WAR:MEMORY:POSTCOLONIALITY
Fri 9 Dec,
1.00-6.30pm
Goldsmiths' College, Lewisham Way, Main Building Rm 274
SPEAKERS:
Phil Cohen - Keepers of the Ruins? Dead Labour, Imperial Cities & the longPost War
Glenn Jordan & Chris Weedon - Race, War & Memory: Marginalised Narratives of WWII from Multi-Ethnic Cardiff Docklands.
Michele Barrett - Subalterns at War: Indian soldiers and the politics of First World War memorials
Nirmal Puwar & Kuldip Powar ? Who & How do we Remember? Stone, Sound &Texture.
Organised by the Sociology Department with the Unit for Global Justice and the Centre for the Study of Social Invention and Process (CSISP)inconjunction with a seminar series on Art:Conflict:Justice.
For further details on WAR:MEMORY:POSTCOLONIALITY (9Dec)
Friday, November 25, 2005
Thursday, November 24, 2005
Dec 10 Spheres of Action - Art and Politics
conference announcement:
Spheres of Action - Art and Politics on Saturday 10th of December at Tate Britain, brings together three of Germany’s leading thinkers on philosophy, art and the media 'to debate the changing relationship between art and politics'.
Peter Sloterdijk, on an extremely rare trip to the UK, is talking about the relationship between Surrealism and Terror. Peter Weibel will speak about the Political Revolution of the Neo-Avant-Garde, and Boris Groys will discuss the Politics of Equal Aesthetic Rights.
Gotta buy a ticket for this one... no entry without a ticket... get a tick tick ticket...ticketly tockety
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Spheres of Action - Art and Politics on Saturday 10th of December at Tate Britain, brings together three of Germany’s leading thinkers on philosophy, art and the media 'to debate the changing relationship between art and politics'.
Peter Sloterdijk, on an extremely rare trip to the UK, is talking about the relationship between Surrealism and Terror. Peter Weibel will speak about the Political Revolution of the Neo-Avant-Garde, and Boris Groys will discuss the Politics of Equal Aesthetic Rights.
Gotta buy a ticket for this one... no entry without a ticket... get a tick tick ticket...ticketly tockety
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Wednesday, November 23, 2005
News from the makers of 'Injustice' -
News from the makers of 'Injustice' - the radical feature length documentary film about the struggles for justice by the families of people that have been killed by the police in the UK. www.injusticefilm.co.uk
1. 'INJUSTICE' - international screenings:
Two important international screenings of 'Injustice' are coming up in Australia & Sweden. On 9th December the film kicks off on a tour of Australia at the Tom Mann Theatre, 136 Chalmers Street, Surrey Hills, Sydney. The 6.30pm screening followed by Q&A with special guest speakers Letty Scott and Gail Hickey and is a fund raiser for the Indigenous Social Justice Association Inc.
Details: 9318 0947 or isja01@bigpond.net.au We have been invited by Aboriginal activist Sam Watson In Queensland to bring the documentary to Brisbane for screening both on and before Invasion Day, 26/1/2006.We will then show the documentary in Sydney on or before the 14th Feb, 2006, which will be the 2nd anniversary of the murder of TJ Hickey by the Redfern Police.During March 2006 we will take the documentary to Melbourne to link in with the rallies and protests against the Commonwealth Games being held in Melbourne.We are also expecting further interest from country locations in these three states as well as the remaining states also.
On the 10th December 2005 the film screens at ABF huset, Sveavagen 41, Stockholm, in SWEDEN. The 7.00pm screening is followed by Q&A with film maker and is later followed by a debate on human rights abuses in the UK. The screening as part of the Amnesty International Film Festival and marks International Human Rights Day 2005
Other national screenings are being planned in the UK. Details of forthcoming screenings are at www.injusticefilm.co.uk
If you want to organsie a screening email us at screenings@injusticefilm.co.uk
2. 'NO SHOOT TO KILL' - statement:
The United Families & Friends Campaign, supported by the 1990 Trust, CAMPACC and other groups, has begun a campaign to build a movement against the shoot to kill policy. A statement has been drawn up and we urge you all to sign it. If you want a copy of the statement emailed to you send an email to info@injusticefilm.co.uk with the words 'nstk statement' In the subject heading. Please spread the word and support this important initiative.
3. 'LICENCE TO KILL' - new film:
Migrant Media, the producers of 'Injustice' are making a new documentary film looking at state killings and the struggles for justice of families impacted, filming is now well under way. Many thanks to all those who got in touch and who have begun to work with us following our last bulletin. A production meeting will also be held in mid December. If you want to get involved in the making of this film contact the director at fero@injusticefilm.co.uk
4. 'Sweet France' - old film (and still relevant):
Winner Mentione Speciale Festival Images du Monde Arabe
Winner MilanoProvince Prize 5th Festival of African Cinema
'Sweet France' Migrant Media & Agence Im'Media's powerful 1992 documentary film charting the struggles of the Arab and African youths and communities in France will have a special screening in response to the uprising that has surfaced. There is a strong history of resistance to racist and state oppression in France and 'Sweet France' tells this story. Thurs 15 December at 6.30 'Sweet France' will be showing with La Haine at Offstage Theatre & Film Bookshop, 37 Chalk Farm Road, NW1. Details: 07788104609
To read more about 'Sweet France' and other Migrant Media productions log onto http://www.injusticefilm.co.uk/
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1. 'INJUSTICE' - international screenings:
Two important international screenings of 'Injustice' are coming up in Australia & Sweden. On 9th December the film kicks off on a tour of Australia at the Tom Mann Theatre, 136 Chalmers Street, Surrey Hills, Sydney. The 6.30pm screening followed by Q&A with special guest speakers Letty Scott and Gail Hickey and is a fund raiser for the Indigenous Social Justice Association Inc.
