Friday, February 8, 2013
Venue: Hemerdinger Hall, Silver Center, NYU (this is a large space that will allow for break-outs if we want to do that)
9.30 AM Coffee
10 – 10.30 AM Introduction to Militant Research
Isidro Lopez (Observatorio Metropolitano, Madrid)
10.30 AM – 12.30 PM Militant Research: Los Angeles/Southern California
A workshop led by Natalie Bookchin (Film, Cal Arts), J. Jack Halberstam (English/American Studies, USC), Alexandra Juhasz (Filmmaker/Media Studies, Pitzer College), Kara Keeling (Cinema Studies, USC) and Lisa Parks (Film and TV, USCB).
12.30 – 1.00 PM Lunch
1.30 – 3.30 PM Militant Research: New York
A workshop led by Amin Husain (International Center for Photography/Tidal: Occupy Theory), Yates McKee (Stony Brook University/Tidal), Nitasha Dillon (International Center for Photography/ Tidal), Andrew Ross (Social and Cultural Analysis, NYU), Joan Saab (Visual and Cultural Studies/U. Rochester)
3.30 – 4.00 PM Break
4.00 – 5.00 PM National and International Networks
Organizing and Research Workshop led by Nicholas Mirzoeff (Media, Culture and Communication, NYU) and Marina Sitrin (Center for Global Justice, CUNY Grad Center)
5.00 PM Reception