Research Map

 

The research map showcases Tan Muโ€™s interdisciplinary exploration, compiling a diverse range of references, including books, papers, articles, exhibitions, and films, that inform her research themes and sources. Ranging from submarine networks to cosmic spaces, and from the cutting edges of science and technology to ecology, culture, and philosophy, the map spans multiple fields. Through this interdisciplinary approach, Tan Muโ€™s work delves into the intricate relationships between modern technology, global interconnectedness, and human consciousness.


Submarine Network

๐Ÿ“š Celli, Alessandro. 2022. "Wires from the Bottom of the Sea." In Dixit Algorizmi. The Garden of Knowledge, edited by Sheida Ghomashchi and Space Caviar, 216. Milan: Humboldt Books.

๐Ÿ“ [Satariano, Adam. "How the Internet Travels Across Oceans." The New York Times, March 10, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/03/10/technology/internet-cables-oceans.html.](https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/03/10/technology/internet-cables-oceans.html)

๐Ÿ“ [The New York Times. "Undersea Surgeons." November 30, 2024. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/11/30/world/africa/subsea-cables.html.](https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/11/30/world/africa/subsea-cables.html)

๐Ÿ”— [Gervasi, Phil. "Diving Deep into Submarine Cables: The Undersea Lifelines of Internet Connectivity." Kentik Blog, March 28, 2023. https://www.kentik.com/blog/diving-deep-into-submarine-cables-undersea-lifelines-of-internet-connectivity/#human-activity.](https://www.kentik.com/blog/diving-deep-into-submarine-cables-undersea-lifelines-of-internet-connectivity/#human-activity)


Space and Cosmos

๐Ÿ“š Liu, Cixin. The Three-Body Problem. Translated by Ken Liu. New York: Tor Books, 2014.

๐Ÿ“ Q, Gu., Q. Guo, M. Cautun, et al. "A Younger Universe Implied by Satellite Pair Correlations from SDSS Observations of Massive Galaxy Groups." Nature Astronomy 8 (2024): 538โ€“544.


Science and Technology

๐Ÿ“š Kline, Morris. Mathematics and the Physical World. Mineola, NY: Dover Publications, 2012.

๐Ÿ“š Arthur, W. Brian. The Nature of Technology: What It Is and How It Evolves. ebook edition. New York: Free Press, 2009.

๐Ÿ“ [Ferrando, Francesca. "Posthumanism, Transhumanism, Antihumanism, Metahumanism, and New Materialisms: Differences and Relations." The Global Posthuman Network. Last modified 2021. https://www.posthumans.org/article-posthumanism.html.](https://www.posthumans.org/article-posthumanism.html)

๐Ÿ“ Yuxiao, Li, Eric J. Michaud, David D. Baek, Joshua Engels, Xiaoqing Sun, and Max Tegmark. "The geometry of concepts: Sparse autoencoder feature structure." arXiv preprint arXiv:2410.19750 (2024).

๐Ÿ“ [Dunker, Anders. "On Technodiversity: A Conversation with Yuk Hui." Los Angeles Review of Books, June 9, 2020. https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/on-technodiversity-a-conversation-with-yuk-hui/.](https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/on-technodiversity-a-conversation-with-yuk-hui/)

๐Ÿ”— [Crawford, Kate, and Vladan Joler. Anatomy of AI. 2018. https://anatomyof.ai/.](https://anatomyof.ai/)

๐Ÿ”— [Computer History Museum. Timelines. Accessed March 8, 2025. https://computerhistory.org/timelines/.](https://computerhistory.org/timelines/)

๐Ÿ”— [MIT Technology Review. Home. Accessed March 8, 2025. https://www.technologyreview.com/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=search&utm_campaign=acq_NABLOW&utm_content=TECHREVIEW&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQiA6Ou5BhCrARIsAPoTxrDSYqRUGdQX85Ndpgf3mCKq4GImpZ3hrraE0WAjJBtFzo9wccbeyq4aAlNYEALw_wcB.](https://www.technologyreview.com/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=search&utm_campaign=acq_NABLOW&utm_content=TECHREVIEW&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQiA6Ou5BhCrARIsAPoTxrDSYqRUGdQX85Ndpgf3mCKq4GImpZ3hrraE0WAjJBtFzo9wccbeyq4aAlNYEALw_wcB)

๐Ÿ–ผ๏ธ Electric Dreams: Art and Technology Before the Internet. Tate Modern, 28 November 2024 โ€“ 1 June 2025.

