<editorial board> zero issue: draft intro

Nirmal Puwar n.puwar at gold.ac.uk
Thu Dec 3 12:16:09 CET 2009


I like the suggestions Gary - perhaps you could pen a paragraph with this
information.

I also agree that we should re-consider using the word 'crisis' - it is
really becoming a little too over used, an empty generalisation. And even
tired to the extent it is a wishful mantra perhaps.

nirmal
On Thu, December 3, 2009 10:49 am, Gary Hall wrote:
> Looks good.
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> Myself, I'm still wondering to what extent there is a crisis, and for
> whom, and whose language it is we're adopting when we speak of their being
> a 'global economic crisis'. (After all, it could be argued that in the UK,
> many of those who are reasonably well paid, didn't loose their jobs, and
> don't depend on income from investments, are actually better off
> financially, since their mortgage rates have declined dramatically.)
>
> However, I agree with the suggestions made so far. It'd be good to
> include a little more about the current struggles around the university.
> And possibly about some of the other experiments with new
> and alternative models for the university that are being conducted, many of
> them online. They may not always be that interesting politically, but they
> do seem indicative of a wider desire for change.
>
> Gary
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> gerald raunig wrote:
>>
>> congratulations for getting it out in 2009! will there be any hints or
>> small texts included about the very actual occupations and struggles
>> from zagreb to vienna and california ....? g.
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>>> Dear all,
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>>>
>>> Please find attached the draft of introduction for the zero
>>> issue of edu-factory web-journal. Please read, comment, and revise it.
>>> The layout and the pdf of the various articles
>>> will be ready very soon.
>>>
>>> All the best,
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Dr Nirmal Puwar
Department of Sociology
Goldsmiths, London University.
Co-organiser of Methods Lab
http://www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/methods-lab/







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