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From: NextGenderation-list
hi all,
a conference on 'italian thought' that
d-e-s-p-e-r-a-t-e-l-y needs
injections of feminism :-)
i can still be amazed by the general absence of
feminist thought in
Hardt
and Negri's Empire, combined with the 'brilliant'
footnote in the
chapter
on Biopower (chapter two, footnote 17):
"In fact, from a methodological point of view, we
would say that the
most
profound and solid problematic that has yet been
elaborated for the
critique of biopolitics is found in feminist theory,
particularly
Marxist
and socialist theories that focus on women's work,
affective labor, and
the
production of biopower. This presents the framework
perhaps suited to
renew
the methodology of the European 'workerist' schools."
is this the meaning of 'being buried in a footnote'?
best, s.
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The Italian Effect: Radical Thought, Biopolitics and
Cultural
Subversion
Sydney University, September 9-11, 2004
Presented by: the Research Institute for the
Humanities and Social
Sciences, University of Sydney, the Institute for
International
Studies,
University of Technology, Sydney, the Centre for
Cultural Research,
University of Western Sydney and the Centre for
Research on Social
Inclusion, Macquarie University.
Aims of the Conference
After several decades during which the humanities in
Australia and
globally
have been strongly influenced by French thought, in
the new
millenniumthe
work of Italian thinkers is having a profound impact
upon intellectual
activity. The most notable signs of this Italian
effect are the
widespread interest in the work of Giorgio Agamben and
the popularity
of
Antonio Negri and Michael Hardts Empire, but this is
only to scratch
the
surface of the productivity of contemporary Italian
thought across a
wide
variety of disciplines.
This conference aims to address the current and
potential international
impact of radical Italian thought, focusing not only
on Negri and
Agamben
but also on the work of Franco Berardi (Bifo), Paolo
Virno, Maurizio
Lazzarato and others. Presentations will be invited
both on Italian
thought
and political practice itself
and on the
productivity
of this thought in a global context. We invite papers
on the following
topics:
---The Concept of Biopolitics
---The Theory and Practice of Autonomia
---The Multitude, Refugees and Globalisation
---Empire, Postcolonialism and Postmodernity
---Negris Political Philosophy
---The Thought of Agamben
---The Media/Cultural Subversions of Berardi (Bifo)
---Radical Thought and Cultural Activism
---Autonomia, the Crises of Marxism and
Anti-Capitalism
---Radical Italian Thought and Cultural Studies
---Italian and Global Media Subversion
---Italian Thought, General Intellect and Collective
Literature
(Luther
Blisset)
---Radical Italian thought and (Italian) Cinema
---Immaterial Labour, the Infosphere and Biopolitical
Production.
Keynote Speaker
Franco Berardi (Bifo)- Leading Italian nomadic
cultural theorist and
media activist whose media projects include Radio
Alice and Telestreet.
Presentations
Presentations should be of no longer than twenty
minutes and will be
organised into panels based around the above topics.
Abstracts should
be
sent by the 31st of May to: goddardmichael@???
or
timothy.rayner@???. Participants
will be invited to
submit formal versions of their papers by September
30th for inclusion
in a
publication based on the conference.
Registrations
Registration payments should be made out to: Sydney
University and sent
to
Research Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences
(RIHSS), Woolley
Building A20, The University of Sydney, NSW 2006,
AUSTRALIA.
The rates are as follows: Earlybird registration
(received by
31/7/04):AUD
$88 (Full)/AUD $66 (Concession) Regular registration:
AUD $110
(Full)/AUD
$77 (Concession).
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