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Debt, Empire, and the Future: Dialogues with Michael Hudson | part 4
If one starts poking at the history of debt, what one discovers is not a history of honor, or integrity, but a history of violence, slavery, and war. The world’s great empires were built on debt, and the moral claims of creditors have always been enforced by the threat of force. Graeber insisted that the […]
Debt, Empire, and the Future: Dialogues with Michael Hudson | part 3
If one starts poking at the history of debt, what one discovers is not a history of honor, or integrity, but a history of violence, slavery, and war. The world’s great empires were built on debt, and the moral claims of creditors have always been enforced by the threat of force. Graeber insisted that the […]
Debt, Empire, and the Future: Dialogues with Michael Hudson | part 2
If one starts poking at the history of debt, what one discovers is not a history of honor, or integrity, but a history of violence, slavery, and war. The world’s great empires were built on debt, and the moral claims of creditors have always been enforced by the threat of force. Graeber insisted that the […]
Visual Assembly: A Playground of the Future / Sigana International Storytelling Festival
Ways of imagining a playground as a space of collectivity and care Every society relies on collective storytelling and social bonds. David Graeber and Nika Dubrovsky’s Anthropology for Kids books and workshops inspired the idea of Visual Assemblies, where people come together to collectively imagine the future. One long-standing focus of Visual Assemblies and Anthropology […]
Visual Assembly at Festival dei Matti, Venice
Between the 23rd and 25th of May, Nika Dubrovsky will hold a Visual Assembly at the Festival dei Matti in Venice, by involving speakers and participants in a conversation around this year’s theme of care and conflict. Held every year since 2009 in Venice, the ‘Festival dei Matti’ hosts a series of debates, lectures, interviews, […]
Spirulina Brainstorming Session / The Survival Kit Collection
We’ve just completed our first spirulina workshop in Saint Vincent, and we’d love to continue this work—not only by creating practical farms or supporting home-scale production across the Caribbean, but also by launching a broader campaign to explain why spirulina matters. Our goal is to shift spirulina from the elite health food market into something […]
Debt, Empire, and the Future: Michael Hudson & Devika Dutt in conversation with David Adler
The first part of this series will take part on May 2, 12pm NYC / 5pm London time. The discussion will be streamed online on the DGI Youtube channel. Don’t forget to subscribe to get a notification when we go live. If one starts poking at the history of debt, what one discovers is not […]
On pause! Reading Group: Mikhail Bakhtin’s book Rabelais. Session 7
Our Bakhtin reading group, which has been going for some time, is not ending completely—but we’re taking a pause. It may last until the summer break, or resume sooner, once our facilitators have more time to focus on preparing the sessions. Or perhaps, if we find someone new who’s enthusiastic about guiding the discussions. In […]
Exclusive Influencer VIP Public Space Event
We’re in public space in downtown Manhattan for the first time! Our reach is expanding more than ever before. We have a VIP party but there’s good news: because you’re on this mailing list you can get access to the HIGHEST LEVEL of VIP EXPERIENCE simply by replying to this email and saying hello! See […]
Islands in the Future / Michael Hudson, Ann Pettifor, Yanis Varoufakis
On April 14, the University of West Indies will host the final public event of the DGI April Gathering in St Vincent. Yanis Varoufakis and Michael Hudson will join us for a discussion on debt and its implications for Global South–North relations. Their conversation will be facilitated by Ann Pettifor. Share on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/davidgraeberinst.bsky.social/post/3lmovy4glws2zShare on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/660267483406947Share on X (Twitter): https://x.com/Graeber_social/status/1911376422095958477Share on […]
Islands in the Future / Open-source technology workshops
On April 11, the DGI team will visit the St Vincent and the Grenadines prison to continue building our collaboration on open-source technologies workshops for inmates. We will have presentations from: — Adrian Bowyer, engineer, founder of the RepRap project — a talk on self-replicating 3D printers and the future of 3D printing; — Igor […]
Islands in the Future / Spirulina dinner
