A+T Grad Seminar 2024 Schedule
AI Grad Seminar Schedule
Tuesday 08.27Week 1: Introductions
Content:Assignment:- Since classes began in the middle of last week, our first meeting is Tuesday, Aug 27.
- Meet and discuss semester plan.
- Syllabus Review
- Semester plan discussion
Readings: None- Sign up for critique on the Discussion section of our Canvas page as discussed in class.
- Get a copy of Quit Everything: Interpreting Depression, by Franco 'Bifo' Berardi
- Highly recommended: Art in the After-Culture: Capitalist Crisis and Cultural Strategy, by Ben Davis
- Watch: The Trap: What happened to our dreams of freedom? Fuck You Buddy (Part 1 of 3) by Adam Curtis
- Learn basic concepts of Marxism via A+T Grad Seminar YouTube Playlist
Tuesday 09.03Week 2: BASICS: Class, Historical Materialism, Dialectical Materialism
Content:Assignment:- Discuss The Trap: What happened to our dreams of freedom? Fuck You Buddy (Part 1 of 3) by Adam Curtis
- Discuss basic Marxist concepts (Class, Historical Materialism, Dialectical Materialism).
- CRIT: Ebenezer
Readings:- Prepare for crit (if you're next)!
- WATCH: The Trap: The Lonely Robot (Part 2 of 3), by Adam Curtis
- WATCH: The Trap, We Will Force You To Be Free (Part 3 of 3), by Adam Curtis
Tuesday 09.10Week 3
Content:Assignment:- Discuss The Trap: The Lonely Robot (Part 2 of 3), by Adam Curtis
- Discuss The Trap, We Will Force You To Be Free (Part 3 of 3), by Adam Curtis
- CRIT:
Readings:- Make work.
Tuesday 09.17Week 4
Content:Assignment:- Discuss: Introduction, Desertion as Ethical Choice and Will, Potency Chaos
- CRIT: Hannah
- CRIT: Lainie
- Bullshit Jobs: a Theory, by David Graeber
- Princeton Concludes What Kind of Government America Really Has, and It's Not a Democracy
Readings:- Make work.
- Experience, Sympathy, Subjectivity pp. 29-44
- The Psycho-Cultural Roots of the Contemporary Ethical Catastrophe pp. 45-52
Tuesday 09.24Week 5
Content:Assignment:- CRIT: Lindsay
- Discuss: Experience, Sympathy, Subjectivity AND The Psycho-Cultural Roots of the Contemporary Ethical Catastrophe
Readings:- Make work.
- Why War? pp. 53-72
- Trans-Humanism and Geronto-Fascism pp. 73-80
Tuesday 10.01Week 6
Content:Assignment:- CRIT: Sam
- Discussion lead by Lindsay and Hannah: Why War? and Trans-Humanism and Geronto-Fascism from Quit Everything.
Readings:- Make work.
- A Short History of Happiness pp. 81 - 94
- Questioning Depression pp. 97 - 117
Tuesday 10.08Week 7: Hurricane Milton Week
Content: NoneAssignment:Readings:- Make work.
- Resign pp. 119 - 128
- The Unthinkable, pp. 129 -141
Tuesday 10.15Week 8
Content:Assignment:- CRIT: Hannah
- CRIT: Dylan
- Discussion lead by Dylan and Sam: A Short History of Happiness, Questioning Depression
Readings:- Make work.
- Desertion, pp. 143 - 157
- The Revenge of Concreteness, pp. 159 - 163
Tuesday 10.22Week 9
Content:Assignment:- Discussion lead by Elaina and Ebenezer: Resign and The Unthinkable
Readings:- Make work.
- The Double Defeat of Thought, pp. 165 - 171
- Neuro-aesthetics of the Unimaginable, pp. 173 - 182
Tuesday 10.29Week 10
Content:Assignment- CRIT: Ebenezer
- CRIT: Lainie
- Discussion lead by Dylan and Hannah: Desertion and The Revenge of Concreteness
Readings:- Make work.
- The Post-anthropic Evolution of the Psychosphere, pp. 185 - 190
- Sublimation, pp. 191 - 193
- On Joy, Desire, and Old Age AND Post-scriptum, pp. 195 - 201
Tuesday 11.05Week 11
Content:Assignment:- CRIT: Sam
- CRIT: Lindsay
- Discussion lead by Lainie and Ebenezer: The Double Defeat of Thought and Neuro-aesthetics of the Unimaginable
Readings: None- Make work.
Tuesday 11.12Week 12
Content:Assignment:- Discussion lead by Sam and Lindsay: The Post-anthropic Evolution of the Psychosphere; Sublimation; On Joy, Desire, and Old Age; Post-scriptum
Readings: None- Make work.
Tuesday 11.19Week 13
Content:Assignment:- CRIT: Dylan
- CRIT:
Readings: None- Make work.
Tuesday 11.26Week 14: THANKSGIVING
Content: NoneAssignment:Readings: None- Make work.
Tuesday 12.03Week 15: Summary (last day)
Content:Assignment: NoneReadings: None- GROUP CRIT: One by one.
Tuesday 12.10Week 16: Finals Week (no class)
Content: NoneAssignment: NoneReadings: None
Thursday 12.12Exam Week: Final NONE
End of semester wrap up.