Social-distancing and global lockdown orders have only magnified our already deep dependence on technologies of distraction, reminding us that electronic stimulation and profound boredom not only often co-exist, but are mutually reinforcing. This talk is a meditation on the liminal temporality of quarantine, and the ways in which rapidly coalescing digital environments reshape our sense of time, mortality, and the rather abstract gestalt that Marx called "species-being." As such, this speculative talk models some of the interdisciplinary and creative approaches taught within the Liberal Studies program.
Presented by Dominic Pettman, University Professor of Media and New Humanities.Â
Prep reading: Agamben, Profound Boredom.
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In The Current Moment: Perspectives from the Social Sciences and Humanities, 11 professors from The New School for Social Research share their own in-depth analyses on how a variety of contemporary social, political, economic, cultural and ethical problems have been amplified by the pandemic.Â
Presented by The New School for Social Research.
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This series of ten talks, free and not for credit, for current and prospective graduate students at the New School for Social Research, New School graduating seniors and BAMA students, as well as interested continuing graduate students, offers perspectives on the pandemic by ten NSSR faculty members from several academic disciplines, including Anthropology, Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Psychology, Sociology, Liberal Studies, History, Creative Publishing and Critical Journalism, and Gender and Sexuality Studies. Each thirty minute talk will be followed by a 30-minute discussion. Speakers will include Shannon Mattern, Mark Setterfield, Jay Bernstein, Deva Woodly, Robin Wagner-Pacifici, Dominic Pettman, Aaron Jakes, Jon Baskin, and Chiara Bottici.
Committed to amplifying diverse voices, The New School offers more than a thousand public programs and events each year, providing fresh perspectives and unique learning opportunities. These lectures, exhibitions, concerts, and performances feature prominent and emerging artists, activists, and thought leaders.
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