Johannes works at the intersection of anthropology, STS, and media studies. He studies the history and present of decision-making systems, and how these encode psychological categories, sociological models, artistic practices and speculative designs. His first book “Cognitive Code. Post-Anthropocentric Intelligence and the Infrastructural Brain” (MQUP, 2019) is based on fieldwork in neuroscience laboratories and provides deep insights into the bio-politics of contemporary machine learning. Johannes has a strong interest in experimenting with research methods, knowledge practices, alternative pedagogies and publication formats that unsettle disciplinary paradigms and render research in the humanities operational in real-world contexts. He’s affiliated with the Department of Sociology and Anthropology / Milieux – Institute for Art, Culture, Technology at Concordia University Montréal and co-founder of A Walking Contradiction and the D4DisruptingDesign Research Group.

Dr. Johannes Bruder
Head of CML / Senior Researcher

Our institute and transmediale are launching a new partnership for the 2023 festival edition a model, a map, a fiction.

Wednesday, 2 November 2022
Colloquium session hosted by Anastasia Kubrak & Johannes Bruder, with guest Cara New Daggett.
Wednesday, 1 June 2022
Anti-racist practices and activism in the academy, and institutional resistances to the unsettling of its scripts and algorithms. With guest Nelly Y. Pinkrah.

The new ZfM issue X – Kein Lagebericht thematizes and explores anti-racist practice within media studies. The invited contributions engage with racist experiences and continuities at the university and attempt to define coordinates of anti-racist practice at the academy and beyond.
The entire issue is open access and features a conversation between Sarah Sharma, Nelly Yaa Pinkrah, and CML member Johannes Bruder.
Prozesse – Medien – Kreativität
4 & 5 June 2021 / Online