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[UrbanStudiesCircular] Mar 28: The End of Everything: The Acceleration of Atelier van Lieshout
by urbanstudiescircular＠lists.qc.cuny.edu 10 Mar '19

10 Mar '19

The End of Everything: The Acceleration of Atelier van Lieshout Thursday, March 28 | 7:15 - 9:00 PM Pioneer Works 159 Pioneer Street Brooklyn, NY 11231 More information & RSVP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-end-of-everything-the-acceleration-of-atel… Have we reached the end of capitalism? The rapid depletion of global resources could prove the need for an alternative economic model. This idea is further articulated in the political and social theory of accelerationism, which suggests that the expansion—and ensuing destruction—of capitalism is the only way to bring about radical social change. On the occasion of *The CryptoFuturist and the New Tribal Labyrinth* <https://pioneerworks.org/exhibitions/atelier-van-lieshout-the-cryptofuturis…>, an exhibition by Atelier Van Lieshout (AVL) which envisions utopian modalities for living while warning that these can just as likely lead to a world of violence and extremism, Pioneer Works hosts an evening of consideration and conversation on this topic of economic progress and destruction. AVL’s body of work—largely made up of conceptual sculptures and architectural sites—is widely known for illuminating the connection between labor, power, and revolution and a potential new world order of scarcity and subsequent self-sufficiency. These works of art force viewers to posit the possibility of the end of capitalism. What, then, emerges in its place? When will that new economic system eventually break down under the inevitable cycle of creation and destruction that plagues the progression of civilization? In *The CryptoFuturist*, a fictional tribe of characters, the cryptofuturists, are living through an acceleration beyond capitalism and offering suggestions for economic alternatives through art, architecture, and design. A final question, then, remains: what is the role of the artist/designer in constructing utopias? *Paola Antonelli* joined The Museum of Modern Art in 1994 and is a Senior Curator in the Department of Architecture & Design, as well as MoMA’s founding Director of Research & Development. With a Master’s degree in Architecture from the Polytechnic of Milan, Paola Antonelli has also earned Honorary Doctorate degrees from the Royal College of Art and Kingston University, London, the Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, and Pratt Institute in New York. She has curated numerous shows, lectured worldwide, and has served on several international architecture and design juries. Her most recent exhibition, *Items: Is Fashion Modern?, *devoted to 111 items of clothing have had a strong impact on the world in the past 100 years, opened at MoMA in October 2017. She is currently working on the next Triennale di Milano, entitled *Broken Nature* (March 2019); on the book*States of Design*; and on a new Theory of Everything for design. She can be found on Twitter as @CuriousOctopus, and on Instagram as @paolantonelli. *Timothy Furstnau* is a writer, artist, and curator. His most recent book *How It Hurts, *a study guide for pain examinations, was recently released by Publication Studio (Portland). As part of the collaborative studio FICTILIS, his work has been exhibited widely. He has co-founded and curated several ongoing projects, including Museum of Capitalism, a museum memorializing the capitalist era, Writ Large, a program of screen-based writing, Shadow Art Fair, Michigan’s first DIY craft fair, and the microcinema and event space Bluish Barn. *Andrea Steves* is an artist, curator, researcher and organizer currently based in Brooklyn. Her recent projects deal with museums and public history, monuments and memorials, and the complex legacies of the Cold War. Andrea also works in the collective FICTILIS and the Center for Hydrosocial Studies, and is co-founder of the Museum of Capitalism. She is currently a visiting scholar at the Center for Capitalism Studies at The New School. *The Museum of Capitalism* is an institution dedicated to educating this generation and future generations about the ideology, history, and legacy of capitalism, through exhibitions, research, publication, collecting and preserving material evidence, art, and artifacts of capitalism, and a variety of public programming. A new exhibition of the museum is coming to New York City in Fall 2019. *Anwar Shaikh* is Professor of Economics at the Graduate Faculty of Political and Social Science of the New School University, Associate Editor of the *Cambridge Journal of Economics,* from 2000–2005 Senior Scholar and member of the Macro Modeling Team at the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College. His most recent book is *Capitalism: Competition, Conflict, Crises *from Oxford University Press 2016, his intellectual biography is included in the book *Eminent Economists II *from Cambridge University Press 2014, and in 2013 he was awarded the Social Science Prize of the NordSud International Prize for Literature and Science of the Fondazione Pescarabruzzo in Italy for his paper on George Soros’ notion of reflexivity entitled “Reflexivity, Path-Dependence and Disequilibrium Dynamics” in the *Journal of Post Keynesian Economics, *Fall 2010. He was the recipient of two successive grants from the Initiative for New Economic Thinking (INET) in 2011–2012. A prior book was *Globalization and the Myths of Free Trade *(2007, Routledge). He has written on international trade, finance theory, political economy, macroeconomic policy, the welfare state, growth theory, inflation theory, crisis theory, national and global inequality, and past and current global economic crises. Some recent articles are “Income Distribution, Econophysics and Piketty,” *Review of Political Economy, *2016, 18–29 July; “Race, gender and the econophysics of income distribution in the USA,” with Nikolaos Papanikolaou and Noe Wiener, *Physica A *415 (2014) 54–60; “On the role of reflexivity in economic analysis,” *Journal of Economic Methodology* (2014), 439–445; and “The First Great Depression of the 21st Century,” *Socialist Register, *(2011), Fall.