Details: 9318 0947 or isja01@bigpond.net.au We have been invited by Aboriginal activist Sam Watson In Queensland to bring the documentary to Brisbane for screening both on and before Invasion Day, 26/1/2006.We will then show the documentary in Sydney on or before the 14th Feb, 2006, which will be the 2nd anniversary of the murder of TJ Hickey by the Redfern Police.During March 2006 we will take the documentary to Melbourne to link in with the rallies and protests against the Commonwealth Games being held in Melbourne.We are also expecting further interest from country locations in these three states as well as the remaining states also.
On the 10th December 2005 the film screens at ABF huset, Sveavagen 41, Stockholm, in SWEDEN. The 7.00pm screening is followed by Q&A with film maker and is later followed by a debate on human rights abuses in the UK. The screening as part of the Amnesty International Film Festival and marks International Human Rights Day 2005
Other national screenings are being planned in the UK. Details of forthcoming screenings are at www.injusticefilm.co.uk
If you want to organsie a screening email us at screenings@injusticefilm.co.uk
2. 'NO SHOOT TO KILL' - statement:
The United Families & Friends Campaign, supported by the 1990 Trust, CAMPACC and other groups, has begun a campaign to build a movement against the shoot to kill policy. A statement has been drawn up and we urge you all to sign it. If you want a copy of the statement emailed to you send an email to info@injusticefilm.co.uk with the words 'nstk statement' In the subject heading. Please spread the word and support this important initiative.
3. 'LICENCE TO KILL' - new film:
Migrant Media, the producers of 'Injustice' are making a new documentary film looking at state killings and the struggles for justice of families impacted, filming is now well under way. Many thanks to all those who got in touch and who have begun to work with us following our last bulletin. A production meeting will also be held in mid December. If you want to get involved in the making of this film contact the director at fero@injusticefilm.co.uk
4. 'Sweet France' - old film (and still relevant):
Winner Mentione Speciale Festival Images du Monde Arabe
Winner MilanoProvince Prize 5th Festival of African Cinema
'Sweet France' Migrant Media & Agence Im'Media's powerful 1992 documentary film charting the struggles of the Arab and African youths and communities in France will have a special screening in response to the uprising that has surfaced. There is a strong history of resistance to racist and state oppression in France and 'Sweet France' tells this story. Thurs 15 December at 6.30 'Sweet France' will be showing with La Haine at Offstage Theatre & Film Bookshop, 37 Chalk Farm Road, NW1. Details: 07788104609
To read more about 'Sweet France' and other Migrant Media productions log onto http://www.injusticefilm.co.uk/
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Mon 28th November - James Lull
From Dave Morley, of potential interest to PACSF members:
Mon 28th November 6pm
Room 256 Goldsmiths Main Building.
The Push and Pull of Culture
Fundamentalism and Cosmopolitanism in a Crisis World
James Lull
Professor Emeritus
San José State University, California, USA
The push of culture represents the socializing influences that become partof our lives implicitly-the collective "demands of culture." The pull side emphasizes how individuals today have become active agents of personal cultural construction-"culture-on-demand." Tensions between the push and pull tendencies create uncertainties and threats, but also offer tremendous hope for the long term. Mass media, the culture industries, information technology, and personal communications technologies interact to promotethe discourses and forms of social interaction that will shape the future of our precarious world.
James Lull is one of the leading scholars in the study of transnationalcultures. His books include Culture in the Communication Age (2001), Media,Communication, Culture : a Global Approach (2000), China Turned On: TV, Reform and Resistance (1991) and World Families Watch TV (1988). Besidesthe USA, he has taught at Universities in China, Mexico, Venezuela,Argentina, Brazil, Finland, Denmark and Sweden.
ALL WELCOME
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Mon 28th November 6pm
Room 256 Goldsmiths Main Building.
The Push and Pull of Culture
Fundamentalism and Cosmopolitanism in a Crisis World
James Lull
Professor Emeritus
San José State University, California, USA
The push of culture represents the socializing influences that become partof our lives implicitly-the collective "demands of culture." The pull side emphasizes how individuals today have become active agents of personal cultural construction-"culture-on-demand." Tensions between the push and pull tendencies create uncertainties and threats, but also offer tremendous hope for the long term. Mass media, the culture industries, information technology, and personal communications technologies interact to promotethe discourses and forms of social interaction that will shape the future of our precarious world.
James Lull is one of the leading scholars in the study of transnationalcultures. His books include Culture in the Communication Age (2001), Media,Communication, Culture : a Global Approach (2000), China Turned On: TV, Reform and Resistance (1991) and World Families Watch TV (1988). Besidesthe USA, he has taught at Universities in China, Mexico, Venezuela,Argentina, Brazil, Finland, Denmark and Sweden.
ALL WELCOME
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