The class will be a kind of wrap-up / new / re-thought Ranciere and the “politics of aesthetics” reading / discussion
group — in which new and old “classmates’ are welcomed.

This class will be different from the first in that it will aim to contextualize both Ranciere’s political and aesthetic theories. Thus, a reader will be made available, which will have selections of his most important political theories, and which one will have to buy prior to class, or it will be made available on-line; this reader is in addition to Ranciere’s _The Politics of Aesthetics_.

Furthermore, this class will be a highly intensive one: A two-day, 4-hour discussion and lecture. The overall aim of this class? I want this Ranciere reading / discussion group to turn into a panel at the CAA 2010 conference in Chicago — proposals are due rather soon. I also want it to lead to a proposal (and publication of papers and art that reckons with Ranciere’s politics and/as aesthetics) for a journal. That written, no one in the group has to participate at/in the CAA conference or in the journal (if these come to fruition), but ideas and insights will be used and generated by all.

What are the requirements? One should have “some knowledge” of Ranciere (have read some of his work, or interviews, or secondary material/literature), the Ranciere class members WILL HAVE READ prior to the first and second meetings, and, finally, the second meeting will consist of 20-minute formal presentations with Q&A after each one.

The size of the class? I think this Ranciere class should be limited to 4-5 people.

Comments? Questions? Suggestions? Please email Robert Summers at robtsum@gmail.com