[LAF] Radical Research Event Late June?

[stevphen shukaitis]

Cool.

I'm not much good with sorting out spaces (sorry about that). Could  
see about sorting out space at Queen Mary, or not. Might be a pain.

Would rampart work for something like this? I would think so - but I  
could be wrong. Should I try and contact them or is someone in London  
better suited for such a querying?

cheers
stevphen




On May 29, 2007, at 1:55 PM, EDMUND MCARTHUR wrote:

> Stevphen, Everyone
> If we could sort out a venue this would be good
> solve the problem of the June meeting, but i Barry if you want to  
> do your art thing we could do 2 in June or you could do yours in July
> Ed
>
> stevphen shukaitis <stevphen at mutualaid.org> wrote:
> Hellos...
>
> So I'll be coming back through London near the end of June and was  
> wondering if I could possibly interest you in some form in having  
> an event around this snazzy new book I've been working on that just  
> came out on AK Press a week or so ago (information below).
>
> If there would be some interest in that it would be great - if not  
> that's understandable. I think a few of the contributors to the  
> collection are close to London and probably could come along as well.
>
> Cheers
> Stevphen
>
>
> Constituent Imagination: Militant Investigations, Collective  
> Theorization
>
> http://www.constituentimagination.net
> Edited by Stevphen Shukaitis + David Graeber with Erika Biddle
>
> From the ivory tower to the barricades!
> Radical intellectuals explore the relationship between research and  
> resistance.
>
> What is the relationship of radical theory to movements for social  
> change? In a world where more and more global struggles are  
> refusing vanguard parties and authoritarian practices, does the  
> idea of the detached intellectual, observing events from on high,  
> make sense anymore? In this powerful and unabashedly militant  
> collection, over two dozen academic authors and engaged  
> intellectuals—including Antonio Negri and Colectivo Situaciones— 
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>
> The book opens with the editors’ provocative history of the  
> academy’s inherent limitations and possibilities. The essays that  
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> corporatized universities, research projects in which factory  
> workers and academics work side by side, revolutionary  
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>
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