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Three-Day Seminar on Debt and the Commons

Malav Kanuga — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 21:29:36 +0000

With friends and comrades around the 16 BEAVER GROUP, THIS IS FOREVER is hosting Beyond Good and Evil Commons, a 3 DAY SEMINAR investigating the politics of debt and commons in contemporary social struggles.

The seminar runs from THURSDAY, August 18th to SATURDAY, August 20th. Start times are listed below. For full schedule including a description of the seminar and list of suggested readings, see UPCOMING EVENTS and SEMINARS.

Thursday, August 18th, doors at 4pm
Friday, August 19th, doors at 4pm
Saturday, August 20th, doors at 1pm

RAGS make paper
PAPER makes money
MONEY makes banks
BANKS make loans
LOANS make beggars
BEGGARS make
RAGS

Click here to download Introductory Remarks for the Seminar, with schedule and recommended readings.

[NOTE] The seminar is free but reservation is encouraged and can be sent, along with other inquiries, to seminars[AT]16beavergroup.com. A special website dedicated to the seminar has been created and is the best place to follow changes or updates.

Four Day Seminar with Franco “Bifo” Berardi

Malav Kanuga — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:56:59 +0000

The recent militant publishing project Minor Compositions and 16 Beaver are organizing a four-day seminar with Bifo, from Thursday, September 3rd to Sunday, September 6th. “Precarious Rhapsody: Semiocapitalism and the Pathologies of Post-Alpha Generation,” Bifo’s most recent book will be available for free to all seminar participants.

The seminar will take place at 16 Beaver: Thursday schedule will be from 5pm - 8pm. Friday will be from 12:00pm to 10pm. Saturday, and Sunday will go from 11:00am to 10pm. A sliding scale fee of $25-50 is requested to help defray costs associated with bringing Bifo to NYC, as well as covering food for the 4 days.

Updates and readings are available at the 16 Beaver website here and other queries can be directed to subject [AT] 16beavergroup [DOT] org.

Summer Seminar on Affect and Resistance

Malav Kanuga — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:53:28 +0000

Starting Wednesday, July 15th, THIS IS FOREVER will be sponsoring a weekly seminar on Affective politics and Everyday Resistance with Jack Z. Bratich and Stevphen Shukaitis. The discussions and readings will engage in the political and theoretical stakes of what has been called the “affective turn” as well as investigate the political compositions of subjectivity.

The seminar will take place at Bluestockings Bookstore every Wednesday 4PM to 6PM, from July 15th to August 26th. Registration is required prior to the start of the course and is on a sliding scale of $35 to $75 (cash payable in person at Bluestockings).

Please see SUMMER SEMINAR: AFFECTIVE POLITICS for more info.

Fall Seminar on Militant Research

Malav Kanuga — Sat, 09 May 2009 19:34:46 +0000

We will be conducting a seminar in the Fall on Militant Research and Inquiry. For more information about the course and how to register click on the FALL SEMINAR: CO-RESEACH tab.

The seminar will meet weekly at the Graduate Center of CUNY on Fridays from 2 to 4PM, starting August 28th and running for approximately 15 weeks, ending December 11th.