[csaa-forum] University of Canberra McKenzie Wark seminar: "From thought as an occupation to some thoughts on the occupation"

[Glen.Fuller]

Dear colleagues,

 

McKenzie Wark is visiting Australia next week and is giving talks at
various places.

 

He will be giving a seminar at the University of Canberra. 

 

Location: Room B02, Building 2, University of Canberra

Date: Wednesday, 19 October 2011

Time: 11:00am - 12:30pm

 

>From thought as an occupation to some thoughts on the occupation
McKenzie Wark

 

Twenty years ago McKenzie Wark coined the term 'weird global media
event' to describe the then-recent events in Tiananmen Square. While
hardly on the same scale, the Occupation of Wall Street shares with it
certain characteristics as an event. In this presentation, Wark sums up
the trajectory of his research on media, culture and politics, with
particular reference to his new book The Beach Beneath the Street
(Verso). The book offers a timely reminder of the relevance in the
twenty-first century of the Situationist International. The last of the
great aesthetico-political avant gardes, their work foreshadows in many
respects the rise of the Occupation movement, which spread from New York
to over sixty American cities, and is itself an echo of the politics of
space that took place in Egypt and Tunisia earlier this year.

 

 

McKenzie Wark is Professor of Liberal Studies at the New School for
Social Research in New York City. He is the author of Virtual Geography
(1994), A Hacker Manifesto (2004), Gamer Theory (2007) and various other
things.

 

It is supported in part by the Public Communication Research Cluster in
the Faculty of Art and Design at the University of Canberra.

 

The Canberra seminar is open to the public, so please pass on to
relevant interested parties. Space is limited, however, so please RSVP
to glen.fuller at canberra.edu.au

 

Cheers,

Glen

 

 

Dr Glen Fuller

Assistant Professor of Journalism and Communications

Faculty of Arts and Design

University of Canberra

 

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