Continental Drift a seminar with Brian Holmes

New York (Sept. 12-18)
part i

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PLEASE NOTE BELOW YOU WILL FIND:

ON THE LEFT, THE ANNOUNCED SCHEDULE
ON THE RIGHT, TEXTS RELATED TO WHAT ACTUALLY WAS PRESENTED

Also some of these links may be old, we will do our best to locate files

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Monday, September 12 (7:30pm)

Dialogues with Brian Holmes
Questions about the work so far, collaborations, Tangent University, etc.
Readings: basically the website at www.u-tangente.org
In the BH archive (left of the page) are two coherent groups of essays in English:
Hieroglyphs of the Future (2002)
Unleashing the Collective Phantoms (forthcoming)
Three turning points could be found in "The Flexible Personality," "Unleashing the Collective Phantoms," and
"Transparency & Exodus."
The idea is to situate a certain number of past approaches and get ready to move ahead.

Self-Presentation
THE FULL TEXT OF THIS SESSION CAN BE READ BY CLICKING HERE

Tuesday, September 13
Lecture at Cooper Union

Thursday, September 15 (2 parts)
Session I
part 1(3:00-5:00)
(Optional) Short presentations by Seminar Participants
with special guest Greg Scholette

part 2 (6:30-10:30)
Speed, Scale, Subjectivity
Towards a cartography of contemporary social relations
General introduction to the project of mapping the crisis in social relations, using the continental blocs as the basic framework of analysis. Cartography theory: the violence of flat representation; mapping the conflicting projections; three-dimensional articulations of resistance. The projection of American economic structures across the world in the postwar period; emulation and rivalry within the world system; towards the crisis of US hegemony. Guattari’s models for the self-organization of complex systems: towards a collective articulation.
Previous work by BH that could be interesting:
"Imaginary Maps, Global Solidarities" (version 1):

http://ut.yt.t0.or.at/site/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=251&Itemid=110
Some readings:
–Rana Dasgupta, “The House of the Frankfurt Map-Maker,” in Tokyo Cancelled
–David Harvey, The New Imperialism
–Suely Rolnik, “Politics of Flexible Subjectivity”
–Felix Guattari, Chaosmosi

Departure Points: Continental Drift
Or, the other side of neoliberal globalization
THE FULL TEXT OF THIS SESSION CAN BE READ BY CLICKING HERE

Friday, September 16 (2 Sessions)
Session II

part 1(3:00-5:00)
(Optional) Short presentations by Seminar Participants
with special guest Greg Scholette

part 2(6:30-10:30)
with special guest David Harvey

Let Them Eat Networks
Neoliberal theory and the de/construction of NAFTA
The Internet as Imperial infrastructure: hierarchy and constitutional dynamics; liberalism and the control of environments. The Pentagon’s new map: a program for the symbiosis of financially led development and military power. Plan Puebla-Panama: constructing connectivity. NAFTA and the Zapatista rising: history and poetics; theory of swarming; subversion and capture. From NAFTA to CAFTA. Ricardo Basbaum: Towards a diagram of the swarm. Questions about the first phases of resistance to continental integration.

Some readings:
–Gilles Deleuze, Foucault
–Thomas Barnett, The Pentagon’s New Map
–Subcomandante Marcos, Ya Basta
–J. Arquila and D. Ronfeldt, The Zapatista “Social Netwar” in Mexico, at:
http://www.rand.org/publications/MR/MR994/

David Harvey on Neoliberalism
THE FULL TEXT OF BRIAN'S REVIEW OF DAVID's BOOK

Saturday, September 17
Session III
part 1(1:00-5:00)
part 2(social event)

European Norms of World Construction
The EU and its two peripheries
The TransEuropean Picnic: a quizzical day on the outside. The map of European Norms. Neoliberal state-transformation: the Mild West and the Wild East; the social-democratic “core” and the neoliberal1 “new Europe.” Building blocs: Civilization IV (the corporation). The coded utopia of Makrolab.

