[Wamvan] Judith Butler is coming to Vancouver Thursday, May 24, 2012

[Natalie Hill]

Judith Butler will be coming to Vancouver for a talk at the Vogue Theatre
(see description below).  Sounds like a talk that will greatly complement
our upcoming UPRISING conference, which will address the intersection of
feminism and social movements around the world.

You have to reserve tickets, but they are FREE.

https://tickets.voguetheatre.com/Online/seatSelect.asp?BOset::WSadmissions::admission::performance_id=188CEEDB-54B6-4719-B052-0E8D96F30E2A


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From: Creese, Gillian <creese at mail.ubc.ca>
Date: Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 3:10 PM
Subject: [ws-centre] FW: Of Note: Judith Butler is coming to Vancouver
Thursday, May 24, 2012
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*Wall Exchange: Downtown Public Lecture - Spring 2012*

*Thursday, May 24, 2012*
Politics of the Street****

The Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies: Wall Exchange Downtown
public lecture - Spring 2012
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*Talk by Dr. Judith Butler, eminent philosopher, literary critic and
political activist

Thursday, May 24, 2012 7:30 pm at the Vogue Theatre (918 Granville Street).*
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What is happening when bodies amass in the public square, the university
commons, and the street, or when they gather for episodic "occupations"?
It seems we are in the midst of a new form of politics, one that depends
upon bodies amassed and moving together, holding firm, sitting still, and
even sleeping in public. Whether resistance in the streets of Vancouver,
Madrid, or Athens, the coming together of bodies in coordinated protest
worldwide takes new forms, even as it calls upon more classical ideals of
public action.  Can we say that this is a new politics of the body?  This
lecture will pursue the question: has contemporary politics taken a bodily
turn? Or have street actions become so media-driven that we are witnessing
a disembodiment of the public sphere?  What role does the body play in a
politics of the street?****

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