"Knowledge Commons, Power, Pedagogy, and Collective Practice" Cara Baldwin in Conversation with Paula Cobo
Q>Paula Cobo: At a moment where art institutions operate as corporations, where we are witnesses of an ongoing endogamy of interests, how do you feel about the role of the self-Institution, or the Anti-University?
A>Cara Baldwin: Art institutions have historically operated as corporations, with varying effects/affects. At this particular moment what interests me in terms of collective practices are those that are incredibly open. This is not anti-corporate necessarily.
"Not Such Wicked Leaks"Umberto Eco
[For the celebrated novelist and intellectual Umberto Eco, the Wikileaks affair or "Cablegate" not only shows up the hypocrisy that governs relations between states, citizens and the press, but also presages a return to more archaic forms of communication.]
Twelve Theses on WikiLeaksGeert Lovink & Patrice Riemens
Thesis 0 "What do I think of WikiLeaks? I think it would be a good idea!" (after Mahatma Gandhi's famous quip on "Western Civilization")
What does Resistance Look Like? The Niger Delta Model by Ray Boudreaux
Boog City presents Celebrating the renegade press New York City Small Presses Night Tues. Dec. 14, 6:00 p.m. sharp, free ACA Galleries 529 W.20th St., 5th Floor NYC
With Argos Books, Autonomedia, Fractious Press, Kaya Press, LoudMouth Press, New York Quarterly and music from Matteah Baim with Golden Slumbers Curated by Cristiana Baik and Svetlana Kitto
This is our one event each season in our non-NYC small presses series where we honor NYC small presses.
Movement, Learning: A Few Reflections on the Exciting UK Winter 2010 Manuela Zechner
US Education and the Crisis Michael Hardt
Governments across the globe are dramatically reducing funding for public education and raising university tuition rates. These measures are often cast as a response to the current economic crisis but really their implementation began well before it. Whereas in Britain, Italy, and other European countries students battle police in the streets and experiment with new means to protest such government actions, there is a relative calm on U.S. campuses.
Members of Russian Art Group Voina Arrested
Members of the Russian conceptual art group Voina ("War") have recently been arrested in Moscow for one of their performances. The are facing a possible sentence of up to 7 years in prison for "aggravated hooliganism" resulting from one of their recent actions.
The Debt-Based Tendency of Japan’s Student Movement: The View of the Association of Blacklisted Students Norihito Nakata
The Right to Live in the City: Struggles in Osaka and Film by NDS Saturday, December 4th at 7:30pm $9 suggested donation.UnionDocs 322 Union Ave. Brooklyn
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