This seminar series explores civic activism and international arts practices through the following themes:
- Values
Within the current political sphere in Europe and beyond we are seeing an attempt to define the values of society, values which dictate who belongs to this economy or society. What are the values that will or should guide the future citizen?
- Borders
Many of the values that are being challenged today cross borders of nations: security, economy, environment, cyberspace. How are we to conceive the borders of the future citizen?
- Affinities
The fraternity of citizens long bound them to nations and their citizenship has been conceived as nationality. But if the future challenges require imagining the future citizen differently, what will the basis of their affinities?
Chaired by Professor Engin Isin, Open University, and guest speakers from interdisciplinary contexts, on booking seminar participants will be asked to read selected texts prior to attending the seminar events.
This seminar series has been developed by Community Learning in response to the popular Global communities and critical citizenship programme at Tate Modern in March 2014.