanities: Trajectories, Inspirations, and Stirrings’." In Methods and Genealogies of New Materialisms. Ed. Iris van der Tuin and Felicity Colman, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, pp. 212–238.
Barla, J., Vicky Kluzik, and Thomas Lemke. 2022. "Einleitung." In Biokapital. Beiträge zur Kritik der politischen Ökonomie des Lebens. Ed. Josef Barla, Vicky Kluzik, and Thomas Lemke, Frankfurt am Main: Campus, pp. 9–49.
Barla, J. 2021. "Feministische spekulative Fabulation und die Frage der Bevölkerung im Anthropozän." In Gesellschaft unter Spannungen. Verhandlungen des 40. Kongresses der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie 2020. Ed. Birgit Blättel-Mink, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Soziologie, 2021, <https://publikationen.soziologie.de/index.php/kongressband_2020/issue/view/54>.
Barla, J. 2020. "Response-Ability in the Age of Insects: Towards a Politics of Re-Presenting as Intervening." In Postcards From the Anthropocene, ed. Tiago Torres-Campos and Benek Cincik, Barcelona: dpr, pp. 242–274.
Barla, J. & Christoph Hubatschke. 2019. "Governing the Flows and Forces of Information in Control Societies." In Many Worlds, Many Nets, Many Visions. Critical Voices, Visions and Vectors for Internet Governance, ed. Katharina Mosene and Matthias C. Kettemann, Berlin: Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society, p. 28.
Barla, J. & Christoph Hubatschke. 2019. “Technoecologies of Borders. Thinking With Borders as Multispecies Matters of Care.” In Feminist Technoecologies: Reimagining Matters of Care and Sustainability ,ed. Dagmar Lorenz-Meyer, Pat Treusch, and Xin Liu, New York and London: Routledge, pp. 45–60.
Barla, J. 2016. “Technologies of Failure, Bodies of Resistance: Science, Technology, and the Mechanics of Materializing Marked Bodies.” In Mattering: Feminism, Science and Materialism, ed. Victoria Pitts-Taylor, New York: New York University Press, pp. 159–172.
Barla, J. 2016. “Verschränkungen von Gewicht. Von Verbindungen zu Un/Bestimmtheiten.” In Parahuman. Neue Perspektiven auf das Leben mit Technik (Schriften des Deutschen Hygiene-Museums Dresden), eds. Karin Harrasser and Susanne Rößinger, Köln: Böhlau, pp. 164–173.
Barla, J. 2015. “‘Ihr wortlos Lied, vielstimmig, scheinbar eins’: Die Frage nach dem Politischen in Bruno Latours Technikphilosophie.” Technik und Politik. Von Benjamin und Deleuze bis Latour und Haraway, ed. Mona Singer, Wien: Löcker, pp. 88–115.
Barla, J. 2014. “Apparate körperlicher Produktion und die Materialität der Figuration.” In Critical Matter: Diskussionen eines neuen Materialismus, eds. Tobias Goll, Daniel Keil, and Thomas Helios, Münster: edition assemblage, pp. 148–164.
Barla, J. 2012. “Flucht und Migration als Kritik?” In Gewalt und Handlungsmacht: Queer_Feministische Perspektiven, ed. Gender Initiativkolleg Wien, Frankfurt am Main and New York: Campus, pp. 196–203.
Barla, J. & Fabian Steinschaden. 2012. “Kapitalistische Quasi-Objekte. Zu einer Latourschen Lesart Marx‘ Ausführungen zur Maschine.” In: Crossing Borders: | Thinking (across) Boundaries , eds. Alfred Dunshirn, Elisabeth Nemeth, Gerhard Unterthurner, Wien: Œsterreichische Gesellschaft für Philosophie, pp. 361–370; available at: <http://phaidra. univie.ac.at/o:128384>.
Barla, J., Dagmar Lorenz-Meyer, and Peta Hinton. 2024. "Curated Panel: ‘New Materialisms across the Natural Sciences and Humanities: Trajectories, Inspirations, and Stirrings’." In Methods and Genealogies of New Materialisms. Ed. Iris van der Tuin and Felicity Colman, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, pp. 212–238.
