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

[Jarrah]

Natalie and others - I reserved 2 tickets but it turns out I'm in Hamilton
for a work conference that night - so I'm happy to give them to some WAM
ers who wanted to go.

On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 10:31 AM, Natalie Hill <nhill10 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Frieda - nope :(  Just went to get reserve my ticket and they're already
> sold out.
>
> On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 8:30 PM, Dharra Budicha <dbudicha at sfu.ca> wrote:
>
>> 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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