Posted: April 14th, 2009 | Author: PL | Filed under: HAPPENINGS, PERFORMANCES, PROPOSALS, SOCIAL METHODS, TALKS | No Comments »
Annie Sprinkle and Elizabeth M. Stephens are COMING to UNC-CH Tuesday, April 14th 5:30 PM Hanes Art Center.
*This event is ***FREE*** and open to the public*
ADVENTURES OF THE LOVE ART LABORATORY
With Annie Sprinkle and Elizabeth Stephens
‘We, Elizabeth M. Stephens and Annie Sprinkle, are an artist couple committed to doing projects that explore, generate, and celebrate love. We utilize visual art, installation, theater pieces, interventions, live-art, exhibitions, lectures, printed matter and activism. Each year we orchestrate one or more interactive performance art weddings in
collaboration with various national and international communities, then display the ephemera in art galleries.
Our projects incorporate the colors and themes of the chakras, a structure inspired by Linda M. Montano’s 14 Years of Living Art. The Love Art Laboratory grew out of our response to the violence of war, the anti-gay marriage movement, and our prevailing culture of cynicism. We hope the Love Art Laboratory will help make the world a more fun, sexy, tolerant, love- filled place.
Love is the new sex! We hope you will join us for a show and tell afternoon.”
Annie Sprinkle, Ph.D. is an artist and sexologist.
Elizabeth Stephens a professor of art and is the Chair of the Art Dept. at UCSC.
Posted: April 8th, 2009 | Author: PL | Filed under: TALKS, Uncategorized | No Comments »
Modernity/Coloniality and the Geopolitics of Knowledge Working Group
UNC-Duke Consortium in Latin American Studies invite you to
A WORKSHOP WITH
YAMILA GUTIÉRREZ CALLISAYA
CONSEJO NACIONAL DE AYLLUS Y MARKAS DEL QULLASUYU (CONAMAQ), LA PAZ, BOLIVIA
ON
TOWARD THE COMMUNAL
(THE CONSTITUTION OF THE BOLIVIAN STATE AND A THE DECOLONIAL RE-CONSTITUTION OF THE AYLLUS)
The workshop will be conducted in Spanish and coordinated by Marcelo Fernández-Osco (Department of Romance Studies, co-founder of THOA, Taller Historia Oral Andina)
Monday, April 13, 2009
5,45 pm to 8 pm
Friedl Building 225A (East Campus, right by the bus stop; parking available at the entrance on Buchanan and Trinity)
Light dinner will be served.
Noam Chomsky describes Bolivia as the most democratic country on earth at this point. Yamila Gutierrez will describe the crucial role that the re-constitution of the Ayllus is playing in this process and the role of the Ayllus in redoing political theory and political economy (e.g., the re-conceptualization of “the communal”), working toward de-colonial democratic futures. We are allowing ample time for debate and exchange of ideas.
For more information about CONAMAQ see http://www.conamaq.org.bo/
Posted: April 5th, 2009 | Author: CA | Filed under: PROPOSALS, TALKS | No Comments »
Hey fellow Experimental Communitarians,
My very dear friend Kavitha Rajagopalan is coming to town this week to read from her book, Muslims of Metropolis, at Internationalist books - this Wednesday at 7. If you can make it, I promise it will be worth it. I’m reading the book as we speak and am utterly fascinated, and Kavi herself is brilliant, beautiful and a hell of a lot of fun.
Rather than attempt a mini-précis, I decided to beg, borrow and steal from the dust jacket. Here’s some info on the book:
Muslims of Metropolis: The Stories of Three Immigrant Families in the West
“Through the microcosm of three Muslim families in Western cities, Kavitha Rajagopalan makes legible features of international migration easily obscured by questions of religion and racism. She brings to life socio-cultural alignments in the larger story of globalization that in turn illuminate those thick microcosms. This is one of the most interesting accounts I have read about the subject.” - Saskia Sassen
Bio Blurb:
Kavitha Rajagopalan has worked in international development and finance, and as a journalist in India, Germany and the United States. She is a senior fellow at the World Policy Institute.
