Month: September 2020

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September 25: Fred Moten, Stefano Harney, Denise Ferreira da Silva, Manuel Callahan, and Annie Paradise

Dear seekers of more productive pleasures:

Many thanks to everyone who took part in our discussion the other week of texts by Denise Ferreira da Silva, Manuel Callahan, and Annie Paradise. We had a very useful and productive discussion, and look forward to talking to them, alongside Fred Moten and Stefano Harney…

This conversation will take place on Friday, September 25, at 4pm Pacific.

As further preparatory reading, we recommend:

  • The Undercommons, chapters 5-7:“Planning and Policy”; “Fantasy in the Hold”; and “The General Antagonism: An Interview with Stevphen Shukaitis”
  • If you have time, we also very much recommend a recent piece by Moten and Harney, “the university: last words”, which is presented and discussed here.

    • Our own discussion on Friday will take place on Zoom, of course. Because it’s 2020.

    (And from Friday, October 9 we will return to our lunchtime slot.)

    Please do feel free to invite others (whether they are in Vancouver or not) to join us. Virtual Koerner’s is aware that new Coronavirus cases are rising again, but we are holding on to our bubble, and pleased to welcome others, so long as they wear a mask. If anyone wants to be added to the list, they can be in touch with me.

    And again, we very much welcome and invite suggestions of texts, speakers, discussion topics, and so on. We especially welcome a) texts written by VK participants (short texts can be posted to our blog, https://blogs.ubc.ca/virtualkoerners/category/blog/), and b) suggestions for linked “cycles” of sessions that might include different kinds of texts on a common theme.

    You will hear information about subsequent meetings very shortly.

    We look forward to seeing you next week.

    Take care, stay alert, don’t panic, keep your distance, be kind, keep calm, and carry on

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September 11

Dear seekers of more productive pleasures:

Many thanks to everyone who took part in last week’s discussion about Fred Moten and Stefano Harney’s The Undercommons, and who also helped us to reflect as Virtual Koerner’s moves to its new stage, a new hallway in the undercommons.

A reminder: we will now be meeting every other week, on Fridays, usually at 1pm Pacific (with one exception, detailed below).

As you know, we have some more very special guests joining us on September 25, and we are currently preparing ourselves for their visit.

As such, for our discussion this week, we propose the following two readings:

We will meet to discuss these texts on Friday, September 11, at 1pm Pacific.

All this will take place on Zoom, of course. Because it’s 2020.

Then on Friday, September 25 (at *4pm* Pacific): We will be joined by Fred Moten, Stefano Harney, Manolo Callahan, Denise Ferreira da Silva and Annie Paradise.

And from Friday, October 9 we will return to our lunchtime slot.

We are sorry if this is a little complicated. We have had to scramble a bit to find space and time as everyone becomes increasingly busy. And VK is always at the margins.

Please do feel free to invite others (whether they are in Vancouver or not) to join us. Virtual Koerner’s is fully in Phase Four of lockdown, and we are delighted to see our “bubble” continuing to expand. If anyone wants to be added to the list, they can be in touch with me.

And again, we very much welcome and invite suggestions of texts, speakers, discussion topics, and so on. We especially welcome a) texts written by VK participants (short texts can be posted to our blog, https://blogs.ubc.ca/virtualkoerners/category/blog/), and b) suggestions for linked “cycles” of sessions that might include different kinds of texts on a common theme.

You will hear information about subsequent meetings very shortly.

We look forward to seeing you next week.

Take care, stay alert, don’t panic, wear a mask, be kind, keep calm, and carry on

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