Part 2 of the Currencies Disconference at Harvard University: Knowledge as Currency
Currencies Disconference at Harvard University (Part 6)
Part 6 of the Currencies Disconference at Harvard University: David Graeber - Synthesis/Response
23 March 2012
Currencies are telling of our current time. Debt, labor, commodification, ownership, and consumerism structure and characterize contemporary life and academia. From the monetization and protection of intellectual property to the debts that students accrue, from the exploitation of adjunct labor to the re-productions of class lines, this dis/Conference seeks critical engagement with what has currency and what serves as currency in education and life today.
Together with David Graeber – anarchist, occupier, and anthropologist – we will engage the economies of academia by subverting its dominant forms of knowledge production. In the process, we will participate in the purposeful creation of an alternative model for scholarly engagement, beyond mere discussion.
Full conference https://soundcloud.com/occupyharvard/sets/currencies-disconference