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Talk with Peter Sahlens about his book "Forest Rites: The War of the Demoiselles in Nineteenth-Century France."
Our first guest speaker on October 31, 2024 will be Peter Sahlens, the author of Forest Rites: The War of the Demoiselles in Nineteenth-Century France. We invite everyone to dress up for the occasion and to Zoom in from in-person parties. Since it will take place on October 31. Since the meeting will be held […]
"I Didn't Understand How Widespread Rape Was. Then the Penny Dropped": discussion with Dyan Neary
As part of The Ultimate Hidden Truth of the World is … reading group DGI organising a series of talks. On September 2nd, we will meet to discuss David Graeber’s essay I Didn’t Understand How Widespread Rape Was. Then the Penny Dropped. We will be joined by Dyan Neary, a writer, journalist, academic and documentary […]
Discussion Circles: Living the Carnivalesque Way
The Museum of Care right after Carnival4David in the wake of his untimely death. The Memorial Carnival4David, which is the founding project of the Museum of Care (and, in turn, the David Graeber Institute), was set up to celebrate David’s life. Since then, carnival has been a recurring topic of the DGI and the Museum of Care’s […]
Discussion Circles: Technology as a Social Relationship
The institute’s mission is to explore how technology can help create a system where essential resources—like food, education, energy, and medicine—can be produced and distributed freely. That is, the DGI in St. Vincent seeks to support the production of intellectually intensive, not labour-intensive technology. We are looking for technologies, traditional and cutting-edge, that are centred on […]
Discussion Circles: Who is David Graeber? Why are we in Saint Vincent?
The iniaugural discussion of the Discussion Circle series led and facilitated by the David Graeber Institute in St Vincent and the Grenadines. Nika Dubrovsky, Steve Keen, Vassily Pigounides and Steven Bachelor will give short talks on David Graeber’s life, work, and activism, including his research in Madagascar, and introducing David’s archive as a core resource […]
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‘There Never Was a West’, Part 4, by David Graeber
For this fourth edition of our reading group of David Graeber’s text ‘There Never Was a West: Or, Democracy Emerges from the Spaces in Between.’ we continue from p. 355-362 or from Traditions as Acts of Endless Refoundation until Part V. We welcome presentations on any aspect of this text, be it 1 minute or 10 minutes. […]
‘There Never Was a West’, Part 2 and 3, by David Graeber
We are combining Part 2 and Part 3 of our reading group of David Graeber’s text ‘There Never Was a West: Or, Democracy Emerges from the Spaces in Between.’ We continue from p. 337 to 355 or from the Parenthetical note until Traditions as Acts of Endless Refoundation. We welcome presentations on any aspect of […]
UNEDUCATION: OPEN ASSEMBLY MILAN, PART II: UNLEARNING
19:00 (CET – Italy, Croatia, Austria time ) A PROJECT IN COLLABORATION WITH CRITICAL STUDIES DEPARTMENT Please join us on June 30th, 2022 at 7 PM CET for Part II: UNLEARNING, an open dialogue about the UNEDUCATION project, based on sharing and framing of pedagogical practices. This talk will be the second episode of a […]
‘This Is Not an Enlightener’, with Cédric Mong-Hy
The fundamental principles, values, and rights upon which our societies are based were born from dialogues and joint actions between multi-ethnic stakeholders. Graeber relates to them in his essay on Pirates from Madagascar and in The Dawn of Everything. To challenge the idea that the enlightenment of our Western societies came from white-European-men alone, our guest […]
‘There Never Was a West’, Part 1, by David Graeber
Our next reading group will be David Graeber’s text ‘There Never Was a West: Or, Democracy Emerges from the Spaces in Between.’ This week we will start with the first 9 pages (p. 329-337), in which David offers a crushing and original critique of Huntington’s theses. Also, we welcome presentations on any aspect of this […]
FIGHT CLUB: David Graeber Vs Thomas Hobbes / Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Direct from ringside, live and online.
May 29, 17:00 Berlin time, live at HKW Berlin and online Facilitators Jamie Kelsey Fry and Savitri D and the entire Fight Club project team invite you to join a People’s Assembly. The People’s Assembly will open for participation after you’ve watched a live fight between Thomas Hobbes, Jean-Jacques Rousseau and David Graeber. The Assembly […]
A4kids workshop and public lecture
For: Children from 7 – 16 years old and parents accompanyingWhat: Workshop and lecture ANTHROPOLOGY FOR KIDS IS A SERIES OF BOOKS, WORKSHOPS AND CONVERSATIONS EACH FULL OF PICTURES AND STORIES ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A HUMAN. During her art talk, Nika will explain why A4kids was an important project for her late […]
UNEDUCATION: OPEN ASSEMBLY ZAGHREB
A Project in collaboration with Critical Studies Department Please join us on May 25th, 2022 at 7 PM CET for an open dialogue about The UNEDUCATION project, based on sharing and framing of pedagogical practices, together with Andris Brinkmanis, Nikola Bojić, Ana Dević, Nika Dubrovsky, Ivan Skvrce and Marko Tadic. We will be discussing questions […]
Discussion of Walter Benjamin’s “Critique of Violence”
Walter Benjamin’s “Critique of Violence” is a seminal text that in just a few steps dismantles the very idea that any form of legitimate violence can exist, or that means can be separated from ends so that a just end can make a wrong means just. For that alone, this would be a great text, […]
‘Lifelong Self-Learning and Modern Education,’ with Keith Hart
The lecture will take place on Thursday 28th April at 6pm (London time) and will be entitled ‘Lifelong self-learning and modern education.’ It summarises the philosophy of education that motivates Keith Hart’s new book, Self in the World: Connecting Life’s Extremes. (An hour-long podcast there is interesting. There is a 25% reduction (£18) on the 314-page paperback with […]