The discussion on April 10th during the DGI April Gathering in St Vincent will be followed by a dinner to celebrate the arrival of spirulina superfood on our island. Spirulina is an amazing blue-green algae packed with protein, vitamins, and minerals. It grows in warm freshwater and is easy to cultivate in small, eco-friendly set ups. This superfood isn’t […]
Islands in the Future / Museum of Care & the Survival Kit Collection
We are living through a time of profound change. To advance the legacy of David Graeber, we ask: What could a truly progressive and broadly supported project for the future look like? Alongside these conversations, we will also be working on the grand opening of the Museum of Care in St. Vincent. This is not just […]
Bloomberg, Giuliani, and Property Investors vs. The People of New York: Street Fight
We’re back in public space! Bring your favorite 90s outfit! t’s finally being settled. For too long this battle has been one-sided. Now is the time to determine who will be in charge of the future of New York. Join our critically acclaimed mugging 102 course (beginner friendly) and use it to push back against an […]
Michael Hudson Lecture series / Money, Debt & and how they shape our collective political imagination
On April 4th, Michael Hudson will address questions raised during his previous talk at the David Graeber Institute. This discussion is part of the Michael Hudson Lecture Series, which explores the nature of money and how today’s political landscape drives a profound economic shift. As the long-standing tenets of neo-liberal capitalism crumble, we must ask: What comes next? This event […]
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Debt: The First 5,000 Years by David Graeber – Reading Group Part 4
Led and moderated by Steven Bachelor. We will be discussing chapters 5 and 6 this week. Here is a draft of the materials of the collective textbook on David Graeber’s book Debt 5000 years. If you want to add something, ask questions or comment You are welcome! Here is .pdf of zoom-chat.
Debt: The First 5,000 Years by David Graeber – Reading Group Part 3
Led and moderated by Steven Bachelor. We will be discussing chapters 3 and 4 this week. Here is a draft of the materials of the collective textbook on David Graeber’s book Debt 5000 years. If you want to add something, ask questions or comment You are welcome! Here is .pdf of zoom-chat.
Roy Bhaskar’s ‘Enlightened Common Sense’ and ‘From Science to Emancipation’ – Reading Group Part 1
“One of the most influential voices in the philosophy of science and a political revolutionary”David Graeber This inaugural meeting of the Roy Bhaskar reading group will introduce both these books and discuss the form this reading group will take over the coming weeks For this session we will be discussing the first chapter of “Enlightened […]
Debt: The First 5,000 Years by David Graeber – Reading Group Part 2
Led and moderated by Steven Bachelor. Here is a draft of the materials of the collective textbook on David Graeber’s book Debt 5000 years. If you want to add something, ask questions or comment You are welcome! Here is .pdf of zoom-chat.
大卫·格雷伯研究所开幕与“气候紧急状态”公寓 / 艺术全球展
大卫·格雷伯研究所将于2022年10月29日当地时间晚间7点，在伦敦亚历山大路住宅区（Rowley Way）的 52 Boundary Rd, London NW8 0HJ 宣布开幕，并举办首届“气候紧急状态”公寓艺术展（APT/ART – CLIMATE EMERGENCY），世界各地都会同时举办此次展览的平行展。
AptArt around the World: Celebrating the launch of the David Graeber Institute.
At 19:00hrs (London time), October 29, 2022, the David Graeber Institute opened with its inaugural Apartment Art Exhibition APT / ART – CLIMATE EMERGENCY at 52 Boundary Rd, London NW8 0HJ (Rowley Way) simultaneously with parallel exhibitions taking place all over the world. The David Graeber Institute opens two years after the death of David […]
Debt: The First 5,000 Years by David Graeber – Reading Group Part 1
This inaugural meeting of the Debt reading group introduces the book and present a special guest. More details will be coming soon on Chapter distribution.Led and moderated by Steven Bachelor.
David Graeber Philosophical Series: Peirce, with Federico Montanari
The David Graeber Philosophical series will resume after the holidays with a lecture about Charles Sanders Peirce, which will be presented by Federico Montanari and is entitled ‘Peirce, Semiotics, back to David Graeber. Perspectives for a revolutionary study of signs?’. In this seminar I would like to explore the interest and possible path linking David […]
Discussion of Walter Benjamin’s “A Critique of Violence” – Part 2
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, […]
‘THERE NEVER WAS A WEST’, PART 5, BY DAVID GRAEBER
For this fifth and final 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. 362-368 or from Part V to end. We welcome presentations on any aspect of this text, be it 1 minute or 10 minutes. Like a democratic university […]