Previous work by BH that could be interesting:
Interview with Kuda.org, “Looking out from the Margins,” also at www.transeuropicnic.org ("txts" section)
(also at u-tangente.org, BH archive, "Meteors" section)
Some readings:
–Bureau d’Etudes, “European Norms of World Construction,”
cover text:
http://ut.yt.t0.or.at/site/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=220&Itemid=117;main map:
main map:
http://ut.yt.t0.or.at/site/index.php?option=com_remository&Itemid=83&func=download&filecatid=39

–John Pinder, The European Union: A Very Short Introduction
–Bob Jessop, The Future of the Capitalist State
–Eastwood Group, “Civilizaton IV,” www.eastwood-group.org
–Makrolab project, http://makrolab.ljudmila.org/current***

Artistic Activism in Argentina
THE FULL TEXT OF THIS SESSION CAN BE READ BY CLICKING HERE

Sunday, September 18
Session IV
part 1(1:00-5:00)
part 2(possible social event)

Neolib Goes Neocon
Pastoral power and the bid for empire
George Bush and Billy Graham: born again for a new Cold War. Genealogy of the neocons, 1945-2005. Foucault’s analysis of pastoral power; the role of “value intellectuals” and media in the 1960s; the revenge of the believers. Totalitarianism of economic rationality; overextension of the postwar system; collapse of neoliberalism. Timeliness of Polanyi’s crisis theory. Perspectives for an oppositional culture.
Previous work by BH that could be interesting:
"Deflation anyone?", at
http://amsterdam.nettime.org/Lists-Archives/nettime-l-0207/msg00115.html

Some readings:
–Sara Diamond, Not By Politics Alone: The Enduring Influence of the Christian Right
–G. Burchell, C. Gordon. P. Miller, eds., The Foucault Effect: Studies in Governmentality
–Trilateral Commission Report, The Crisis of Democracy (1975)
– Wendy Brown, “Neo-liberalism and the End of Liberal Democracy,” Theory and Event 7.1
–Giovanni Arrighi, “The Rough Road to Empire,” at:
http://www.nu.ac.za/ccs/files/Arrighi%20PEWS%202003%20revised%20_1_.pdf
– Karl Polanyi, The Great Transformation

