From s.harney at qmul.ac.uk Tue Mar 3 17:41:09 2009 From: s.harney at qmul.ac.uk (Stefano Harney ) Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2009 16:41:09 -0000 Subject: submission Message-ID: <00d201c99c1e$db331600$1663258a@busman.qmul.internal> Dear Comrades, Please find an article for your consideration for the Zero Issue of the Edu-Factory Journal. I wrote it especially as an essay rather than an academic article. Thank you for looking at it. Yours, Stefano Stefano Harney Director of Global Learning & Reader in Strategy School of Business and Management, Queen Mary, University of London Francis Bancroft Building Room 3.34 Mile End London UK Email: s.harney at qmul.ac.uk Tel: +44 (0)20 7882 7441 http://www.busman.qmul.ac.uk/staff/staff.phps.harney at qmul.ac.uk http://www.busman.qmul.ac.uk/gl/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Name: In the business school harney.doc Type: application/msword Size: 75776 bytes Desc: not available URL: From raunig at eipcp.net Wed Mar 4 15:41:31 2009 From: raunig at eipcp.net (gerald raunig) Date: Wed, 04 Mar 2009 15:41:31 +0100 Subject: http://eipcp.net/transversal In-Reply-To: <002601c98d05$3c488bb0$0b00a8c0@mcrg11> References: <49940139.353.2b33.1869401575@webmaildh4.aruba.it> <002601c98d05$3c488bb0$0b00a8c0@mcrg11> Message-ID: <49AE931B.4050007@eipcp.net> > From clod.zeta at gmail.com Wed Mar 11 22:34:23 2009 From: clod.zeta at gmail.com (claudia bernardi) Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2009 22:34:23 +0100 Subject: NYC// New school// Students return to building they occupied last december to reclaim student space In-Reply-To: <103f36b90903111433i141f7987j6c009a60889b9e76@mail.gmail.com> References: <103f36b90903111409w753144efr8a37139aaf58d7da@mail.gmail.com> <103f36b90903111411k3b5600cnd3f98aaf24420bc5@mail.gmail.com> <103f36b90903111411n5d67cc26ub726d51e58073899@mail.gmail.com> <103f36b90903111413j52e5a3bew912555fd2ee76d9f@mail.gmail.com> <103f36b90903111413k27274313j5f19b0888a49420d@mail.gmail.com> <103f36b90903111433i141f7987j6c009a60889b9e76@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <103f36b90903111434s4e159641q3cbf028ceab0338c@mail.gmail.com> NEW YORK, NY ? At 4pm Tuesday, March 10th, in direct defiance of the New School administration, students will return to the Graduate Faculty building at 65 Fifth Avenue they occupied last December. That action prevented the President Bob Kerrey from demolishing the building as planned. On February 17th, the building was re-opened after being cleared of administrative offices. It has since remained empty. But this will not be another occupation. Student organizers with ReNew School and the New School Student Environmental Action Coalition (SEAC) are organizing a "Clean Up the GF" action to celebrate and demonstrate for this important space for the New School community. [...] Read more www.edu-factory.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From excotc at gmail.com Tue Mar 17 05:03:26 2009 From: excotc at gmail.com (excotc) Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2009 23:03:26 -0500 Subject: March 2009 EXCO Newsletter Message-ID: *March 2009 EXCO Newsletter* *In this issue: * *Facilitator Workshop #2: Facilitate an EXCO class!* *Teach a class this summer with EXCO!** Join us on Facebook **March 1 EXCO Night* *EXCO Spring Showcase and Awards Night* *Class Profile: Dakota Solidarity* *Check out these classes starting soon!* *Get involved* *Facilitator Workshop #2: Facilitate an EXCO class!* Thursday, March 19th from 7-8:30PM Hamline-Midway Library in St. Paul (1558 West Minnehaha Ave) Open to all facilitators past, present, or FUTURE!! This workshop/discussion will cover all the basics of facilitating an EXCO class! * If you've always wanted to facilitate a class, but are a bit confused about the process, or just want to know more, this event is for you! * If you just heard about EXCO and are looking for more information before you dive in to facilitating, this event is for you! * If you are a current or past facilitator looking for some useful strategies and tips or just wanted to discuss your experience with other facilitators, this event is for you! The workshop will be a combination of facilitated discussion and how to tutorials on everything from filling out the application, to using the website, to setting the tone for a good and productive class. If you have input on things YOU would like to talk about on Thursday send an email to me at rosenblum34 at gmail.com and I will try to work it into the agenda. Last, but not least, some light snacks will be served!! *Aaron Rosenblum **Teach a class this summer with EXCO!* It?s not too early to start thinking about teaching a class with EXCO this summer! EXCO is always looking for new facilitators. Classes may take place anywhere around the Twin Cities, we strongly encourage you to find space in your neighborhood such as at your local library, community center, coffee shop, conference rooms, etc. Contact us with ideas or questions: excotc at gmail.com, 651-696-8010. We look forward to talking to you! *The deadline for summer facilitator applications is May 29. *(See the attached application).