Spotlight! Guest Instructor Series: Chuck D’Adamo
Resources for Theories & Practices of Radical Social Change
Wednesday, October 27, 2021 · 12 - 1 PM
Online
Reposted from our partners from the Albin O. Kuhn Library and Gallery. Original Post to RSVP can be found here.
Resources for Theories and Practices of Radical Social Change: the Alternative Press Index
Every social movement of radical action requires a linked movement of radical ideas. The New Left of the 1960s and 1970s developed a radical culture in journalism and academic research which challenged mainstream practices. The Alternative Press Index was founded in 1969 to document these cultural practices. This talk will discuss aspects of this development through some examples of the new periodicals which originated during this time. There will be some focus on an example of class analysis which attempts to clarify social relationships relevant for strategic practice. (The Albin O. Kuhn Library archives the periodicals of the API).
AOK Library & Gallery Spotlight! Guest Instructor Series will be
hosting a public symposium throughout the Fall 2021 semester examining
the topic of radicalism. The aim of the symposium is not to declare a
definitive definition of radicalism but to offer a regional and
historical context to the term. The inspiration for the theme is the
Library’s Special Collections’ Radical Literature and Alternative Press
Center collections.