The Cultural Work of Building a New Economy

Sunday, June 8th, 9:30 AM to 10:45 AM
Room 442
Undefined

“Whenever we try to envision a world without war, without violence, without prisons, without capitalism, we are engaging in an exercise of speculative fiction.” – Octavia’s Brood (Co-Edited by adrienne maree brown and Walidah Imarisha) What kinds of culture have we constructed to support the current extractive economy? What is the role of culture in resisting that economy? Does political economy lead culture, or the other way around? This workshop explores the ways in which creative and cultural capital matter in the transition to a new economy, and presents strategies and frameworks for using arts and culture to leverage “speculative fiction” into a just, sustainable world you can see and feel.

Speakers: 

Sarah Baird

Center For A New American Dream

Sarah Baird is the Director of Outreach and Communications for the Center For A New American Dream.  She is a long-time communications strategist who has served as Deputy Chief-of-Staff for the Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky and Press Secretary to the Governor of Kentucky, where she also created the first-ever New Media Director position, in addition to advising elected officials and candidates nationwide through her consulting firm, Bread and Circuses Media.

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Andrew Boyd

Beautiful Trouble

I’ve written a few books and played a few pranks. I’m a long-time veteran of creative campaigns for social change. I started a company. We won a few awards. On a good day I’m funny. On a bad day, political. On a really bad day, philosophical.

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Nadine Bloch

Nadine Bloch is an innovative artist, nonviolent practitioner, political organizer, direct-action trainer, and puppetista, who combines the principles and strategies of nonviolent civil disobedience with creative use of the arts in cultural resistance and public protest.

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