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Massumi and Malbec: A Virtual Reading Group
A few weeks ago, in the comments section of my post on affect, Roxane brought up the idea of having a reading group for Parables for the Virtual: Movement, Affect, Sensation by Brian Massumi. She also said her teacher advised reading Massumi alongside wine; her suggestion was a complex red. Thus Massumi and Malbec.
My copy is now in hand, so I’m ready. But to give others a bit more time, let’s say we’ll discuss the intro and chapter one (“The Autonomy of Affect”) in roughly two weeks. So if you’d like to participate, order the book and read those sections by Saturday, January 16.
My other thought is that a different person might profitably lead the discussion for each chapter, on a chapter per week schedule. So if you would be interested in committing to lead a chapter discussion, either by posting about it if you are an HTMLGiant contributor or guest-posting under my auspices if you aren’t, please email me at my first and last name at gmail. There are nine chapters, so in case not enough people want to do this, please let me know if you’d be willing to host two chapter discussions. However you’d like to go about leading the discussion is totally up to you.
If you aren’t willing to lead a discussion (that’s cool!), but you plan to follow along/guzzle vino/discuss, do say so in the Comments so that I have a sense of whether this is something people really want to do after all.
Tags: brian massumi, parables for the virtual
What kind of Malbec is it?
What kind of Malbec is it?
i am excited about this, though i already crept ahead. been reading it all week. i am ready to listen/talk.
i am excited about this, though i already crept ahead. been reading it all week. i am ready to listen/talk.
Hey, was already curious about this book, so I’m in, comments, reflections etc. but need to order the book first… but can start the Malbec earlier I presume.
Hey, was already curious about this book, so I’m in, comments, reflections etc. but need to order the book first… but can start the Malbec earlier I presume.
Sniff, Sip, Slurp, Analyze, Infer, Underline, Scribble, Spit.
Sniff, Sip, Slurp, Analyze, Infer, Underline, Scribble, Spit.
I’m in. It is, of course, the only Massumi book my library has that’s checked out right now, but I’ll snatch it from Inter-Library-Loan, hopefully in time for round one.
I’m in. It is, of course, the only Massumi book my library has that’s checked out right now, but I’ll snatch it from Inter-Library-Loan, hopefully in time for round one.
I will follow, discuss, etc. I found my copy just now so I’m ready!
I will follow, discuss, etc. I found my copy just now so I’m ready!
I can’t wait to follow but can’t commit to any discussion. Someone should do some drawings ala Marc Ngui’s for A Thousand Plateaus:
http://www.bumblenut.com/drawing/art/plateaus/index.shtml
Has anyone read Massumi’s User’s Guide Capitalism and Schizophrenia?
I can’t wait to follow but can’t commit to any discussion. Someone should do some drawings ala Marc Ngui’s for A Thousand Plateaus:
http://www.bumblenut.com/drawing/art/plateaus/index.shtml
Has anyone read Massumi’s User’s Guide Capitalism and Schizophrenia?
those drawings are the shit
those drawings are the shit
regarding user’s guide:
i had started it a month ago, but will now be pausing to read this instead.
massumi is lucidly nuts.
regarding user’s guide:
i had started it a month ago, but will now be pausing to read this instead.
massumi is lucidly nuts.
Helleu, can I just ask: is the reading group (still) happening? I’m ready to go (sort of).
Helleu, can I just ask: is the reading group (still) happening? I’m ready to go (sort of).