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Attention is the touchstone problem of our age. Over the last twenty years, an unprecedented concentration of technical and financial power has successfully monetized human attention. The harms of this new system — in effect, the "fracking" of our most intimate selves — are familiar to all. Less widely understood is the nature of the movement that has emerged to fight back against this historic injustice: ATTENTION ACTIVISM.
In this course, we will survey the intellectual and practical foundations of the nascent ATTENTION ACTIVISM movement. We'll draw on texts by Anna Tsing, Natasha Dow Schull, Shoshanna Zuboff, Tim Wu, and Jonathan Crary, among others. What do the extractive incursions of the Attention Economy mean for shared life in the twenty-first century — and how are communities of activists already working to resist them?
All sessions meet on Zoom from 7 to 8:45pm EST.
Wed, Jan 7 - 21
Thu, Jan 29 - Feb 12
Thu, Mar 5 - 19
To apply for a scholarship, click HERE. And if you need special accommodations, please don’t hesitate to reach out!
Seminar participants are eligible for a refund (minus 3% processing fee) as late as 1 week before the start of the first seminar gathering. Participants submitting requests within 1 week of the seminar's commencement can transfer their enrollment credit to another seminar or SoRA program of equal or lower cost. We do not offer refunds or transfers after the commencement of the first seminar.
Attention is the touchstone problem of our age. Over the last twenty years, an unprecedented concentration of technical and financial power has successfully monetized human attention. The harms of this new system — in effect, the "fracking" of our most intimate selves — are familiar to all. Less widely understood is the nature of the movement that has emerged to fight back against this historic injustice: ATTENTION ACTIVISM.
In this course, we will survey the intellectual and practical foundations of the nascent ATTENTION ACTIVISM movement. We'll draw on texts by Anna Tsing, Natasha Dow Schull, Shoshanna Zuboff, Tim Wu, and Jonathan Crary, among others. What do the extractive incursions of the Attention Economy mean for shared life in the twenty-first century — and how are communities of activists already working to resist them?
All sessions meet on Zoom from 7 to 8:45pm EST.
Wed, Jan 7 - 21
Thu, Jan 29 - Feb 12
Thu, Mar 5 - 19
To apply for a scholarship, click HERE. And if you need special accommodations, please don’t hesitate to reach out!
Seminar participants are eligible for a refund (minus 3% processing fee) as late as 1 week before the start of the first seminar gathering. Participants submitting requests within 1 week of the seminar's commencement can transfer their enrollment credit to another seminar or SoRA program of equal or lower cost. We do not offer refunds or transfers after the commencement of the first seminar.