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[Nettime-nl] Utopia Now - Lecture by Stephen Duncombe


 
 
 

Monday February 14, 2011
Time: 08:30 PM
Location: de Balie  (Salon) , Kleine-Gartmanplantsoen 10, Amsterdam
Entrance: 5 Euro 
Tickets available at the door or order in advance
Language: English
A coproduction of SKOR | Foundation Art and Public Domain and De Balie.
 
On February 14, the American sociologist and researcher Stephen Duncombe will give a lecture in De Balie in Amsterdam to mark the publication of Open 20, titled The Populist Imagination. On the Role of Myth, Storytelling and Imaginary in Politics. His presentation explores the possibilities of a new democratic imaginary. Duncombe advocates a dreampolitik that could serve as a counterweight to the nostalgic fantasies that are currently being promoted by right-wing populist movements.
 
Stephen Duncombe is a professor at the Gallatin School, New York University, where he teaches the history and politics of media.
 

 
As a political activist he writes about the intersection between culture and politics. His published works include Dream: Re-imagining Progressive Politics in an Age of Fantasy (2006). Duncombe is co-director of the College of Tactical Culture and of the School for Creative Activism in New York. 
Article by Stephen Duncombe for Open 20
 
This lecture is a prelude to the one-day symposium on Friday March 18, which deals with the roles played by imagination, storytelling and myth creation in politics today. Among the theoreticians, artists and graphic designers who will participate in this symposium are Rudi Laermans, Merijn Oudenampsen, Sarah Farris, Oliver Marchart, Aukje van Rooden, Steve Lambert and John Kraniaukas. 
 
About Open 20
Open Cahier on Art and the Public Domain is iniated by SKOR | Foundation for Art and Public Domain and published in partnership with NAi Publishers. Open 20 was guest-edited by Merijn Oudenampsen and deals with imagination and myths in politics, in populism and beyond. 
 
‘All power to the imagination!’, is a popular slogan identified with the 1968-generation. Now, right-wing populist movements such as the Italian Northern League Party (Lega Nord), the American Tea Party movement, the Dutch Party For Freedom (PVV, led by Geert Wilders) and many others are storming the political stage in Europe and the United States. These groups are using the political imagination to sharpen and fix identities, to appeal to an imaginary past, and to cultivate myths. 
Introduction by Merijn Oudenampsen for Open 20.
 
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