TONITE!: RE-CREATING THE COMMONS (with Silvia Federici & Suresh Naidu)

Opening Panel of Study In Action 2012:
RE-CREATING THE COMMONS

FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 6:30pm
7th floor, Hall Building, Concordia University
(métro Guy-Concordia) MONTREAL

with Silvia Federici (Caliban and the Witch), Suresh Naidu (Occupy Wall Street), Julie Châteauvert (Les femmes ont faim), Shannon Franssen (Solidarité St-Henri)

– Free! Welcome to all!
– Wheelchair accessible.
– Whisper translation in English and French.
– ASL translation available for opening panel.
– Childcare available on-site
Study In Action this year draws its inspiration from the resistance in public spaces worldwide — from Tahrir Square to Spain’s indignados, from Occupy Wall Street to local community organizing. The opening panel will explore the reclamation of community spaces in diverse ways — including local examples related to gentrification and public art. We’ll discuss together how to reclaim and create the commons, in resistance to capitalism & patriarchy.
We will discuss the idea of “commons” acknowledging that Canada is a settler state, on occupied Indigenous lands, and that understanding Indigenous perspectives and struggles is crucial to navigating how we ultimately share so-called “public space.”
Confirmed speakers include:
– JULIE CHÂTEAUVERT: member of the local art collectives Les femmes ont faim, Les delicates Attentions and Artivistic. She was also the coordinator for community relations for the Dare-Dare Center
– SILVIA FEDERICI: scholar, teacher, and activist; member of the Midnight Notes Collective; author of Caliban and the Witch: Women, the Body and Primitive Accumulation. Sample articles: Women, Land Struggles and the Reconstruction of the Commons & Feminism and the Politics of the Commons
– SHANNON FRANSSEN: coordinator of Solidarité St-Henri, a coalition of anti-poverty community groups involved with public space issues in the southwest, including community opposition to the Turcot highway interchange.
– SURESH NAIDU: Assistant Professor of Economics and Public Affairs at Columbia University, and active participant at Occupy Wall Street. More info about Suresh and Occupy Wall Street here.
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This panel opens the STUDY IN ACTION weekend, which will include 7 panels, 6 workshops and the ART IN ACTION exhibition featuring close to 30 exhibits. Together, STUDY IN ACTION & ART IN ACTION highlight undergraduate, community and artistic contributions to social and environmental justice research and ideas.
STUDY IN ACTION / ART IN ACTION events take place on the 7th floor of the Hall Building – 1455 de Maisonneuve West, métro Guy-Concordia. Wheelchair accessible.
STUDY IN ACTION is a joint project of QPIRG Concordia & QPIRG McGill.
Info: https://www.qpirgconcordia.org/studyinaction – 514-848-7585 – studyinaction@qpirgconcordia.org