Social Fabric Symposium 10.3.2012

Social Fabric symposium Discussions, talks and performances around textile production from guest speakers including trade unionists, artists and academics Mill label, 1930s, courtesy of Jyotindra Jain and Mr. Abhishek Poddar How do textiles affect the way we think about art, society and politics? The Social Fabric symposium invites contemporary artists, art historians, curators and cultural theorists [...]

the soccer-community-fandom thing is still a mystery to me after 18 years. Unless its to distract us from the racism-Terry-Suarez row.

Red Tape discussion on Culture for RCA design students

Red Tape #2 Local/ Global from deshna mehta on Vimeo. my bit is from 20:10 mins to 41:00, then the discussion. The Red Tape site is here: http://redtape.rca.ac.uk/2012_02.html All thanks to Deshna Mehta and the fine people that make up the Red Tape gang.

USA USA USA!

Questions Do any of the following apply to you? Please select the appropriate box. Do you have a communicable disease, physical or mental disorder, or are you a drug abuser or addict? Yes No Have you ever been arrested or convicted for an offense or crime involving moral turpitude or a violation related to a [...]

Red Tape 15.2.2012

Red Tape presents the second discussion of the series: Local/Global: The role of culture in the creation and reception of visual communication on Wednesday 15th February, at 5pm in the Performing Arts Lab, Stevens Building. Joining us will be Christine Guth (Chair) Christopher Pinney John Hutnyk Rian Hughes The pre-reader for this discussion is now available to download [...]

Marx at the Movies 16.3.2012

Marx at the Movies Conference, March 16-17, 2012 University of Central Lancashire See the extensive Conference programme here. in partnership with Lancashire International Film Festival @LIFEPreston2012 and sponsored by The Contemporary Arts Development Group (CADG) and the Research Fund of the School of Journalism, Media and Communication (JOMEC) Friday 16 March: Mitchell & Kenyon Theatre [...]

No Borders Convergence

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Seagull School of Publishing

La Haine and Injustice double bill 6pm Goldsmiths 13.2.2012

La Haine and Injustice double bill 6pm-10pm Goldsmiths RHB 137a all welcome La Haine: dir. Mathieu Kassovitz, France, 1995, 97 mins Injustice: dir Ken Fero & Tarig Mehmood 2001, 98 mins these two screenings on police and deaths in custody in conjunction with the Centre for Cultural Studies, Capital course, Text and Image course and [...]

Essay

Capitalism and Cultual Studies essay prompt: Using theoretical categories of Marx’s Capital, as read in this course, (and even if you wish, coquetting with his style) consider how this analysis may or may not be pertinent to a contemporary issue, class formation, or campaign of which you may have experience or knowledge. For example you may have [...]

Three events for CCS – Write Now – Deleuze – No Borders.

Three near overlapping events in thee next 10 days for Centre for Cultural Studies people at Goldsmiths: . Write Now! BER-CPH-LON PhD Symposium (Feb 9-11 2012) You have to, you want to, you need to Write Now! But how do you publish?  In an atmosphere of loneliness, alienation, rejection, competition, anxiety, hierarchy, nepotism and jealousy, how does the “early career [...]

Born Free – MIA’s Poetry After Guantanamo

A piece written before this week’s release of Bad Girls, coming out soon in Social Identities. Abstract: The recent work of the Sri-Lankan-British musician and sonic ‘curator’ known as M.I.A. (real name: Mathangi Arulpragasam) is considered as a commentary on atrocity and read alongside the well known essay ‘The Storyteller’ by Walter Benjamin and comments [...]

No Olympics

this one was made by the Nomadic Action Group for the campaign against having the olympics in Melbourne in 1988 To which (via Simon S) we can now add some London related resources: Anarchist alternative art for the Olympics…. http://anarchistmedia.wordpress.com/2012/01/14/the-lympic-games-olympics-2012/ Report backs on a ‘Countering Olympics’ conference held recently…. http://counterolympics.com/ I guess Occupy Olympics was [...]

Marxism 7.0

A quick response to a question (asked for a radio item):  ’Does the Internet open up new ways of introducing Marxist ideas and concepts in the real world? – Marxism 2.0′ … I have not seen anything great on this theme (meme). I am not convinced by Negri and Hardt and the hype about 2.0. [...]

Snow Alien

Malaysia

Closet cleaner: links to my stuff on Malaysia from when I used to visit a lot (1990s) – I am now looking at another proper visit soon. . Here are my reminders to self. . Internal Security Act: . http://hutnyk.wordpress.com/2008/08/01/abolish-malaysian-detentionsinternal-security-act/ http://hutnyk.wordpress.com/2005/09/11/razor-wire-imperialism/ Prime Minister Najib Razak said last November he would abolish ISA and allow trials! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-14937820 But [...]

The Commoner #15

Care work, domestic labour and social reproduction The Commoner Edition 15 – on-line now http://www.commoner.org.uk/ Massimo De Angelis — Preface: Care Work and the Commons Camille Barbagallo and Silvia Federici — Introduction I. ARCHIVE Mariarosa Dalla Costa (1972) –Women and the Subversion of the Community Mariarosa Dalla Costa (1974) –On The General Strike Silvia Federici [...]