continent. is pleased to announce the addition of a new voice. From the worn, emotional streets of Athens, we introduce Nick Skiadopolous who will be posting here regularly on politics and philosophy and life on the edge of that wine dark sea… One thing is decisive: that Marxism has contributed and always contributes to the [...]
Our contributing editor, Feliz Molina, who wrote about the sad and sudden death of Akilah Oliver for our last issue, writes here about a Poetic Labor Day weekend and the meaning of being a poet now… The Poetry Labor Project is unlike any other event and blog on writing and working. It’s a democratic space that [...]
We are sad to report that the Autonomous School in Zürich, which has been squatting in its present location (Hohlstrasse 170) has been forced to relocate after occupying the building since April, 2010. But, thanks to the tireless efforts of Christian Hänggi, we are very pleased to announce that our symposium will be relocated to [...]
We’re glad to forward the following announcement from the Department of Biological Flow: 3 FUCKING METRES Moving Bodies for Democracy in Canada #CAN3FM While struggles continue around the world for the democratic right to vote, Canada had a voter turnout rate in its 2008 election of 58.8 percent, the lowest percentage in Canadian electoral history. [...]
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First we mourn the passing of colleague and spirited voice, Akilah Oliver, who died suddenly this week; an interview from Bomb is here…(what do you say in the silence?)…Paul Krugman reprises Naomi Klein’s remarkable shock doctrine in Wisconsin…while Joseph McCartin describes the emergence of an american workers rebellion…not since Mai ’68 in Paris however has [...]
Introduction Renata Lemos-Morais The possible ranks higher than the actual –Martin Heidegger Technology as an element constitutive of our In-der-Welt-sein, our Being-in-the-World, is the conceptual starting point from which continent. takes its guidance. continent. is marked by an editorial commitment to shed new light on technological processes of convergence that challenge traditional humanism and to [...]
Harvard University anticipates graduating its first PhDs that incorporate digital media into their dissertation in the next several years. The Graduate School of the Arts and Sciences has approved a PhD in “critical media practice” according to the Harvard Gazette. This is an extension of the recent media archaeology courses that have been splashing about [...]
Below is a brief selection from Bifo’s essay published in e-flux #20. While I begin with his discussion of the European situation, I think that his description of the University System as based on an army of under-(and for many, un-)paid researchers and post-doctoral fellows also describes the situation in the United States fairly well. [...]
The always excellent Eurozine has an interesting article from Roman Schmidt that briefly outlines the (brief) histories of journals started by 20th century luminaries. Did you know that Walter Benjamin and Bertolt Brecht, prior to 1933, busily plugged-away at creating a journal that was to be called Krise und Kritik (Crisis and Criticism)? Did you [...]