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

[Sheri Lucas]

I don't check my e-mail often enough!

If anyone else has a spare ticket, I'd love to join, too!

All the best,


On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 11:11 AM, Frieda Werden <frieda.werden at gmail.com> wrote:
> I reserved two, so you can go with me, Dharra.
>
> 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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