[mobglob-discuss] Bob Everton Memorial Colloquium

[Fiona Jeffries]

Dialogue on Democracy: The Bob Everton Memorial Colloquium

For nearly twenty years, Dr. Bob Everton was a vital member of the Simon 
Fraser University as a student, lecturer, T.S.S.U. organizer, activist, 
mentor, and friend. His exemplary life was tragically cut short by a heart 
attack in December. The university was not only a site of great importance 
to Bob, but also one of ongoing contestation. But his lifelong pursuit for 
social justice and democracy could not be contained by the institution, 
carrying him from revolutionary Chile in the early 1970s to the Encuentro 
in Chiapas in 1996, to ongoing community struggles in his home of East 
Vancouver. Within the university, Bob was a source of inspiration for 
countless students and colleagues as he pursued a better world today 
through an enviable combination of curiosity, critical inquiry, militancy, 
love, and respect. Finally, Bob was one of the few remaining links - 
through the early supervision of Dr. Dallas Smythe in the School of 
Communication - to a radical history of SFU that cannot be forgotten.

On May 6th, a day-long colloquium will be held at SFU Harbour Centre, 
intended as a public gathering to remember, reflect, and act upon themes 
which animated his life as a scholar, activist, and beloved community 
member. We invite Bob's students, friends and colleagues to propose short 
presentations to begin dialogue on Community, Activism and University.

Potential starting points for discussion include:

·       radical pedagogy
·       non and anti-capitalist alternatives
·       popular memory
·       activist research
·       direct action
·       internationalism
·       radical social transformation and revolution
·       radical democracy
·       neoliberalism
·       precarious university labour
·       an ethic for the care of the self

While some presentations will comprise more traditional scholarly papers, 
we encourage any and all creative and diverse forms of presentations such 
as story telling, poetry, questions for discussion, video, song, puppet 
theatre, etc. All presentations should be short (10 minutes maximum). The 
final format of the colloquium will be determined by the proposals. 
Regardless, the emphasis will be on creating an inclusive comfortable space 
with a focus on stimulating dialogue among all in attendance. The day will 
conclude with a brief memorial for Bob, followed by a party of remembrance 
and celebration.

Please send your proposals to bob-colloquium at sfu.ca by February 28.
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