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[UrbanStudiesCircular] Mar 13: Contested City: Art and Public History as Mediation
by urbanstudiescircular＠lists.qc.cuny.edu 10 Mar '19

10 Mar '19

Contested City: Art and Public History as Mediation at New York's Seward Park Urban Renewal Area Wednesday, March 13 | 1:00 - 2:30 PM Urban Democracy Lab 20 Cooper Square, Square Room 222 New York, NY More information & RSVP: https://urbandemos.nyu.edu/event/book-talk-contested-city/ The Urban Democracy Lab invites you to support our friend and colleague Gabrielle Bendiner-Viani and celebrate the publication of her book, Contested City: Art and Public History as Mediation at New York’s Seward Park Urban Renewal Area on Wednesday, March 13 at 12:30pm in 20 Cooper Square Room 222. For those of you who know Gabrielle and are familiar with the struggles over space and place at the “SPURA” (now Essex Crossing) the book feels like an urgent reminder of how important the preservation of people—their livelihoods, their stories, and their quality of life—is to the health of our city’s neighborhoods. You can find out more about the book here <https://www.uipress.uiowa.edu/books/9781609386108/contested-city>. We have limited space for this event and will be distributing a limited number of copies of the book to those who participate in our working groups. Please RSVP directly to urbandemos(a)nyu.edu to reserve a seat. New York University and Gallatin provide reasonable accommodations to people living with disabilities who wish to attend events at the School. For every event, Gallatin staff will be on hand to assist guests. Please note that the entrance at 715 Broadway is wheelchair accessible. To request accommodations, such as a sign language interpreter, assistive listening devices, or large print programs, or should you have questions regarding accessibility for an event, please contact Gallatin’s Office of Special Events by emailing events.gallatin(a)nyu.eduor by calling 212-992-6328. Should you need an accommodation, we ask that you send your request as early as possible so that we have time to fulfill your request.

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[UrbanStudiesCircular] Fwd: FW: Job Openings at Wave Hill
by urbanstudiescircular＠lists.qc.cuny.edu 08 Mar '19

