Diaspora and Hybridity

New Book Diaspora and Hybridity Authored by: Virinder Kalra Ahmed Iqbal Ullah Race Relations Resource Centre, UK Raminder Kaur University of Sussex John Hutnyk Goldsmiths College, University of London Description: What do we mean by ‘diaspora’ and ‘hybridity’? Why are they pivotal concepts in contemporary debates on race, culture and society? This book is an [...]

Hybridity – Elements of a Theory

Hybridity – Elements of a Theory – Roger Clarke. http://www.anu.edu.au/people/Roger.Clarke/SOS/HAHTh0505.html Pages Prepared as Background Information for an Invited Presentation to the Ars Electronica 2005 Symposium on Hybrid – Living in Paradox, Linz, Austria, 2-3 September 2005 “In both cases, over time, assimilation occurs, and both the newcomer and the host adapt, resulting in one or [...]

The Dialectics of Euro-Asian Hip-Hop

Its a ways off, but I have just agreed to give a talk at Royal Hollaway in May (9th). The details to go into their brochure sent off today are… The Dialectics of Euro-Asian Hip-Hop: Hybridity, Creativity, and Nations at War.My recent work takes into account debates about the provenance of hip-hop in Europe. It [...]

Adventures of the Multitude:

Adventures of the Multitude:Response of the Authors Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri Michael Hardt and Toni Negri’s reply to the Rethinking marxism issue on Empire…“…By privileging the hegemonic forms and figures of labor at the center of the productive machine, these authors continue, we are still using a Eurocentric model of civilization. Rabasa, Moore, and [...]

PubliCITY

PUBLICity is an experiment for through which, in a kind of Zamizdat publishing style, a journal (Left Curve – May issue 29/2005 – http://www.leftcurve.org/) can bring varied examples of writing to attention so as to publicize aspects of global public life. The idea was to supplement our efforts with attention to things that may or [...]

New internationalist Rumour Notice

The Rumour of Calcutta: Tourism, Charity and the Poverty of Representation ‘…. John Hutnyk, in his fascinating study of Western interpretations of Calcutta, attempts to excavate the city from under the layers of accreted prejudices. He shows convincingly how, even before the traveller arrives, the reputation of Calcutta has laid down a sediment of ideas [...]

History without Warranty

Goldsmiths Centre for Cultural Studies MA and phD students run a Seminar Programme and have invited Saurabh Dube to speak. He’s responsible for keeping me up talking late last night, and I guess this will happen a few more times over the next week as he is an old comrade I’ve known for many years [...]

Gane insults all. Needs a slap.

In his review of my “Bad Marxism”, Mike Gane says students won’t know who Mao was or what the Soviets were! Insulting waste of space he is, and even if it were true, it would be his asteroid-dwelling, wire-headed, three-toed trogg fault for not being a better teacher.Anyway, check it out:PDF Book Review: Bad Marxism: [...]

Public space in the media city

My good friend from Melbourne, Scott McQuire, is here at Goldsmiths today to give a talk today (Monday 19 Sept, at 3pm in the Cinema/small hall). He’s the author of Visions of Modernity with Sage and The Look of Love (with photographs by Peter Lyssiotis), with Masterthief. Come and join us if you can. The [...]

Celebrating Transgression essay part file 2

This is Steadman, but William S. Burroughs’ art work is showing in London for the next couple of months. – see The Unseen Art of William S. Burroughs Riflemaker 79 Beak Street, Regent Street – W1F 9SU London So, since he’s named as an anthropology ancestor, here’s some more from my essay on fieldwork/filed works [...]

Utopianism and its discontents – Marcus Breen

‘Postcolonial Studies’ Volume 4, Number 3 (November 1, 2001). ‘Utopianism and its Discontents’ is a piece of slime from Marcus Beem. My second worst review ever. And my reply, which the journal was kind enough to include in the same issue. You complete and utter wonker, Breen. Critique of Exotica: Music, Politics and the Culture [...]