** *Join us on Facebook*** Check out our Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2412587597 ? Join the community and see who else is involved ? Add to discussions about what EXCO means to you, what classes you?d like to see in the future, what you have to offer, and more ? View photos from EXCO events and classes ? Hear about upcoming events and volunteer opportunities *March 1 EXCO Night* Thanks to all of the bands that performed at the March EXCO Night: Old Man Orville, Nancy Drew Crew, and Best Friends Forever. And thanks to everyone that came out to support EXCO! There was a great turnout and some great collages made in the class crafting zone! Stay tuned to see these ideas turned into reality! Attached are some pictures from the evening. See more on our Facebook page. *EXCO Spring Showcase and Awards Night* We sincerely hope you will join us for the upcoming April EXCO Night, our first ever EXCO Showcase and Awards Night. We are looking for classes or individuals that would be interested in participating in the showcase: dance, theater, music, food, whatever you and/or your class can contribute! Contact us by April 3 if you?d like to be involved in some way: excotc at gmail.com. Other things to look forward to at the Showcase: *All EXCO participants will receive a certificate of completion *Get your picture taken with the giant EXCO letters *Get your very own EXCO button *Celebrate the end of this EXCO session! More details to come- we hope you will join us for this exciting event! *Class Announcement: Dakota Solidarity- Return Coldwater Springs* Hello to those acting in solidarity with the Dakota Nation: I'm writing to ask you for your solidarity in the struggle to return Coldwater Springs to the Dakota Nation. Please sign the petition linked below, and post a comment on the national park website. These two - minute gestures, if widespread, will help to illustrate the power and support behind Dakota communities as they struggle to have regain this particularly sacred part of their ancestral homelands. Background and Updates on the Coldwater situation: Coldwater Springs is the most sacred place on earth to the Dakota people. It is the site of the Dakota genesis story. It is also the site of the genocidal concentration camp that followed the US - Dakota war of 1862. This land has been fenced off, polluted, scattered with abandoned buildings for many many years, under holding by the Department of the Interior: Bureau of mines. Now, finally, the bureau of mines is going to clean up and transfer the land out of their possession. The National Park Service is trying to take over the land, with interest in turning it into a tourist attraction and "historic site." Dakota people and their allies see this as a further act of colonization within a long history of genocide and the violent domination of Dakota land, people, culture and history. If the National Park gains control of the land, the Dakota will not have access to the site on their own terms. Dakota people have been denied the ability to hold ceremony on this most sacred site since colonization, and if the Park service takes the land, this denial and colonization will be reaffirmed once again. On February 23rd, Dakota people took over the "community" meeting set up by the Park Board to marginalize Dakota voice. There is a one-month comment period following this meeting, in which (you!) allies to Dakota people are strongly encouraged to let the NPS hear their opinions. Here, with our voices, we can send a message to the government that the Dakota Nation stands strong with many allies. There will be future opportunities to continually show solidarity in other ways, but for now, please sign the petition below, and post a comment on the National Park Service website, linked below. On the NPS website, please make sure to mention: - Restoration of Coldwater Springs means restoration of Dakota rights to the land - The federal government must clean up the land before returning it to the Dakota To sign the petition to get the site returned: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/return-coldwater-springs-to-the-dakota File a public comment with the National Park Service: http://www.nps.gov/MWR/sendmail.htm?o=11HS%28J%2A+%3AH%3BJ%3BFQV_ZEFLHE &r=/miss/parkmgmt/bomcurr.htm Thank You! *Paper Buck, Dakota Decolonization: Solidarity Education for Allies EXCO facilitator* * **Check out these classes starting soon* *Basic Songwriting *starts March 24, check the website for details and to register today! * Universal Verbal Language: Tracks of the Infinite on the Human Race * March 26, 7-9pm Room 1200, first floor Helland Center MCTC 1501 Hennepin Ave. *Get involved* EXCO is a 100% volunteer-run organization. Donate what you can in time or money to keep this amazing project and community alive. We have a number of volunteer opportunities and ways for you to get involved. Get in touch: excotc at gmail.com, 651.696.8010. Thanks for your support. When you act, EXCO grows! *Happy Spring! Callie and the EXCO Organizing Team* www.excotc.org excotc at gmail.com 651.696.8010 EXCO: The Experimental College of the Twin Cities Where everyone can teach or take classes and all classes are free! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: TeacherApp_summer09.doc Type: application/msword Size: 102912 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: class crafting zone.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 75217 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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This workshop/discussion will cover all the basics of facilitating an EXCO class! * If you've always wanted to facilitate a class, but are a bit confused about the process, or just want to know more, this event is for you! * If you just heard about EXCO and are looking for more information before you dive in to facilitating, this event is for you! * If you are a current or past facilitator looking for some useful strategies and tips or just wanted to discuss your experience with other facilitators, this event is for you! The workshop will be a combination of facilitated discussion and how to tutorials on everything from filling out the application, to using the website, to setting the tone for a good and productive class. If you have input on things YOU would like to talk about on Thursday send an email to me at rosenblum34 at gmail.com and I will try to work it into the agenda. Last, but not least, some light snacks will be served!! *Aaron Rosenblum **Teach a class this summer with EXCO!