08 Mar '19

-------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: FW: Job Openings at Wave Hill Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2019 19:08:01 -0500 From: Jeffrey A Bird <Jeffrey.Bird(a)qc.cuny.edu><mailto:Jeffrey.Bird@qc.cuny.edu> To: Melissa Checker <Melissa.Checker(a)qc.cuny.edu><mailto:Melissa.Checker@qc.cuny.edu>, Allan Ludman <Allan.Ludman(a)qc.cuny.edu><mailto:Allan.Ludman@qc.cuny.edu>, Zhancheng Yin <Zhancheng.Yin(a)qc.cuny.edu><mailto:Zhancheng.Yin@qc.cuny.edu>, Gladys Sapigao <Gladys.Sapigao(a)qc.cuny.edu><mailto:Gladys.Sapigao@qc.cuny.edu> CC: George Hendrey <George.Hendrey(a)qc.cuny.edu><mailto:George.Hendrey@qc.cuny.edu> Dear colleagues, We have a few open positions at Wave Hill. Would appreciate if you can distribute to your networks! Youth Programs Coordinator The Youth Programs Coordinator will assist in the planning, administration and implementation of all aspects of the Woodland Ecology Research Mentorship<https://www.wavehill.org/education/woodland-ecology-research-mentorship/> (WERM) and Forest Project<https://www.wavehill.org/education/forest-project/> programs. The Coordinator will also lead activities and teach in the programs, and contribute to ecological restoration projects at Wave Hill and in surrounding natural areas. Full-time, year round position. Salary is $31,000. https://www.wavehill.org/about/jobs-internships/youth-programs-coordinator/ Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Educator Wave Hill is seeking an experienced educator to facilitate and co-teach a college level GIS course, Mapping NYC's Urban Environment: An Introduction to Geographic Information Systems. The GIS Educator will assist the lead GIS-course instructor in preparing lessons and lab assignments while supporting high school interns with field-data collection and project completion. Part-time, seasonal positon. Hourly rate is $16.50. https://www.wavehill.org/about/jobs-internships/gis-education-programs-faci… Restoration and Ecology Educator Wave Hill is seeking an experienced educator to facilitate and co-teach a college level ecology course, Restoration of New York City's Natural Areas. The Restoration and Ecology Educator will assist the lead course instructor in preparing lessons, leading in-class activities as well as fine-tune course curriculum, materials and assignments. The Educator will serve as the point-person for coordinating interns' summer long data analysis projects. Part-time, seasonal position. Hourly rate is $16.50. https://www.wavehill.org/about/jobs-internships/restoration-ecology-course-… Forest Project Crew Leader Wave Hill is seeking current college students to lead crews of high school interns participating in the Forest Project programs. Crew Leaders will work with the Senior Manager of Youth Programs and Woodlands Initiatives as well the Senior Crew Leader to develop a restoration plan for an assigned site and manage its implementation; along with guiding data collection, team building and educational activities. Part-time, seasonal position. Hourly rate is $15.25. https://www.wavehill.org/about/jobs-internships/forest-project-crew-leader/ Forest Project Senior Crew Leader Wave Hill is seeking a Senior Crew Leader to assist with the management of the Forest Project internship program. The Senior Crew Leader will oversee the implementation of restoration work of four Crew Leaders and 25 interns; as well as assist the Senior Manager of Youth Programs and Woodlands Initiatives with administrative duties, planning activities, special projects and field studies. Part-time, seasonal position. Hourly rate is $16.50. https://www.wavehill.org/about/jobs-internships/forest-project-senior-crew-… Feel free to reach out with any questions! Thank you, Joseph Staluppi Youth Programs Coordinator Wave Hill Public Garden and Cultural Center ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. For more information please visit http://www.symanteccloud.com ______________________________________________________________________

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[UrbanStudiesCircular] Apr 12: Our Economy! Economic Democracy & System Change
by urbanstudiescircular＠lists.qc.cuny.edu 04 Mar '19

04 Mar '19

Our Economy! Economic Democracy & System Change Friday, April 12 | 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM CUNY School of Labor & Urban Studies 25 W. 43rd Street, 18th Floor New York, NY More information & RSVP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/our-economy-economic-democracy-system-change-t… Can the economy be democratized? How can we transform it into a more socially inclusive and ecologically sustainable system? How can we combat the growing concentrations of power and wealth? What current practices point toward a participatory democracy and resilient next system? Our current political economy is unjust, anti-democratic, and ecologically unsustainable. This reality has led to a host of efforts to transform our political economy. This conference will bring together leading academics, researchers, advocates, and practitioners for a day of discussion on how we can achieve systemic transformation and make a political economy that is equitable, democratic, and sustainable. *KEYNOTE SPEAKER:* *J. Phillip Thompson*, Deputy Mayor for Strategic Policy Initiatives, City of New York *PLENARY SPEAKERS: **(list in formation)* *Sheila Foster, *Professor of Law and Public Policy, Georgetown University *Roger Green*, Co-Founder, Society for Effective Economic Democracy; Co-Chair of the Coalition to Transform Interfaith *Sean Sweeney*, Director, International Program for Labor, Climate and the Environment, CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies; Coordinator, Trade Unions for Energy Democracy *Panel topics will include:* · Energy democracy and the Green New Deal · Building the infrastructure for economic democracy · Creating a healthy cooperative ecosystem · Co-ops and immigrant workers · Opportunities and challenges of land use policy and community land trusts · Municipalism and workers' rights · Food co-ops and food systems · Public ownership and the state

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[UrbanStudiesCircular] Mar 11: A Livable New York: The Future of Community Green Space and Affordable Housing
by urbanstudiescircular＠lists.qc.cuny.edu 04 Mar '19