๐Ÿ–ผ๏ธ Paul, Christiane, Carol Mancusi-Ungaro, and Clรฉmence White, curators. Programmed: Rules, Codes, and Choreographies in Art, 1965โ€“2018. Whitney Museum of American Art, 28 September 2018 โ€“ 14 April 2019.

๐Ÿ–ผ๏ธ The Machine as Seen at the End of the Mechanical Age. Museum of Modern Art, 27 November 1968 โ€“ 9 February 1969.

๐Ÿ–ผ๏ธ [Hultรฉn, Pontus. The Machine, as Seen at the End of the Mechanical Age. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, distributed by New York Graphic Society, 1968. https://www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/2776.](https://www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/2776)

๐Ÿ–ผ๏ธ New Order: Art and Technology in the Twenty-First Century. Organized by Michelle Kuo, The Marlene Hess Curator of Painting and Sculpture, with Lina Kavaliunas, Curatorial Assistant, Department of Painting and Sculpture. Museum of Modern Art, 17 March โ€“ 15 June 2019.

๐ŸŽ™๏ธ [Fridman, Lex. Lex Fridman Podcast. Accessed March 8, 2025. https://open.spotify.com/show/2MAi0BvDc6GTFvKFPXnkCL.](https://open.spotify.com/show/2MAi0BvDc6GTFvKFPXnkCL)


Neuroscience and Biological Sciences

๐Ÿ“š Hooper, Judith, and Dick Teresi. The Three-Pound Universe. New York: J.P. Tarcher, 1992.

๐Ÿ“š Dawkins, Richard. The Selfish Gene. 30th Anniversary ed. Oxford: OUP Oxford, 2006.

๐Ÿ“š Zajtchuk, Russ, ed. Medical Consequences of Nuclear Warfare. Textbook of Military ๐Ÿ“š Medicine: Series on Combat Casualty Care. Washington, D.C.: Office of the Surgeon General, Department of the Army, 2008.


Ecology

๐Ÿ“ [Hernandez, R. R., M. K. Hoffacker, M. L. Murphy-Mariscal, G. C. Wu, and M. F. Allen. "Solar Energy Development Impacts on Land Cover Change and Protected Areas." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 112, no. 44 (2015): 13579-13584. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1517656112.](https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.1517656112)

๐Ÿ–ผ๏ธ Emerging Ecologies: Architecture and the Rise of Environmentalism. Organized by Carson Chan, Director, the Emilio Ambasz Institute for the Joint Study of the Built and Natural Environment, and Curator, Department of Architecture and Design, with Matthew Wagstaffe and Dewi Tan, Ambasz Institute Research Assistants, and Eva Lavranou, 12-Month Intern, Ambasz Institute. Museum of Modern Art, 17 September 2023 โ€“ 20 January 2024.


Anthropology and Cultural Studies

๐Ÿ“š Tsing, Anna Lowenhaupt. The Mushroom at the End of the World: On the Possibility of Life in Capitalist Ruins. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2021.

๐Ÿ“š Ingold, Tim. Making: Anthropology, Archaeology, Art and Architecture. ebook edition. London: Taylor & Francis, 2013.

Philosophy and Religion

๐Ÿ“š La Mettrie, Julien Offray de. Man a Machine. Translated by Richard A. Watson. Indianapolis: Hackett Publishing, 1994.

๐Ÿ“š ๅซ็คผ่ดค (Richard Wilhelm) ๅ’Œ ๅฎนๆ ผ (Carl G. Jung)ใ€‚้‡‘่Šฑ็š„็ง˜ๅฏ†๏ผšใ€Šๅคชไน™้‡‘ๅŽๅฎ—ๆ—จใ€‹ใ€Šๆ…งๅ‘ฝ็ปใ€‹ๅŽŸๆ–‡ๅŠๅ…ถ่‹ฑ่ฏ‘ใ€‚ๅŒ—ไบฌ๏ผšไธญๅคฎ็ผ–่ฏ‘ๅ‡บ็‰ˆ็คพ๏ผŒ2016ใ€‚

๐Ÿ“š Sheldrake, Rupert, Terence McKenna, and Ralph Abraham. Chaos, Creativity, and Cosmic Consciousness. Contributed by Jean Houston. 2001. ebook edition. Rochester, VT: Inner Traditions/Bear, 2001.


Futurology and Social Commentary

๐Ÿ“š Rees, Martin. On the Future: Prospects for Humanity. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2018.

๐Ÿ“š Postman, Neil. Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business. New York: Penguin Publishing Group, 2006.

๐Ÿ“ [Kaczynski, Theodore. "Industrial Society and Its Future." The Washington Post, September 22, 1995. https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/unabomber/manifesto.text.htm.](https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/unabomber/manifesto.text.htm)