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Topic Development: A general reiteration of some thoughts…

Posted in notes, works in progress with tags , , on March 22, 2008 by kara Q

Topic: Cultures of Rebellion: Art and Music in Urban Culture

Smith is interested in how subcultures matter politically, socially and culturally. She is interested in thinking about the relation between subcultures and cultures of rebellion in the 1960s and 70s and today, and exploring the possibilities that subcultures find a space of action and effectiveness in a space between art and political economy. She is working to narrow her focus, to think about Situationist actions, graffiti, music.

Spivak on culture…

Posted in quotes with tags , , on March 10, 2008 by kara Q

“Culture is its own explanations.”

-Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, “Terror: A Speech After 9-11″ (89)