#SWAP: Alex Foti
Channel: iMAL Brussels
Date: 22/11/2017

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So, what about Politics? - #SWAP
Symposium @ iMAL, Brussels, November 2017
http://imal.org/en/activity/so-what-about-politics-swap

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Geert Lovink (Institute of Network Cultures) & Alex Foti
Precariat and new models of governance
In this duo presentation Geert Lovink (Amsterdam) and Alex Foti (Milan) discuss their recent work on strong ties and organized networks in the light of Foti's theory of the precariat. What’s the possible role of social movements and political parties in this era of right-wing populism and nationalism? Who are the inspiring actors these days and how do social movements come into being today? Antifa networks? Urban movements such as in Barcelona? How can neoliberal hegemony be broken? Is there something like European revolutionary subject now that the labour/social democratic tradition is all but collapsing? And what role is internet playing, presuming we cannot simply copy-paste alt.right memes and fake news into the European context?

About the speakers
Alex Foti is an editor, essayist and activist based in Milano. He was among the founders of ChainWorkers and EuroMayDay, early instances of the self-organization of precarious workers in Europe. Trained in economics, sociology, and history at Bocconi, the New School and Columbia, he has written several articles and books, including Anarchy in the EU (2009) and General Theory of the Precariat: Great Recession, Revolution, Reaction (2017).

Geert Lovink is a Dutch media theorist, internet critic and author of Uncanny Networks (2002), Dark Fiber (2002), My First Recession (2003), Zero Comments (2007), Networks Without a Cause (2012) and Social Media Abyss (2016). In 2004 he founded the Institute of Network Cultures at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences. His centre organizes conferences, publications and research networks such as Video Vortex (online video), Unlike Us (alternatives in social media), Critical Point of View (Wikipedia), Society of the Query (the culture of search), MoneyLab (internet-based revenue models in the arts). Recent projects deal with digital publishing and the future of art criticism. He also teaches at the European Graduate School (Saas-Fee/Malta) where he supervises PhD students..


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