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The Fold (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠constitutive of the basic unit of existence. It describes the nature of the human subject as the outside folded in: An immanently political, social, embedded subject.

The Fold (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠contrasted with the line in that straight lines are all alike but folds vary, and all folding proceeds by differentiation.

The Fold (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠also representative of the relationship of oneself to — and 'over' — one's self.

The Fold (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a term used to critique typical accounts of subjectivity that focus on inside and outside (appearance and essence, surface and depth) since the fold announces that the inside is nothing more than a fold of the outside.

The Fold (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a technical term that allows us to think creatively about the production of subjectivity, and ultimately about the possibilities for, and production of, 'non-human' forms of 'subjectivity'.

The Fold (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the topology of our material selves, our bodies, subjectivity time, memory.