Dust Jacket synopsis:
The Muslim population globally is comprised of hundreds of ethnic, linguistic, and religious sub-communities. Yet, more often than not, the public confuses these diverse and unrelated communities, branding Muslim immigrants as a single, suspicious, and culturally antagonistic group of people. Generalizations like these have compromised many Muslim immigrants’ sense of belonging and acceptance in places where they have lived, in some cases, for three or four generations.
In Muslims of Metropolis, Kavitha Rajagopalan takes a much needed step in personalizing and humanizing our understanding of the Muslim diaspora. Tracing the stories of three very different families - a Palestinian family moving to London, a Kurdish family moving to Berlin, and a Bangladeshi family moving to New York - she reveals a level of complexity and nuance that is seldom considered. Through their voices and in their words, Rajagopalan describes what prompted these families to leave home, what challenges they faced in adjusting to their new lives, and how they came to view their place in society. Interviews with community leaders, social justice organizations and with academics and experts in each of the countries add additional layers of insight to how broad political issues, like nationalist conflict, immigration reform, and antiterrorism strategies affect the lives of Muslims who migrate in search of economic and personal happiness.
Although recent thinking about immigration policy in the United States and Europe emphasizes the importance of long-term integration, a global attitude that continues to sensationalize divisions between Muslim and other communities thwarts this possibility. Integration cannot occur with policy situations alone - people must feel that they belong to a larger society. Whether read as simple stories or broader narratives, the voices in this revealing book are among the many speaking against the generalization, prejudice, and fear that has so far surrounded Muslims living in the West.
Posted: March 30th, 2009 | Author: PL | Filed under: TALKS, Uncategorized | 2 Comments »
Event: Symposium | The Common & the Forms of the Commune
“Featuring Public Conversation w/ Etienne Balibar & Antonio Negri”
What: Lecture
Host: Franklin Humanities Institute
Start Time: Thursday, April 9 at 1:00pm
End Time: Friday, April 10 at 5:00pm
Where: Nasher Museum (Apr 9) & East Duke Parlor (Apr 10)
The Common & Forms of the Commune:
Alternative Social Imaginaries
Thursday April 9, 2009 - Nasher Museum Auitorium
1:00-3:00 PM
ON THE COMMON, UNIVERSALITY AND COMMUNISM
A conversation between Étienne Balibar and Antonio Negri
3:30-5:15 PM
THE COMMON AND ITS PRODUCTION
- The Common in Communism
Michael Hardt, Duke University
- The Institutions of the Common
Gigi Roggero, Universita Di Bologna
- Discussants: Pedro Lasch, Duke University & Aras Özgün, New School
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Friday April 10, 2009 - East Duke Parlor
10:30 AM - 12:15 PM
THE COMMON AND COMMODITY FETISHISM
- Socialism, Community, and Democracy
David Ruccio, Notre Dame and Antonio Callari, Franklin and Marshall College
- The Common without Copies
Debora Jenson, Duke University
- Discussant: Federico Luisetti, UNC-Chapel Hill
1:15 - 3:00 PM
“MODES” OF COMMUNITY
- Engendering Feudalism: Modes of Production Revisited
S. Charusheela, University of Nevada-LasVegas
- Producing Solidarity
Ken Surin, Duke University
- Discussant
Kathi Weeks, Duke University
3:15 - 5:00 PM
DIFFERENCE IN COMMON
- Translating Difference and the Common
Anna Curcio, Duke University
- Subjectivity and the Forms of the Commune
Ceren Özselçuk, Duke University and Yahya Madra, Gettysburg College
- Discussant: Alvaro Reyes, Duke University
Posted: March 30th, 2009 | Author: PL | Filed under: TALKS, Uncategorized | No Comments »
INSTITUTIONS OF THE PROCOMMON AND THE WARS OF HARRY POTTER: CONFLICTS OF AUTONOMY IN THE GLOBAL CRISIS
Angel Luis Lara: international activist, sociologist at the Universidad Complutense in Madrid, and rock musician
Saturday, April 4, 2009
5:00pm, at El Kilombo Social Center
324 West Geer Street, Durham NC 27701
(919) 688-8768
Directions can be found at:
http://www.elkilombo.org/about/about-directions.php
**Event will be in Spanish, with translation into English**
Please join us for the fourth and final segment of our Spring 2009 Speaker Series, where we conclude our investigations into the current crisis of capitalism. In our previous events, we discussed instantiations of the crisis in the struggle against gentrification, the attempt to reclaim a connection between artistic creativity and community building, and ever-growing movements for dignified life. We have arrived at the perspective that the real crisis of capitalism resides in the forms of life that overflow the existing geography of the institutional right and left. In his eccentric manner, Angel Luis Lara will look at specific examples of everyday practices that open paths to autonomy in his talk, “Institutions of the Procommon and the Wars of Harry Potter: Conflicts of Autonomy in the Global Crisis.”
