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Talk with Peter Sahlins about his book "Forest Rites: The War of the Demoiselles in Nineteenth-Century France."

31 October, 2024

Our first guest speaker on October 31, 2024 will be Peter Sahlins, 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 Sep 2, 2024 08:00 PM (GTM)

02 September, 2024 / 20:00

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 […]

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‘Lifelong Self-Learning and Modern Education,’ with Keith Hart

28 April, 2022 / 18:00

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 […]

Follow-up on the previous Assembly “What is War?” 

27 April, 2022 / 20:00

Dear friends and followers of the Farocki/Graeber project,I am happy to invite you to our 4th Assembly. This time, the main theme of the Assembly will be “War – Labor – Slavery”.When: April 27, 2022 08:00 PM London / 09:00 PM Berlin Preliminary program and materials:Part 1Follow-up on the previous Assembly “What is War?” (10-15 […]

David Graeber Philosophical Series: Whitehead, with Steven Shaviro

21 April, 2022 / 19:00

The third public lecture of the David Graeber Philosophical series will be about Alfred North Whitehead, and will be presented by Steven Shaviro and is entitled ‘The Art of Life: David Graeber and Alfred North Whitehead.’ The lecture will take place on 21st April at 7pm (London Time).  In this talk, I will first give […]

KARAOKE Reading Group. Theme: The Dawn of Everything

14 April, 2022 / 20:00

Announcing the next Karaoke reading group on The Dawn of Everything on the 14th of April at 8pm (London time). This will be the festive finale to mark the end of the twelve reading group sessions facilitated by Steve—also on the same book. The concept of the Karaoke reading group remains the same—if you don’t […]

A Further Exploration of Culture

31 March, 2022 / 20:00

In the concluding session of The Dawn of Everything reading group, people expressed their happiness with the reading group as it has unfolded through these many months and  a wish to continue. The group has initially decided to meet next at the regular time, to continue a discussion of culture as it figures in cultural […]

Farocki Graeber Residencies Program

30 March, 2022 / 18:00

curated by Antje Ehmann and Nika Dubrovsky This project began with a private lunch at Antje Ehmann’s home.Nika and Anti decided that David and Harun’s work, who did not know each other in life, would enrich and develop each other in an exchange of content, experiences, friends and followers. We have Assemblies, Discussions, Residencies, and […]

What is War?

30 March, 2022 / 20:00

This is a 3d Assembly of Harun Farocki/David Graeber’s project. This time we are going to talk about war. Antje Ehmann hosted private dinner with participation of Boris Buden and many friends to continue the discussion. We will keep this video private for the time being, but probably will publish it sometimes in the future.

Harun Farocki & David Graeber: what is war.

30 March, 2022

In light of the events developing in Ukraine the forthcoming assembly will be dedicated to the works that both HF and DG wrote, produced or sketched on the subject of war. David Graeber on the War. One of the unpublished notes on the war: Main points: non-segmented forager societies tend not to have war (though […]

David Graeber Philosophical Series: Bhaskar, with Frederic Vandenberghe and Douglas Porpora

24 March, 2022 / 19:00

The second lecture of the David Graeber Philosophical series will be about Bhaskar. It will be delivered by Frederic Vandenberghe and Douglas Porpora and is entitled ‘Critical realism and baseline communism. A heavenly discussion between Roy Bhaskar and David Graeber.’ Critical realism is a philosophical movement in the social sciences associated with the work of […]

‘Visions of Sustainable Economies’ Book Club: The Dawn of Everything – Part 3

17 March, 2022

Chapters 9-12 (pg 328-526) Thursday March 17 at 12:00 pm (Timezone: America/Chicago) Young Scholars Initiative Visions of Sustainable Economies – a Book Club Topic: The Dawn of Everything – Part 3 Time: March 17, 2022, 12:00 (Timezone: America/Chicago) Register to join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: here  DESCRIPTION OF THIS PART OF THE […]