Barla, J., Vicky Kluzik, and Thomas Lemke. 2022. "Einleitung." In Biokapital. Beiträge zur Kritik der politischen Ökonomie des Lebens. Ed. Josef Barla, Vicky Kluzik, and Thomas Lemke, Frankfurt am Main: Campus, pp. 9–49.
Barla, J. 2021. "Feministische spekulative Fabulation und die Frage der Bevölkerung im Anthropozän." In Gesellschaft unter Spannungen. Verhandlungen des 40. Kongresses der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie 2020. Ed. Birgit Blättel-Mink, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Soziologie, 2021, <https://publikationen.soziologie.de/index.php/kongressband_2020/issue/view/54>.
Barla, J. 2020. "Response-Ability in the Age of Insects: Towards a Politics of Re-Presenting as Intervening." In Postcards From the Anthropocene, ed. Tiago Torres-Campos and Benek Cincik, Barcelona: dpr, pp. 242–274.
Barla, J. & Christoph Hubatschke. 2019. "Governing the Flows and Forces of Information in Control Societies." In Many Worlds, Many Nets, Many Visions. Critical Voices, Visions and Vectors for Internet Governance, ed. Katharina Mosene and Matthias C. Kettemann, Berlin: Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society, p. 28.
Barla, J. & Christoph Hubatschke. 2019. “Technoecologies of Borders. Thinking With Borders as Multispecies Matters of Care.” In Feminist Technoecologies: Reimagining Matters of Care and Sustainability ,ed. Dagmar Lorenz-Meyer, Pat Treusch, and Xin Liu, New York and London: Routledge, pp. 45–60.
Barla, J. 2016. “Technologies of Failure, Bodies of Resistance: Science, Technology, and the Mechanics of Materializing Marked Bodies.” In Mattering: Feminism, Science and Materialism, ed. Victoria Pitts-Taylor, New York: New York University Press, pp. 159–172.
Barla, J. 2016. “Verschränkungen von Gewicht. Von Verbindungen zu Un/Bestimmtheiten.” In Parahuman. Neue Perspektiven auf das Leben mit Technik (Schriften des Deutschen Hygiene-Museums Dresden), eds. Karin Harrasser and Susanne Rößinger, Köln: Böhlau, pp. 164–173.
Barla, J. 2015. “‘Ihr wortlos Lied, vielstimmig, scheinbar eins’: Die Frage nach dem Politischen in Bruno Latours Technikphilosophie.” Technik und Politik. Von Benjamin und Deleuze bis Latour und Haraway, ed. Mona Singer, Wien: Löcker, pp. 88–115.
Barla, J. 2014. “Apparate körperlicher Produktion und die Materialität der Figuration.” In Critical Matter: Diskussionen eines neuen Materialismus, eds. Tobias Goll, Daniel Keil, and Thomas Helios, Münster: edition assemblage, pp. 148–164.
Barla, J. 2012. “Flucht und Migration als Kritik?” In Gewalt und Handlungsmacht: Queer_Feministische Perspektiven, ed. Gender Initiativkolleg Wien, Frankfurt am Main and New York: Campus, pp. 196–203.
Barla, J. & Fabian Steinschaden. 2012. “Kapitalistische Quasi-Objekte. Zu einer Latourschen Lesart Marx‘ Ausführungen zur Maschine.” In: Crossing Borders: | Thinking (across) Boundaries , eds. Alfred Dunshirn, Elisabeth Nemeth, Gerhard Unterthurner, Wien: Œsterreichische Gesellschaft für Philosophie, pp. 361–370; available at: <http://phaidra. univie.ac.at/o:128384>.
Other
Barla, J. 2018. “Anthropocene.” Entry in the New Materialism Almanac. Eds. Sam Skinner and David Gauthier. March 16, 2018.
Barla, J. 2018. “Technology/Technicity/Techné.” Entry in the New Materialism Almanac. Eds. Sam Skinner and David Gauthier. March 18, 2018.
Barla, J. 2017. “Cyborg.” Entry in the New Materialism Almanac. Eds. Sam Skinner and David Gauthier. July 4, 2017.
Barla, J., Peta Hinton, and Tara Mehrabi. 2015. “New Materialisms/New Colonialisms.” Proceedings of ISCH COST Action IS1307 New Materialism working group two New Materialism on the Crossroads of the Natural and Human Sciences.