Posted: March 30th, 2009 | Author: PL | Filed under: TALKS, Uncategorized | 2 Comments »
Event: Symposium | The Common & the Forms of the Commune
“Featuring Public Conversation w/ Etienne Balibar & Antonio Negri”
What: Lecture
Host: Franklin Humanities Institute
Start Time: Thursday, April 9 at 1:00pm
End Time: Friday, April 10 at 5:00pm
Where: Nasher Museum (Apr 9) & East Duke Parlor (Apr 10)
The Common & Forms of the Commune:
Alternative Social Imaginaries
Thursday April 9, 2009 - Nasher Museum Auitorium
1:00-3:00 PM
ON THE COMMON, UNIVERSALITY AND COMMUNISM
A conversation between Étienne Balibar and Antonio Negri
3:30-5:15 PM
THE COMMON AND ITS PRODUCTION
- The Common in Communism
Michael Hardt, Duke University
- The Institutions of the Common
Gigi Roggero, Universita Di Bologna
- Discussants: Pedro Lasch, Duke University & Aras Özgün, New School
===
Friday April 10, 2009 - East Duke Parlor
10:30 AM - 12:15 PM
THE COMMON AND COMMODITY FETISHISM
- Socialism, Community, and Democracy
David Ruccio, Notre Dame and Antonio Callari, Franklin and Marshall College
- The Common without Copies
Debora Jenson, Duke University
- Discussant: Federico Luisetti, UNC-Chapel Hill
1:15 - 3:00 PM
“MODES” OF COMMUNITY
- Engendering Feudalism: Modes of Production Revisited
S. Charusheela, University of Nevada-LasVegas
- Producing Solidarity
Ken Surin, Duke University
- Discussant
Kathi Weeks, Duke University
3:15 - 5:00 PM
DIFFERENCE IN COMMON
- Translating Difference and the Common
Anna Curcio, Duke University
- Subjectivity and the Forms of the Commune
Ceren Özselçuk, Duke University and Yahya Madra, Gettysburg College
- Discussant: Alvaro Reyes, Duke University
Posted: March 30th, 2009 | Author: PL | Filed under: TALKS, Uncategorized | No Comments »
INSTITUTIONS OF THE PROCOMMON AND THE WARS OF HARRY POTTER: CONFLICTS OF AUTONOMY IN THE GLOBAL CRISIS
Angel Luis Lara: international activist, sociologist at the Universidad Complutense in Madrid, and rock musician
Saturday, April 4, 2009
5:00pm, at El Kilombo Social Center
324 West Geer Street, Durham NC 27701
(919) 688-8768
Directions can be found at:
http://www.elkilombo.org/about/about-directions.php
**Event will be in Spanish, with translation into English**
Please join us for the fourth and final segment of our Spring 2009 Speaker Series, where we conclude our investigations into the current crisis of capitalism. In our previous events, we discussed instantiations of the crisis in the struggle against gentrification, the attempt to reclaim a connection between artistic creativity and community building, and ever-growing movements for dignified life. We have arrived at the perspective that the real crisis of capitalism resides in the forms of life that overflow the existing geography of the institutional right and left. In his eccentric manner, Angel Luis Lara will look at specific examples of everyday practices that open paths to autonomy in his talk, “Institutions of the Procommon and the Wars of Harry Potter: Conflicts of Autonomy in the Global Crisis.”
Posted: March 25th, 2009 | Author: PL | Filed under: TALKS, Uncategorized | No Comments »
Posted: March 25th, 2009 | Author: PL | Filed under: TALKS, Uncategorized | No Comments »