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*Introduction to Continental Drift*
New York (Sept. 12-18) part i ======================================= PLEASE NOTE BELOW YOU WILL FIND: ON THE LEFT, THE ANNOUNCED SCHEDULE ON THE RIGHT, TEXTS RELATED TO WHAT ACTUALLY WAS PRESENTED Also some of these links may be old, we will do our best to locate files ======================================= Monday, September 12 (7:30pm) Dialogues with Brian Holmes Questions about the work so far, collaborations, Tangent University, etc. Readings: basically the website at www.u-tangente.org In the BH archive (left of the page) are two coherent groups of essays in English: Hieroglyphs of the Future (2002) Unleashing the Collective Phantoms (forthcoming) Three turning points could be found in "The Flexible Personality," "Unleashing the Collective Phantoms," and "Transparency & Exodus." The idea is to situate a certain number of past approaches and get ready to move ahead. Self-Presentation THE FULL TEXT OF THIS SESSION CAN BE READ BY CLICKING HERE Tuesday, September 13 Lecture at Cooper Union Thursday, September 15 (2 parts) Session I part 1(3:00-5:00) (Optional) Short presentations by Seminar Participants with special guest Greg Scholette part 2 (6:30-10:30) Speed, Scale, Subjectivity Towards a cartography of contemporary social relations General introduction to the project of mapping the crisis in social relations, using the continental blocs as the basic framework of analysis. Cartography theory: the violence of flat representation; mapping the conflicting projections; three-dimensional articulations of resistance. The projection of American economic structures across the world in the postwar period; emulation and rivalry within the world system; towards the crisis of US hegemony. Guattari’s models for the self-organization of complex systems: towards a collective articulation. Previous work by BH that could be interesting: "Imaginary Maps, Global Solidarities" (version 1): http://ut.yt.t0.or.at/site/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=251&Itemid=110 Some readings: –Rana Dasgupta, “The House of the Frankfurt Map-Maker,” in Tokyo Cancelled –David Harvey, The New Imperialism –Suely Rolnik, “Politics of Flexible Subjectivity” –Felix Guattari, Chaosmosi Departure Points: Continental Drift Or, the other side of neoliberal globalization THE FULL TEXT OF THIS SESSION CAN BE READ BY CLICKING HERE Friday, September 16 (2 Sessions) Session II part 1(3:00-5:00) (Optional) Short presentations by Seminar Participants with special guest Greg Scholette part 2(6:30-10:30) with special guest David Harvey Let Them Eat Networks Neoliberal theory and the de/construction of NAFTA The Internet as Imperial infrastructure: hierarchy and constitutional dynamics; liberalism and the control of environments. The Pentagon’s new map: a program for the symbiosis of financially led development and military power. Plan Puebla-Panama: constructing connectivity. NAFTA and the Zapatista rising: history and poetics; theory of swarming; subversion and capture. From NAFTA to CAFTA. Ricardo Basbaum: Towards a diagram of the swarm. Questions about the first phases of resistance to continental integration. Some readings: –Gilles Deleuze, Foucault –Thomas Barnett, The Pentagon’s New Map –Subcomandante Marcos, Ya Basta –J. Arquila and D. Ronfeldt, The Zapatista “Social Netwar” in Mexico, at: http://www.rand.org/publications/MR/MR994/ *David Harvey on Neoliberalism* THE FULL TEXT OF BRIAN'S REVIEW OF DAVID's BOOK Saturday, September 17 Session III part 1(1:00-5:00) part 2(social event) European Norms of World Construction The EU and its two peripheries The TransEuropean Picnic: a quizzical day on the outside. The map of European Norms. Neoliberal state-transformation: the Mild West and the Wild East; the social-democratic “core” and the neoliberal1 “new Europe.” Building blocs: Civilization IV (the corporation). The coded utopia of Makrolab. Previous work by BH that could be interesting: Interview with Kuda.org, “Looking out from the Margins,” also at www.transeuropicnic.org ("txts" section) (also at u-tangente.org, BH archive, "Meteors" section) Some readings: –Bureau d’Etudes, “European Norms of World Construction,” cover text: http://ut.yt.t0.or.at/site/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=220&Itemid=117;main map: main map: http://ut.yt.t0.or.at/site/index.php?option=com_remository&Itemid=83&func=download&filecatid=39 –John Pinder, The European Union: A Very Short Introduction –Bob Jessop, The Future of the Capitalist State –Eastwood Group, “Civilizaton IV,” www.eastwood-group.org –Makrolab project, http://makrolab.ljudmila.org/current* Artistic Activism in Argentina THE FULL TEXT OF THIS SESSION CAN BE READ BY CLICKING HERE Sunday, September 18 Session IV** part 1(1:00-5:00) part 2(possible social event) Neolib Goes Neocon Pastoral power and the bid for empire George Bush and Billy Graham: born again for a new Cold War. Genealogy of the neocons, 1945-2005. Foucault’s analysis of pastoral power; the role of “value intellectuals” and media in the 1960s; the revenge of the believers. Totalitarianism of economic rationality; overextension of the postwar system; collapse of neoliberalism. Timeliness of Polanyi’s crisis theory. Perspectives for an oppositional culture. Previous work by BH that could be interesting: "Deflation anyone?", at http://amsterdam.nettime.org/Lists-Archives/nettime-l-0207/msg00115.html Some readings: –Sara Diamond, Not By Politics Alone: The Enduring Influence of the Christian Right –G. Burchell, C. Gordon. P. Miller, eds., The Foucault Effect: Studies in Governmentality –Trilateral Commission Report, The Crisis of Democracy (1975) – Wendy Brown, “Neo-liberalism and the End of Liberal Democracy,” Theory and Event 7.1 –Giovanni Arrighi, “The Rough Road to Empire,” at: http://www.nu.ac.za/ccs/files/Arrighi%20PEWS%202003%20revised%20_1_.pdf – Karl Polanyi, The Great Transformation