From uwcinema at u.washington.edu Tue Jul 12 16:07:49 2022 From: uwcinema at u.washington.edu (UW Cinema Studies List) Date: Mon Mar 18 15:03:37 2024 Subject: [UWcinema] Fw: Public Summer Seminars In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Marcia, Could you please forward the following announcement and the attached flyer to UW Cinema listserv and to other departments? Or, in other words, please "circulate widely." Thanks, Richard and Sarah Dear Huskies, Looking for critical thinking tools to make sense of this chaotic world? Want to expand your mind this summer and participate in a radical, live, and virtual seminar? Two instructors from UW?s Cinema and Media Studies, Sarah Ross and Richard Boyechko, will be part of the launch of a new educational project, VITAL THOUGHT. VITAL THOUGHT (VT) is a futurist education and consulting organization making critical insight accessible to everyone ? beyond the university ? through live, 2-session virtual seminars led by Ph.D.-trained instructors. The project aims to provide robust, critical and cultural tools to make sense of the world and to empower participants to navigate career and life decisions. We invite you to participate in the Summer 2022 session comprising radical courses taught by a group of international instructors. VT seminars are open to anyone and address some of the most influential ideas and important issues in contemporary discourse. Topics range from technology ethics, metaphysics, and Afrofuturism to climate change, queer theory, art and performance. The following two workshop-seminars will focus on contemporary issues by providing conceptual tools to participants for thinking and engaging with the world in which we find ourselves: Metaphors of Vision w/ Sarah Ross July 18 + 21, 6-8pm ET How do images produce ?thought,? and what are the means by which this occurs? This course will introduce concepts from philosophy and visual studies as we engage in what it means to live surrounded by images and pictures. We will use Michelangelo Antonioni?s film Blow-Up (1966) as a starting point for considering the relationship between perception and consciousness, image and thought. Antonioni transforms a classic ?whodunit? crime thriller into a series of metaphysical questions as he explores the relationship between looking, the process of ?seeing,? and reality. In the workshop, we will apply these ideas to contemporary forms of media, from social media to the news, and we will consider how images influence, impact, and frame our lives. Earth Systems Theory w/ Richard Boyechko August 8+ 11, 6-8pm ET In the 1960s, inventor James Lovelock and biologist Lynn Margulis developed what is now known as Gaia Theory or Earth Systems Theory. It suggests that complex biological life on our planet is possible only because of the complex inter-working of all the biological and geological elements in the biosphere, the thin and fragile layer where all life exists. The course will introduce the theory, its philosophical and scientific origins, and implications for thinking about the current environmental crisis. Interest piqued? @vitalthoughtcourses makes cultural insight accessible to all. ? Summer 2022 session open now ? Check out the attached flyer, and head over to the Vital Thought website to claim your seat! We look forward to seeing you in the workshops! Richard and Sarah ________________________________ From: Sarah Ross Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2022 3:38 PM To: Marcia A Feinstein-Tobey Cc: Richard Boyechko Subject: Public Summer Seminars Hi Marcia, Could you please forward the following announcement and the attached flyer to UW Cinema listserv and to other departments? Or, in other words, please "circulate widely." Thanks, Richard and Sarah Dear Huskies, Looking for critical thinking tools to make sense of this chaotic world? Want to expand your mind this summer and participate in a radical, live, and virtual seminar? Two instructors from UW?s Cinema and Media Studies, Sarah Ross and Richard Boyechko, will be part of the launch of a new educational project, VITAL THOUGHT. VITAL THOUGHT (VT) is a futurist education and consulting organization making critical insight accessible to everyone ? beyond the university ? through live, 2-session virtual seminars led by Ph.D.-trained instructors. The project aims to provide robust, critical and cultural tools to make sense of the world and to empower participants to navigate career and life decisions. We invite you to participate in the Summer 2022 session comprising radical courses taught by a group of international instructors. VT seminars are open to anyone and address some of the most influential ideas and important issues in contemporary discourse. Topics range from technology ethics, metaphysics, and Afrofuturism to climate change, queer theory, art and performance. The following two workshop-seminars will focus on contemporary issues by providing conceptual tools to participants for thinking and engaging with the world in which we find ourselves: Metaphors of Vision w/ Sarah Ross July 18 + 21, 6-8pm ET How do images produce ?thought,? and what are the means by which this occurs? This course will introduce concepts from philosophy and visual studies as we engage in what it means to live surrounded by images and pictures. We will use Michelangelo Antonioni?s film Blow-Up (1966) as a starting point for considering the relationship between perception and consciousness, image and thought. Antonioni transforms a classic ?whodunit? crime thriller into a series of metaphysical questions as he explores the relationship between looking, the process of ?seeing,? and reality. In the workshop, we will apply these ideas to contemporary forms of media, from social media to the news, and we will consider how images influence, impact, and frame our lives. Earth Systems Theory w/ Richard Boyechko August 8+ 11, 6-8pm ET In the 1960s, inventor James Lovelock and biologist Lynn Margulis developed what is now known as Gaia Theory or Earth Systems Theory. It suggests that complex biological life on our planet is possible only because of the complex inter-working of all the biological and geological elements in the biosphere, the thin and fragile layer where all life exists. The course will introduce the theory, its philosophical and scientific origins, and implications for thinking about the current environmental crisis. Interest piqued? @vitalthoughtcourses makes cultural insight accessible to all. ? Summer 2022 session open now ? Check out the attached flyer, and head over to the Vital Thought website to claim your seat! We look forward to seeing you in the workshops! Richard and Sarah -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Additionally, if you have ideas for other kinds of events that we could do as a community (field trips, in-person events, a happy hour, etc.) that you would like to organize, please feel free to message me. Finally, if anyone is interested in either co-organizing or taking over the running of NWMC from me, please let me know. I am happy to continue running these events but would also welcome other (co-)leadership. sincerely, Benjamin Schultz-Figueroa (he, him, his) Assistant Professor of Film Studies Seattle University 901 12th Ave Seattle, WA 98122 schultzfigub@seattleu.edu https://www.seattleu.edu/artsci/undergraduate-degrees/film/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: