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The next event from the "Inimkond" seminar series will be hosted by David Griggs from the Screen Academy Scotland at Edinburgh Napier University and he will speak on the subject of "Cultures of Resistance: Situationism Revistedl".  

The seminar takes place on November 2 at 18 o'clock in room A-325.

Abstract

50 years on, and Capitalism still appears pregnant with immanent collapse. Howard Caygill (2015) writing on resistance, defined 1968 as the apogee of the Situationiste Internationale. This he declared left resistance at a moment of unfulfilled potential.

In 1977, Chris Marker released "Grin Without A Cat", his essay film on the political tumult of the 1960s and 1970s, exploring the social upheavals across the world from Vietnam, Cuba and Paris. In preparation for my own practice led research on ‘Cultures of Resistance’, I will be exploring the notion that Situationism in its method of détournement and dérive, continue up to today, the experience of which can be found in cultural movements such as AnarchoPunk, pacifist protest movements like Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament and Campaign Against The Arms Trade, Pranksterism such as the Yes Men, and Design Anarchy - Adbusters and Brandalism, as well as in Civil Rights most notably the rise of Social Media and #BlackLivesMatter.

In this session, I will introduce my research briefly, then we will watch the first part of "Grin Without A Cat". If time permits, a discussion will follow.Biography: David has a background in Visual Anthropology, Documentary Production and Web Design. He has produced and directed documentaries in Lesotho, RSA, consulted in Web based productions for Health Online Project and JISC as well as making a short documentary for Learning and Teaching Scotland. He consulted on the web presence with Hopscotch Films for Mark Cousins 'Story of FIlm' and has developed the Screen Academy Scotland website. Presently he is involved in the production of 'Word Made Flesh' a series of interviews directed by Devlin Crow for the MS Society. He was the researcher for Media Masters Online and continues his interests in online pedagogy in his role as Learning Technologist. For the last 4 years he has been lecturing on the subject of interactivity, focusing on Virtual Worlds, Alternate Reality Games, Pervasive Gaming and Web 2.0 tools, Crowdsourcing and Crowdfunding.

Biography

David has a background in Visual Anthropology, Documentary Production and Web Design. He has produced and directed documentaries in Lesotho, RSA, consulted in Web based productions for Health Online Project and JISC as well as making a short documentary for Learning and Teaching Scotland. He consulted on the web presence with Hopscotch Films for Mark Cousins 'Story of FIlm' and has developed the Screen Academy Scotland website. Presently he is involved in the production of 'Word Made Flesh' a series of interviews directed by Devlin Crow for the MS Society. He was the researcher for Media Masters Online and continues his interests in online pedagogy in his role as Learning Technologist. For the last 4 years he has been lecturing on the subject of interactivity, focusing on Virtual Worlds, Alternate Reality Games, Pervasive Gaming and Web 2.0 tools, Crowdsourcing and Crowdfunding.