[oberlist] PL* call/conf: "The labor of multitudes? Political economy of social creativity", Free / Slow University of Warsaw, October 2011

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Subject: [transversal] Open Call for Contributions to Conference "The
labor of multitudes? Political economy of social creativity", Free / Slow
University of Warsaw, October 2011
From:    "Kuba Szreder" <derszer at wp.pl>
Date:    Fri, July 29, 2011 7:20 pm
To:      transversal-list at eipcp.net
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Free/Slow University of Warsaw announces Open Call for Contributions:
international conference "/The labor of multitudes? Political economy of
social creativity/"
Warsaw**20th - 22nd of October 2011*
*More information: *www.wuw-warsaw.pl


Addressing the issue of social economy of creativity we seek to enlarge
the spectrum of creativity’s political economy. Creativity refers to
many things: it is both a means of production and a fetish of
consumption, a sheer ideology of the capitalism which calls itself
post-industrial and an efficient device of social and industrial
management, it reflects the elitist privilege of the ruling elite as
well as the aspirations of the underprivileged rabble.
If it is true that contemporary capitalism has made an decisive shiftin
its modes of producing value then creativity and in particular
collective creativity becomes a central category for the society as a
whole. And artistic and cultural modes of production (along with
scientific ones) are no longer merely supplementaryfields of
capitalistic social infrastructure. They become central sectors of
production to which other fields of social labor remain subordinated in
economical as well as in symbolic way. They not only accumulate most of
the value but also are laboratories for social innovation. Consequently
they should also provide a playground and battlefield for new social
struggles, reemerging capitalistic contradictions and new forms
ofappropriation and exploitation.
Or maybe the new paradigm is just a humbug that covers up the overall
crisis of the existing one. Maybe we still linger under the rule of the
old law of value based rather on living labor then creative networking.
In this case the new social economy of the creativity would be a
powerful symptom of a present crisis and it could be analyzed as such.
Either of the approaches are welcome.

We are calling for theoretical contributions or artistic interventions
in the five following fields:

1. Ideological appropriations: cognitive capitalism and creative industries.
2. The future of work: the changing forms of labor and its remuneration.
3. Property and value.
4. Peripheries of cognitive capitalism – continuation or redefinition.
5. Politics in the age of immaterial labor.

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*List of confirmed speakers: *Luc Boltanski,**Neil Cummings,**Diedrich
Diederichsen, Matteo Pasquinelli,**John Roberts, Giggi Rogero, Martha
Rosler, Hito Steyrl.

*Forms of contribution*: a paper delivered in 15-20 minutes during the
conference's sessions. The language of conference is English. We're
planning to publish a peer-reviewed, bi-lingual (PL-ENG) summary of the
conference with selected papers.

*Applications and inquiries:*please send a short proposal (up to 300
words) with bio to Szymon Żydek: szymon at funbec.eu, who will also respond
to all other inquiries.

*Deadline for submissions: *15th of September 2011

*Fees / scholarships: *The conference is free of charge. FSUW is capable
of providing a limited number of travel (up to 200 Euros) and
accommodation grants to free lancers, independent artists and
theoreticians who are not affiliated with Academies or other
Institutions. If you are interested in receiving a FSUW scholarship,
please indicate so in your proposal and estimate your travel costs to
Warsaw.

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