| Thursday October 8th 6:00-8:00pm
History Lounge 4th Floor Paterson Hall, Carleton University |
| Join the Carleton Centre for Public History for an evening of conversation about the intersections between the history of social movements and present day activist efforts. The evening is free and open to all – no registration is required. Please feel free to reach out to centreforpublichistory@cunet.carleton.ca with any questions or accessibility requests.
Information about the presenters: Learn from the Past to Struggle Today Chris Dixon In our present moment of intensifying crisis, many of us are looking for guidance in taking effective action with others to change the world. Past experiences of social movements have much to offer. Learning from such experiences can help us to reckon with the unique and not-so-unique challenges we face, grow our capacities for organizing transformative movements, and find durable inspiration to keep going. This talk will explore the political significance of remembering past struggles and the practical resources this kind of remembering has to offer our efforts today. Chris Dixon is the author of the newly released For the Long Haul: How to Stay in the Fight for a Better World. Are the post-2008 youth-led movements orphaned? Cihan Erdal This talk draws on Erdal’s award-winning dissertation on youth activism across Europe and asks how young people’s individual and collective imaginations engage with the political mediations of the riotous past. Based on in-depth conversations with young activists in four European cities (Athens, Istanbul, Paris, and Berlin), the talk foregrounds the conceptualization of democratic companionship with tradition. It elaborates upon how the temporal order articulated through activist narratives unsettles the hegemonic temporality of neoliberal governance, while also revealing some of its limitations and contradictions. Cihan Erdal is a postdoctoral fellow at Carleton University. |