04 Mar '19

A Livable New York: The Future of Community Green Space and Affordable Housing Monday, March 11 | 7:00 - 9:00 PM The Auditorium 66 West 12th Street Alvin Johnson/J.M. Kaplan Hall The New School New York, NY More information & RSVP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/a-livable-new-york-the-future-of-community-gre… Little Italy's Elizabeth Street Garden <https://www.elizabethstreetgarden.com/> is a community sculpture garden with over 100,000 visitors a year and year-round free public programs. Currently, the City and NYC Housing Preservation & Development (HPD) plan to destroy the garden to develop affordable housing, office space, and luxury retail, despite a proposed alternative site for the planned development. These propositions have set up a false choice between the community's needs for public green space and affordable housing, and reflect crucial issues with City planning and the livability of New York. Join community garden representatives, activists, and scholars, as they explore access to public green space and the availability of affordable housing in a constantly changing city through the lens of Elizabeth Street Garden. The panel will be moderated by Kai Wright, a WNYC reporter and host of the podcast “There Goes The Neighborhood." Introductory remarks will be provided from Mia White, Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies at The New School, and Joseph Reiver, Executive Director of the Elizabeth Street Garden. Free and open to the public. Seating is first come first served. Current panelists are: - Mia White, Assistant Professor of Envrionmental Studies at The New School - Thomas Angotti, editor of *Zoned Out: Race, Displacement, and City Planning in New York* - Raymond Figueroa, President of the NYC Community Garden Coalition - Charles Birnbaum, President & CEO of The Cultural Landscape Foundation <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf3gHucqc6Jzm6MnPnbKMN5M6Qt7YcW2Q4…> Click here <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf3gHucqc6Jzm6MnPnbKMN5M6Qt7YcW2Q4…> to submit your question for consideration to be discussed by the panel. Presented in collaboration with McNally Jackson <https://www.mcnallyjackson.com/>, Elizabeth Street Garden, the Environmental Policy & Sustainability Management (MS) Program <https://www.newschool.edu/public-engagement/ms-environmental-policy-sustain…> ,Environmental Studies (BA/BS) Program <https://www.newschool.edu/public-engagement/ba-bs-environmental-studies/>, and the Urban Systems Lab <http://urbansystemslab.com/> at The New School.

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[UrbanStudiesCircular] Mar 14: Art & the Politics of Space
by urbanstudiescircular＠lists.qc.cuny.edu 04 Mar '19

04 Mar '19

Art & Politics of Space: One Day Symposium Visual/Scholarly/Activist Responses to Spatial Precarity Thursday, March 14 | 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center 53 Washington Square South New York, NY More information & RSVP: https://urbandemos.nyu.edu/event/art-the-politics-of-space-one-day-symposiu… The Latinization of U.S. cities has been accompanied by the rapid displacement of Latinx from their historically stronghold communities. Art and culture have been central to these processes, both to expediting gentrification and to strategies of resistance and Latinx place making. This is evident in the role art galleries and culture-based developments have played in the gentrification of urban cities as well as in the rise of Latinx artistic interventions that place culture and place-making at the forefront of their practice. This one day symposium will gather participating artists from PELEA Exhibit along with scholars who have been theorizing and acting through these processes in their work and practice. We will be welcoming the following speakers to speak at this symposium: Panel I: Thinking Through Capital and the Politics of Space *Amanda Boston *is the Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellow and an Assistant Professor/Faculty Fellow in the Marron Institute of Urban Management. *Zaire Zenit Dinzey-Flores* is an Associate Professor in Department of Latino and Caribbean Studies and the Department of Sociology at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. Her research focuses on understanding how urban space mediates community life and race, class, and social inequality. *Johana Londoño* is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Latin American, Caribbean, and U.S. Latino Studies at the University at Albany, SUNY. She is largely interested in the intersection between cultural studies, urban studies, and Latina/o studies. *Miguel Robles-Durán *Associate Professor of Urbanism and member of the Parsons School of Design Graduate Urban Council in New York. Lunch and Break Panel 2: Into Action *Shellyne Rodriguez *from Take Back the Bronx *Rigoberto Lara* from Sunset Park for a Liberated Future *Lena Melendez *from the Northern Manhattan Not for Sale *Sam Stein *is a geography PhD candidate at the CUNY Graduate Center and an Urban Studies instructor at Hunter College. Symposium organized by The Latinx Project Co-Sponsored by: Center for the Study of Africa and the African Diaspora (CSAAD) , the Institute for African American Affairs/ Center for Black Visual Culture IAAA/CBVC, (CLACS) Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Urban Democracy Lab, NYU Urban Initiative, and the King Juan Carlos Center