* It?s not too early to start thinking about teaching a class with EXCO this summer! EXCO is always looking for new facilitators. Classes may take place anywhere around the Twin Cities, we strongly encourage you to find space in your neighborhood such as at your local library, community center, coffee shop, conference rooms, etc. Contact us with ideas or questions: excotc at gmail.com, 651-696-8010. We look forward to talking to you! *The deadline for summer facilitator applications is May 29. *(See the attached application).** *Join us on Facebook*** Check out our Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2412587597 ? Join the community and see who else is involved ? Add to discussions about what EXCO means to you, what classes you?d like to see in the future, what you have to offer, and more ? View photos from EXCO events and classes ? Hear about upcoming events and volunteer opportunities *March 1 EXCO Night* Thanks to all of the bands that performed at the March EXCO Night: Old Man Orville, Nancy Drew Crew, and Best Friends Forever. And thanks to everyone that came out to support EXCO! There was a great turnout and some great collages made in the class crafting zone! Stay tuned to see these ideas turned into reality! Attached are some pictures from the evening. See more on our Facebook page. *EXCO Spring Showcase and Awards Night* We sincerely hope you will join us for the upcoming April EXCO Night, our first ever EXCO Showcase and Awards Night. We are looking for classes or individuals that would be interested in participating in the showcase: dance, theater, music, food, whatever you and/or your class can contribute! Contact us by April 3 if you?d like to be involved in some way: excotc at gmail.com. Other things to look forward to at the Showcase: *All EXCO participants will receive a certificate of completion *Get your picture taken with the giant EXCO letters *Get your very own EXCO button *Celebrate the end of this EXCO session! More details to come- we hope you will join us for this exciting event! *Class Announcement: Dakota Solidarity- Return Coldwater Springs* Hello to those acting in solidarity with the Dakota Nation: I'm writing to ask you for your solidarity in the struggle to return Coldwater Springs to the Dakota Nation. Please sign the petition linked below, and post a comment on the national park website. These two - minute gestures, if widespread, will help to illustrate the power and support behind Dakota communities as they struggle to have regain this particularly sacred part of their ancestral homelands. Background and Updates on the Coldwater situation: Coldwater Springs is the most sacred place on earth to the Dakota people. It is the site of the Dakota genesis story. It is also the site of the genocidal concentration camp that followed the US - Dakota war of 1862. This land has been fenced off, polluted, scattered with abandoned buildings for many many years, under holding by the Department of the Interior: Bureau of mines. Now, finally, the bureau of mines is going to clean up and transfer the land out of their possession. The National Park Service is trying to take over the land, with interest in turning it into a tourist attraction and "historic site." Dakota people and their allies see this as a further act of colonization within a long history of genocide and the violent domination of Dakota land, people, culture and history. If the National Park gains control of the land, the Dakota will not have access to the site on their own terms. Dakota people have been denied the ability to hold ceremony on this most sacred site since colonization, and if the Park service takes the land, this denial and colonization will be reaffirmed once again. On February 23rd, Dakota people took over the "community" meeting set up by the Park Board to marginalize Dakota voice. There is a one-month comment period following this meeting, in which (you!) allies to Dakota people are strongly encouraged to let the NPS hear their opinions. Here, with our voices, we can send a message to the government that the Dakota Nation stands strong with many allies. There will be future opportunities to continually show solidarity in other ways, but for now, please sign the petition below, and post a comment on the National Park Service website, linked below. On the NPS website, please make sure to mention: - Restoration of Coldwater Springs means restoration of Dakota rights to the land - The federal government must clean up the land before returning it to the Dakota To sign the petition to get the site returned: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/return-coldwater-springs-to-the-dakota File a public comment with the National Park Service: http://www.nps.gov/MWR/sendmail.htm?o=11HS%28J%2A+%3AH%3BJ%3BFQV_ZEFLHE &r=/miss/parkmgmt/bomcurr.htm Thank You! *Paper Buck, Dakota Decolonization: Solidarity Education for Allies EXCO facilitator* * **Check out these classes starting soon* *Basic Songwriting *starts March 24, check the website for details and to register today! * Universal Verbal Language: Tracks of the Infinite on the Human Race * March 26, 7-9pm Room 1200, first floor Helland Center MCTC 1501 Hennepin Ave. *Get involved* EXCO is a 100% volunteer-run organization. Donate what you can in time or money to keep this amazing project and community alive. We have a number of volunteer opportunities and ways for you to get involved. Get in touch: excotc at gmail.com, 651.696.8010. Thanks for your support. When you act, EXCO grows! *Happy Spring! Callie and the EXCO Organizing Team* www.excotc.org excotc at gmail.com 651.696.8010 EXCO: The Experimental College of the Twin Cities Where everyone can teach or take classes and all classes are free! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: TeacherApp_summer09.doc Type: application/msword Size: 102912 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: class crafting zone.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 75217 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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The meeting marks a new phase in the edu-factory project. The occasion of a face-to-face encounter embodies in a concrete way the peculiarity of edu-factory, that is the perspective of a transnational politics. In other words, the meeting provided a space in which to share, translate and build up a common language about the analysis of transformations to the university and their different forms of regional and trans-regional declination. It also provided a chance to discuss criticisms of the modern epistemological status of the knowledge, the meaning of the contemporary crisis, and action on the borders of the university. ? At the same time, the meeting was decisive for re-thinking the composition of edu-factory as a complex machine. We clarified the different parts of this machine (the list, the editorial board, the collective, the emergent network of struggles) and its forms of governance. This was necessary to deepen and define the already existing projects and spaces (the web-journal, the website, the list discussion), to plan new projects (meetings, the network of struggles), and to face central aspects, such as the question of funds. At all times we confronted these issues not as technical but as political questions. ? As regards the web-journal structure, we defined a proposal of two sections, developing the idea of the internal and external translation circulated on the editorial board list: one section on how the university works, the other on the processes of excess and defection. The possible names are ?Occupation? and ?Anomalies?. A third part of the web-journal will be dedicated to book reviews. ? For each issue, we propose to nominate a group of editors, consisting of people both internal and external to the editorial board. We discussed the question of peer review, based on the idea to open a battlefield on which to contest the mechanisms of measure and evaluation. The proposal is to have a process of collective reading, using an appropriate software solution, i.e. a wiki. ? For the zero issue, focused on the question of the ?double crisis? and programmed in September, we have just received some articles or availability to write. We?ve decided to start with a defined number of articles (3 or 4 articles for each section, and a couple of reviews). The proposal for the issue n. 1 (Spring 2010) is: ?University under occupation?. Another proposal is? ?How to start a university? (which would look at the processes and politics of founding new universities in places like China, India and Brazil). ? The abstracts of the articles will be translate in more languages, choose in a flexible way, following the topics of each issue and the various topics of the articles. Beyond the web-journal, we are planning to have a digest ? using the contacts with the publishers of the ?Global University? ? that collects two or three issues of the journal. ? We have planned a calendar of meetings in 2009, in which edu-factory will participate, collaborate or directly organize: Minnesota, Rome, Taipei, Salvador de Bahia, Kolkata. The aim of the meetings is to expand and consolidate the edu-factory project, and to change its composition at the various levels. ? We have discussed the proposal of the construction a network of struggles, that is a network of contacts all around the world in order to update the website rapidly, to extend and consolidate the contacts of the collectives, groups and political practices of resistance and self-education. This is way of experimenting with the passage to an organized network. To use a category that circulates in the edu-factory discussion, it is a way of moving from the communication to the translation of the struggles, based on their irreducible singularity and heterogeneity. At the same time, starting with the question of gender balance, we developed an important discussion about the question of the differences and their composition in the common, which is not the universal. We also programmed a monthly digest of the network of struggles. ? In the overall context of Winter Camp, we noted that the network form could follow two directions: on one hand toward the community or group, on the other hand toward instituent practices and the invention of new institutions. The latter is the road towards the organized network, or to the institution of the common, to use the words that circulated in the last round of list discussion. ? The meeting in Amsterdam has produced a ?road map? laying out plans for the edu-factory project one, two and five years into the future. It will be available and published on the website as soon as possible.