Barla, J. 2018. “Technology/Technicity/Techné.” Entry in the New Materialism Almanac. Eds. Sam Skinner and David Gauthier. March 18, 2018.
Barla, J. 2017. “Cyborg.” Entry in the New Materialism Almanac. Eds. Sam Skinner and David Gauthier. July 4, 2017.
Barla, J., Peta Hinton, and Tara Mehrabi. 2015. “New Materialisms/New Colonialisms.” Proceedings of ISCH COST Action IS1307 New Materialism working group two New Materialism on the Crossroads of the Natural and Human Sciences.
Translations
Barla, J. & Katharina Maly. 2018. “Die Versuchungen. Donna Haraway, feministische Objektivität und die Frage der Kritik” (The Temptations: Donna Haraway, Feminist Objectivity, and the Problem of Critique, by Heather Love). In Wessen Wissen? Materialität und Situiertheit in den Künsten, eds. Kathrin Busch, Christina Dörflinger, Kathrin Peters, and Ildiko Szántó, Paderborn: Fink, pp. 115–134.
Barla J. & Katharina Maly. 2016. “Real werden. Technowissenschaftliche Praktiken und die Materialisierung der Realität” (Getting Real: Technoscientific Practices and the Materialization of Reality, by Karen Barad). In Gender & Medien-Reader, eds. Kathrin Peters and Andrea Seier, Zürich: diaphanes, pp. 515–540.
Barla J. & Katharina Maly. 2016. “Fötus. Das virtuelle Spekulum in der Neuen Weltordnung” (Fetus: The Virtual Speculum in the New World Order, by Donna Haraway). In Gender & Medien-Reader, eds. Kathrin Peters and Andrea Seier, Zürich: diaphanes, pp. 249–278.
Barla J. & Katharina Maly. 2016. “Real werden. Technowissenschaftliche Praktiken und die Materialisierung der Realität” (Getting Real: Technoscientific Practices and the Materialization of Reality, by Karen Barad). In Gender & Medien-Reader, eds. Kathrin Peters and Andrea Seier, Zürich: diaphanes, pp. 515–540.
Barla J. & Katharina Maly. 2016. “Fötus. Das virtuelle Spekulum in der Neuen Weltordnung” (Fetus: The Virtual Speculum in the New World Order, by Donna Haraway). In Gender & Medien-Reader, eds. Kathrin Peters and Andrea Seier, Zürich: diaphanes, pp. 249–278.
Reviews
Barla, J. & Ines Handler. 2017. Review essay of “Extinction. A Radical History” by Ashley Dawson and “Imaging Extinction. The Cultural Meaning of Endangered Species” by Ursula K. Heise, Das Argument 323(1): 435–438.
Barla, J. & Christoph Hubatschke. 2016. Review of “Walter Benjamin: Radio Benjamin”, ed. by Lecia Rosenthal, Das Argument 314: 736–737.
Barla, J. 2015. Review of “Death of the PostHuman: Essays on Extinction, Vol. 1”, by Claire Colebrook, Das Argument 312: 260–261.
Barla, J. 2014. Review of “Posthumanismus”, by Rosi Braidotti, Das Argument 309: 575–577.
Barla, J. 2013. Review of “Die Wiederkehr der Dinge”, ed. by Friedrich Balke, Maria Muhle, and Andrea von Schöning Das Argument 304: 755–757.
Barla, J. 2013. Review of “Agentieller Realismus”, by Karen Barad, Das Argument 301: 269–270.
Barla, J. & Christoph Hubatschke. 2016. Review of “Walter Benjamin: Radio Benjamin”, ed. by Lecia Rosenthal, Das Argument 314: 736–737.
Barla, J. 2015. Review of “Death of the PostHuman: Essays on Extinction, Vol. 1”, by Claire Colebrook, Das Argument 312: 260–261.
Barla, J. 2014. Review of “Posthumanismus”, by Rosi Braidotti, Das Argument 309: 575–577.
Barla, J. 2013. Review of “Die Wiederkehr der Dinge”, ed. by Friedrich Balke, Maria Muhle, and Andrea von Schöning Das Argument 304: 755–757.
Barla, J. 2013. Review of “Agentieller Realismus”, by Karen Barad, Das Argument 301: 269–270.