The Lacanian Left: Psychoanalysis, Theory, and Politics
The Lacanian Left: Psychoanalysis, Theory, and Politics
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decon
"Derrida's name is most closely associated with the often cited but rarely understood term "deconstruction." When responsibly understood, the implications of deconstruction are quite different from the misleading clichés often used to describe a process of dismantling or taking things apart." The real meaning of deconstruction. M.Taylor, 2004 Deconstruction departs from a refusal of authority; a negative response to any authority or determining power of identity. Deconstruction is not a method or a practice that can be applied to deconstruct an idea or an artifact. If something is deconstructible, it is already deconstructible; always already deconstructible. Deconstruction consists of anything would be to say it consists of deconstruction, dislocating, displacing, disarticulating, disjoining, putting “out of joint” the authority of the “is”. The same applies for deconstruction “itself”. Deconstruction is not reducible to an essential feature, task or style. Like any word, idea or meaning, deconstruction “acquires its value from its [...]
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10, 2007
October’s First Friday Shorts
These are some of the films of this year's October’s First Friday Shorts contest shown at the Tucson Loft Cinema. I will be adding more as they [might] appear on the web. Batman’s in the Kitchen, by Philip Lybrand http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLO4sGNQzVQ Civilization!, by John Baldridge http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wiRhVzsXFM The Option, by Rich SanNicholas Alice, by Mike Sterner Johnny Arizona, by Reese Stover Portrait of Brian Hanshaw, by John Mandish http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAuNnMqnDew Yearbook, by Josh Murray The Equation of Life, by Josheph Turetti http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbhYWCh1LBU Coney & Tot, by Tom Smith http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rV9OhcmEXds
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10, 2007
networks of design
3-6 September, 2008 University College Falmouth Cornwall UK Networks of Design "responds to recent academic interest in the fields of design history, technology and the social sciences in the ‘networks’ of interactions that inform knowledge formation and design. Studying networks foregrounds infrastructure, negotiations, processes, strategies of interconnection, and the heterogeneous relationships between people and things." Thematic Strands Networks of Texts: including images, documents & databases Networks of Ideas: including theories, disciplines & concepts (among them ANT) Networks of Technology: including mechanical & virtual technologies Networks of Things: including material & technological artefacts Networks of People: including collectives & individuals The themes will be composed of a number of sub-strands that may include panels on particular aspects of networks of sustainability, the media, gender, consumerism, 'race,' globalisation, communication, leisure, tourism, the exotic, actor network theory, theory and practice, metaphor, memory, cross-cultural networks, inter-disciplinary networks (art, craft, architecture, design, science), professional networks, [...]
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10, 2007
Slavoj Zizek
Here are some interesting thoughts and links about the work of the Slovenian thinker: In English: Zizek interview @ LUXonline,The Reality of the Virtual The Zizek Site A profile of Slavoj Zizek Zizek on Wikipedia Biography in English @ lacan.com IJZS Jodi's Blog Στα Ελληνικά: Απ' Εδώ Κι Απ' Εκεί Ελευθεροτυπία 3/10/2007 CriticalpsyGreece Σοσιαλιστικό Εργατικό Κόμμα Black Cat, Red Cat
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10, 2007
Slavoj Zizek lectures in the Univesity of Athens 3-4/10/2007
Here are the videos and the lecture notes (day1, day2) of the lectures that Slavoj Zizek gave at the Univesity of Athens in 3-4/10/2007. Ecology without nature (follown the link to see the rest of the series): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3h4HHT1bt_A Liberal Utopia: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMp8P3C_J7I The videos are from here : A little bit of this, a little bit of that.. (Απ' Εδώ Κι Απ' Εκεί) The lecture notes are from here: mnimon Links related to this lecture are: Άνθρωποι από καλαμπόκι
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10, 2007
Override Properties in SOFTIMAGE|XSI
Override properties can be used in many ways in SOFTIMAGE|XSI and can be quite useful for many situations. In this video we will s Override properties can be used in many ways in SOFTIMAGE|XSI and can be quite useful for many situations. In this video we will see an example of applying an override to an object. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWpkgGbOE5A CGIndia
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10, 2007
Scene Layers Overview in SOFTIMAGE|XSI
Learn to use scene layers in SOFTIMAGE|XSI in order to better organize different assets and elements. This can help to increase th Learn to use scene layers in SOFTIMAGE|XSI in order to better organize different assets and elements. This can help to increase the speed and efficiency of any project. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qs9IcWRSUQ8 CGIndia
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10, 2007
Clusters in SOFTIMAGE|XSI
Learn how to quickly create clusters in SOFTIMAGE|XSI, as well as some techniques for viewing and working with them. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcOuh6bNLzY CGIndia
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10, 2007
Navigating in hierarchies in SOFTIMAGE|XSI
In this video, we will look at some methods for navigating through a hierarchy in SOFTIMAGE|XSI. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjZ5pdQm52g CGIndia