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[UrbanStudiesCircular] Mar 8: Rights in Transit: Public Transportation & the Right to the City
by urbanstudiescircular＠lists.qc.cuny.edu 04 Mar '19

04 Mar '19

Rights in Transit: Public Transportation & the Right to the City Friday, March 8 | 6:00 - 8:00 PM CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies 25 West 43rd Street, 18th Floor New York, NY More information & RSVP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/rights-in-transit-public-transportation-the-ri… Is public transportation a right? Should it be? For those reliant on public transit, the answer is invariably “yes” to both. For those who lack other means of mobility, transit is a lifeline. It offers access to many of the entitlements we take as essential: food, employment, and democratic public life itself. Rights in Transit offers a direct challenge to contemporary scholarship on transportation equity. Rather than focusing on civil rights alone, Rights in Transit argues for engaging the more radical notion of the right to the city. Join us as Professor Kafui Attoh of the CUNY School of Labor & Urban Studies and author of RIGHTS IN TRANSIT, discusses these topics with Eric Goldwyn of NYU’s Marron Institute. Professor Attoh will sign copies of his recently published book, and special guest artist Jimmy James Greene will display his artwork, featured in Attoh's book.

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[UrbanStudiesCircular] March 6th, free hour: Information Session on Master's Fellowships in International Careers from the U.S. Department of State
by urbanstudiescircular＠lists.qc.cuny.edu 03 Mar '19

03 Mar '19

Do you love travel and cultural exchange? Are you interested in an international public service career? Join the Office of Honors and Scholarships for a session on opportunities to fund graduate school and fast-track a career with the U.S. Foreign Service. We will be joined by the manager of several prestigious awards and the Department of State's Diplomat in Residence for the New York region. Both of our guests have also had first-hand experience with careers with the U.S. Foreign Service, so come learn from the experts! Date: Wednesday, March 6th Time: Free Hour, 12:15-1:30 pm Location: Honors Hall 17 Kosher Pizza will be served! ?

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[UrbanStudiesCircular] Fwd: Suffolk County Executive's Leaders in Training Program- Summer 2019 (Internship opportunities)
by urbanstudiescircular＠lists.qc.cuny.edu 01 Mar '19

01 Mar '19

-------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Suffolk County Executive's Leaders in Training Program- Summer 2019 Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2019 16:06:40 -0500 From: Sinesi, Melanie <Melanie.Sinesi(a)suffolkcountyny.gov><mailto:Melanie.Sinesi@suffolkcountyny.gov> To: Huttie, John <John.Huttie(a)suffolkcountyny.gov><mailto:John.Huttie@suffolkcountyny.gov> EXTERNAL EMAIL: please report suspicious content to the ITS Help Desk. Good Afternoon, The Suffolk County Executive's Office is offering student internship opportunities for the upcoming Summer 2019 semester. Areas of study include but are not limited to: * Business/Finance * Social and Behavioral Sciences * Computer Science * Communications/Journalism Participating Departments Include: -County Executive's Office - Community Affairs Division, Performance Management Division -Economic Development & Planning -Parks Department -Department of Public Works -Department of Social Services -Health Department, and more Applications are due by April 30th, with a minimum of 21 hours per week. This is an unpaid internship that is available for university credit. https://suffolkcountyny.gov/Elected-Officials/County-Executive/Suffolk-Coun… If you have any questions, please email: Intern(a)suffolkcountyny.gov<mailto:Intern@suffolkcountyny.gov> Regards, [Description: cid:image004.png@01CF8BDA.74068730] Melanie Sinesi Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone O: 631.853.5718 100 Veterans Memorial Highway, Hauppauge, NY facebook.com/stevebellone<http://www.facebook.com/stevebellone>

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[UrbanStudiesCircular] March 3rd: Stories Told By NYC Open Data
by urbanstudiescircular＠lists.qc.cuny.edu 01 Mar '19

01 Mar '19

Queens College students are participating in the NYC Open Data Week. The Tech Incubator at Queens College will host a free event on March 3rd, from 2pm - 4pm, at Campbell Dome: "Stories Told by NYC Open Data". Please come and join us and/or spread the word for us. RSVP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/stories-told-by-nyc-open-data-tickets-55235951… Best, Ying Executive Director Tech Incubator at Queens College?

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