THE ARTS OF LOGISTICS
Queen Mary University of London
Conference Date:
3 & 4 June 2016
Location:
Film and Drama Studio, ArtsTwo
Queen Mary University of London
(nearest tube: Mile End or Stepney Green)
Keynote Presentations from:
Deborah Cowen (University of Toronto)
Alberto Toscano (Goldsmiths, University of London)
The so-called “logistics revolution” and its attendant technologies made possible capitalism’s spatial fix of the 1960s and 1970s. Among other things, logistics sped up the loading and unloading of ships and helped establish the “global factory,” thereby drastically reducing the labor time required to produce and circulate commodities. This allowed capitalism to expand its economies of scale and relocate manufacturing to wherever worker militancy and the costs of labor were lowest. While the logistics infrastructure has transformed social life the world over, it also has also opened up new opportunities for resistance to exploitation.
“The Arts of Logistics” brings together scholars, activists, and artists from across the humanities and social sciences to interrogate how social movements and the arts respond to a world remade by logistics. Long an important topic for economists, management theorists, and sociologists, logistics is only recently emerging as an object of substantive study by artists and researchers in the humanities. Thus, this conference seeks to further define scholarly, political, and artistic conversations on the nexus of political economy, anti-capitalist struggle, and art.
Come and join for presentations in disciplines such as human geography, art history, architecture, literature, performance and critical theory. In addition to keynote and panel presentations, there will be a book launch and reception.
For full details including the schedule of speakers visit:
http://www.artsoflogistics.com/
This conference is free, but booking is essential:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-arts-of-logistics-tickets-25266154749
Sponsored by:
School of English and Drama, Queen Mary University of London
With additional support from:
Lincoln School of Fine and Performing Arts, University of Lincoln
School of History, Queen Mary University of London
