GradCAM present Glenn Rikowski, May 25th, Dublin

dublin | arts and media | event notice Friday May 20, 2011 11:13 by The Praxis and Pedagogy Seminar Group - Graduate School of Creative Arts and Media, GradCAM praxis at gradcam dot ie

'Capitorg: Education and the Constitution of the Human in Contemporary Society'

The Praxis and Pedagogy seminar series at GradCAM present:

Glenn Rikowski

'Capitorg: Education and the Constitution of the Human in Contemporary Society'

Wednesday, May 25th, 6 - 8pm
Harry Clarke Room, NCAD, Dublin

The Praxis and Pedagogy seminar series at GradCAM present:

Glenn Rikowski

'Capitorg: Education and the Constitution of the Human in Contemporary Society'

Wednesday, May 25th, 6 - 8pm
Harry Clarke Room, NCAD, Dublin

Our lives are increasingly constrained by the social relations that capital coordinates. The educational discourses of neoliberalism; promoting literacy for job opportunities, economic advancement, and individual success, are of paramount importance to producing human capital rather than human beings. Neoliberal literacy includes training students and workers to accept 'a new work discipline' conditioning their will to maximize the accumulation of capital and wealth. As students increase their marketability, they are ' always already shaped by the labyrinthine circuits of capitalist desire.' ( McLaren & Farahmandpur, 2002) We are not just learning, teaching, and living in neoliberal capitalist societies, but are becoming 'a new life-form: human-capital' through the 'capitalization of humanity.' (Rikowski, 2002)

This is a free public event, however, places are limited, and booking is strongly recommended. Please send an email to: praxis@gradcam.ie to reserve your place.

For more information visit praxispamphlet.wordpress.com or www.gradcam.ie

Dr. Glenn Rikowski is a senior lecturer in Education Studies in the School of Education at the University of Northampton.

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