Abolition brainstorm from Oct. 17, 2008

Indyclass October 17, 2008 – a brainstorm: How do we make prisons obsolete? Language/discourse -government is in state of trespass on stolen Native land (change the terms of ownership) -“victim” vs. “criminal” = problematic -“security” – question whose security, etc.

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Minutes for November 21st, 2008

Agenda 1) go around 2) recon situation last monday 3) general activism responsibility 4) future plans with recon 5) indyclasses for next semester 6) checkouts

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Minutes from November 10th

Minutes for November 10th. Indyclass. Aviva, Taylor, Marina, Theresa, Nat, Maria, Dan, Cleve, Shayla Aviva is writing her paper on parallels between residential schools and prisons. First section is on how both prisons and residential schools perpetuate colonialism. (they physically relocate native people into spaces that are defined as white) – the arch of both [...]

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Minutes – November 7th, 2008

Agenda: 1) go-around 2) Maria Presentation and then discussion

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Israeli Defense Force uses Deleuze

scary stuff guys. this was requested after Maria’s presentation on prisons and architecture and Foucault and Deleuze and theory being used for “evil”. check out the link below http://info.interactivist.net/node/5324

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Indyclass Minutes Oct 20

Oct. 20, 2008 IndyClass minutes (these are way late – more recent minutes are found in posts below!) Art and Representations of Prisons Check-ins. Shayla facilitates! Watched art movie: I Thought I Was Seeing Convicts Discussion of Hunt, “The Disappearing/Re-appearing Prison”

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Minutes – October 31st, 2008

NEXT MEETING TIME CHANGE: Monday, November 3rd at 5:45pm, not 5:30pm. Agenda 1) Check-ins 2) Tessa’s presentation 3) Indyclass project (people interested meet after class)

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