Crisis

Friday, February 8, 2013

Venue: Hemerdinger Hall, Silver Center, NYU (this is a large space that will allow for break-outs if we want to do that)

9.30 AM   Coffee

10 – 10.30 AM  Introduction to Militant Research
Isidro Lopez (Observatorio Metropolitano, Madrid)

10.30 AM   12.30 PM  Militant Research: Los Angeles/Southern California
A workshop led by Natalie Bookchin (Film, Cal Arts), J. Jack Halberstam (English/American Studies, USC), Alexandra Juhasz (Filmmaker/Media Studies, Pitzer College), Kara Keeling (Cinema Studies, USC) and Lisa Parks (Film and TV, USCB).

12.30 – 1.00 PM   Lunch

1.30  3.30 PM  Militant Research: New York
A workshop led by Amin Husain (International Center for Photography/Tidal: Occupy Theory), Yates McKee (Stony Brook University/Tidal), Nitasha Dillon (International Center for Photography/ Tidal), Andrew Ross (Social and Cultural Analysis, NYU), Joan Saab (Visual and Cultural Studies/U. Rochester)

3.30  4.00 PM   Break

4.00  5.00 PM  National and International Networks
Organizing and Research Workshop led by Nicholas Mirzoeff (Media, Culture and Communication, NYU) and Marina Sitrin (Center for Global Justice, CUNY Grad Center)

5.00 PM   Reception