Fashioning ethnicities

If you have Sage electro access, check out Claire Dwyer and Philip Crang 2002 “Fashioning ethnicities: the commercial spaces of multiculture”, Ethnicities, 2(3): 410-30 () From: John Hutnyk – Academic Director, Centre for Cultural Studies Work: http://www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/cultural-studies/staff/j-hutnyk.php Blog: http://hutnyk.blogspot.com/ Links: http://tawdrysouvenirs.blogspot.com/ Events: http://whats-on-occasionally.blogspot.com/

Celebrating Transgression – Method part one

This pic is from a recent celebration – heh heh. bleary eyed the next day (in fact already here – those magaritas were fine). Anyway, Klaus Peter Koepping is coming to Goldsmiths to teach for the next year. This below is from Celebrating Transgression – a festschrift for him. This is the start of my [...]

New Worker – Review of Bad Marxism (ouch!)

From: New Worker Online, Thursday, September 09, 2004Worker Review & Diary – 10/9/2004REVIEW by Ray Jones From: John Hutnyk – Academic Director, Centre for Cultural Studies Work: http://www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/cultural-studies/staff/j-hutnyk.php Blog: http://hutnyk.blogspot.com/ Links: http://tawdrysouvenirs.blogspot.com/ Events: http://whats-on-occasionally.blogspot.com/

JH review of Tariq Mehmood, ‘While there is light’,

Weekly Worker 512 Thursday January 22 2004 ‘Face up to the fight’ – by John Hutnyk Review of: Tariq Mehmood, ‘While there is light’, Manchester, 2003, Comma Press, pp220, ｣7.95   Face up to the fight Tariq Mehmood, ‘While there is light’, Manchester, 2003, Comma Press, pp220, �7.95 The travails of those who fight imperialism [...]

Third World Network

Third World Network excerpts latter parts of The Rumour of Calcutta. From: John Hutnyk – Academic Director, Centre for Cultural Studies Work: http://www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/cultural-studies/staff/j-hutnyk.php Blog: http://hutnyk.blogspot.com/ Links: http://tawdrysouvenirs.blogspot.com/ Events: http://whats-on-occasionally.blogspot.com/

Richard Smith – Review of Critique of Exotica

Richard Smith – Review of Critique of ExoticaIn Intensities: Journal of Cult Media – issue 3. “John Hutnyk has written a significant work, one that everyone working in the area of contemporary cultural studies needs to engage with. He deals with the central issues of hybridity and authenticity in the context of the appropriation of [...]

Ghadar – Culture Move: On Asian Dub Foundation

Culture Move: On Asian Dub Foundation by John HutnykGhadar: A Publication of the Forum of Indian LeftistsVolume 4: Number 1, May 1 2000 From: John Hutnyk – Academic Director, Centre for Cultural Studies Work: http://www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/cultural-studies/staff/j-hutnyk.php Blog: http://hutnyk.blogspot.com/ Links: http://tawdrysouvenirs.blogspot.com/ Events: http://whats-on-occasionally.blogspot.com/

Vijay Prashad review of Rumour of Calcutta

In Light of Calcutta by Vijay PrashadThe Kathmandu Post Review of Books30 November, 1997Vol. 2, No. 8 “John Hutnyk’s book does not tell us of the visions of the city among its long-term inhabitants. His book introduces the people who travel to South Asia on a budget, mostly from North America, Europe and Australia. ‘Budget [...]

Vijay Prashad

Mother Teresa: A Communist View by Vijay PrashadThis article was first published in September 1997 in PoliticalAffairs, the journal of the Communist Party USA. From: John Hutnyk – Academic Director, Centre for Cultural Studies Work: http://www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/cultural-studies/staff/j-hutnyk.php Blog: http://hutnyk.blogspot.com/ Links: http://tawdrysouvenirs.blogspot.com/ Events: http://whats-on-occasionally.blogspot.com/