Wednesday, August 08, 2007

Migrating University 14-15 September 2007

No Detention, No Deportation;
No Borders in Education:
Freedom of Movement for All

Migrating University, at Goldsmiths,
September 14-15th 2007;
From Goldsmiths to Gatwick.


The No Borders camp at Gatwick (www.noborders.org.uk) is an ideal opportunity for Goldsmiths University to rouse itself from sleepy London and show its solidarity with Britain's new settlers, condemn the Governments asylum and detention practices, and expose the hypocrisy of having unregulated capital flow alongside racist fortress restrictions on people.

So, let's get Goldsmiths on the move.
- tent university, courses and workshops on race, migration, Multiculturalism, gender and sexuality, Media, culture, literature, music, activism and education etc.
- practical and theoretical programs, taught by current Goldsmiths and invited international(ist) professors, general staff, gaduates and students,all welcome.
- a non-elitist and democratic administrative structure, not a teaching factory governed by commodity servicing
- a fighting representative education union, open to everyone
- for critical radical intellectual renewal drawing upon the vast creative and expressive resources of people's movement(s)

This will happen at Goldsmiths (14-15 September 07) as a feeder into the Gatwick No Borders Camp the next week, the programme is being devised now, it promises to be fantastic, watch this space.

There is an organising group you can join - email me - if you want to be involved, and further infos will be posted here and on Trinketization.


Updated 21 August 07:

General enthusiasm for this event is very high. A feeling of frustration, and therefore energy for exploring activist options, is strong on campus. This is the joint result of the ongoing managerialism that afflicts the ‘teaching factory’ at all levels, alongside the wider malaise of neo-liberal war-mongering imperialism/Border-ism evident in the current conjuncture, everywhere. The role of the university in relation to borders between people and knowledge, between different knowledges, between peoples, between students, between students who pay ‘overseas’ fees and those who pay too much (‘training’ for industrial gain, paid for by the student??) and the ever extended morale crush that afflicts staff… linked to the obsolescence of older ideas of ‘education’ in favour of opportunism and productivity… Exclusions and …racism, murder-death-kill… there is much good reason to explore these concerns in our workshop.

links with: No Borders London and No Borders general.

Confirmed speakers so far include: Ken Fero (Injustice), David Graeber (activist anthrop), Ava Caradonna (sex worker education group), Susan Cueva (union), Sanjay Sharma (author of Multicultural Encounters) and likely Harmit Athwal (Inst Race Relations).

#Updated Programme at Trinketization


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Medical Aid 4 Pelestinians @ 606 Club 25 Sep 2007

Medical Aid For Palestinians Concert
Tues 25th CHARITY NIGHT IN SUPPORT OF MEDICAL AID FOR PALESTINE featuring GILAD ATZMON with Special Guest NIZAR AL-ISSA, SARAH GILLESPIE, ORQUESTRA MAHATMA and SURPRISE GUESTS.

Medical Aid for Palestine (MAP) is a non-sectarian Charity established in 1984 to provide medical support and assistance to the troubled areas of the Middle East. Their work is centred in and around the refugee camps of Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, and Egypt along with those in Gaza and the West Bank. As well as urgently needed medical supplies the MAP medical volunteer programme has provided more than 300 medical volunteers drawn from a dozen countries. The music tonight will feature: GILAD ATZMON, a wonderful sax and clarinet player with a powerful sound and unique approach. His fiery, immensely fluent, playing and remarkable technique have established him as one of the most talented saxophonists in World music. Gilad’s Special Guest this evening will be Palestinian born master Oud player and vocalist Nizar Al-Issa. “Gilad Atzmon….a master…a jazz giant with a formidable International reputation” The Guardian. SARAH GILLESPIE. One of the primary organisers of the gig this evening singer/guitarist Sarah Gillespie is establishing a reputation on the singer/songwriter circuit as a unique and creative musical force. Accompanied by Chaz Jankel from the Blockheads. ORQUESTRA MAHATMA featuring Stuart Hall and Sonia Slany-violins. This unique band, completed by Paul Clarvis on drums and Thad Kelly on bass, perform music from across an unparalleled spectrum of World music. “ ..the imaginative blend of jazz and world influences is hugely entertaining” Observer. Plus some great Surprise Guests. One of the most important medical supports in the Middle East this inter-denominational charity is a worthy cause and one well worth supporting. £15.

CALL 606 CLUB 020 7352 5953 TO RESERVE A TABLE

Medical Aid For Palestinians (MAP) is a charitable company limited by guarantee: 038352 England. Registered charity no: 045315

Tuesday, August 07, 2007

at Hitotsobashigakuen - 21 July 2007

A talk by John Hutnyk on Paranoia and Urban Bombing Campaigns, with hip hop soundtrack and some attention to my favourite Fun^da^mental vids.

5pm, 21st July at Kunitachi campus:
http://www.hit-u.ac.jp/guide/campus/access.html



■ 第49回 2007年7月21日(土)

「UK Hip Hop and Suicide Rap」
 講師:John Hutnyk (ロンドン大学ゴールドスミス・カレッジ)

 時 間:7月21日(土) 17:00から 
 場 所:一橋大学国立キャンパス 東2号館2202教室



ジョン・ハットニク教授はメディア・映像・音楽・政治の
アクチュアルな問題をカルチュラル・スタディーズや人類学領域の言葉で
「騒々(想像)」しく議論しているマルキシストらしい、ということは
下記の出版物やウェブサイトからも想像できます。
しかし私はこれ以上は予測できないし、間違っているかもしれないので、
皆さん、とにかく直接出遭って、英国のカルスタの
今の情況をとことん吟味して欲しいと思います。

なお、セミナー後にインフォーマルな懇親会をし、
その勢いで、ハットニクさんと福生あたりのクラブ・シーンに
潜入するかも知れません。こちらの方もふるってご参加ください。

参考サイトと出版物サイト:



More details of how to get to this and what to do after:

Dear John

We expect you to arrive 4:45pm, 21st, at our Kunitachi campus:
http://www.hit-u.ac.jp/guide/campus/access.html

Michael or I will meet you at Kunitachi station south gate at 4:30pm.
If you have any problem on the way, please phone me

After having your talk and a drink, we plan to go together clubbing
in Fussa area. This area(20minutes from Kunitachi) is close to an
American base and quite different from central Tokyo (i.e. Roppongi).
These are club web-sites:

http://www.clubcrunk.com/index1.htm
http://www2.tba.t-com.ne.jp/club-flow/
http://www.clubheat.org/heat_pc/main.html
http://www.geodana.com/index.htm

I hope you to join us,

Akira