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

[Dharra Budicha]

Haha, I think I may be going as well! Just double checking with my schedule, but about to book a ticket very soon! So I may see you then Frieda! 

Thanks for the heads up Natalie! :) 

Cheers, Dharra 

----- Original Message -----
From: Frieda Werden <frieda.werden at gmail.com>
To: wamvan at lists.resist.ca
Sent: Mon, 19 Mar 2012 20:26:17 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Re: [Wamvan] Judith Butler is coming to Vancouver Thursday, May 24,	2012

Thanks, Natalie, I made a reservation.  Are you going?  anyone else?

On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 6:17 PM, Natalie Hill <nhill10 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> 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
> To: "ws-centre at interchange.ubc.ca" <ws-centre at interchange.ubc.ca>
>
>
>
>  * *
>
> *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
> *
> *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).
> ****
>
> 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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