The Politics of Debt

V2_Community invites the Erasmus Institute for Public Knowledge (EIPK)  for an afternoon workshop on ‘The Politics of Debt’.

Over the past nine years, the debt crisis has been primarily defined as a financial crisis. At stake, however, is a crisis of governability and subjectivity – in other words, a political crisis. The aim of this workshop is to analyze the processes of financialization and moralization by which debt as public issue is depoliticized, as well as to investigate ways for reclaiming the issue – indeed, the ‘crisis’ – by all its stakeholders. Bringing together scholars and experts from various disciplines and backgrounds, it focuses on:

• financial debt as a new form of power and violence; 
• the redistribution of risk and security as new means of exploitation;
• the colonization of society and debt-money by credit-money;
• the alienating effects of these developments on our motivations and desires;
• the forms of morality, discourse and ideology that legitimate these developments;
• their consequences for sovereignty, government and democratic processes.
  
  

To learn more about the workshop and/or the EIPK, visit: https://www.eur.nl/english/eipk/events/detail/event/6224-the-politics-of-debt/. Find the Facebook event here.

TIME AND ENTRANCE

The workshop will take place from 14h until 17h. Tickets are  €5,- (including one free drink) and will be available at the door. Please arrive early as there is a limited availability of tickets.

SPEAKERS

Wolfgang Streeck (DE)
Ewald Engelen (NL)
Elettra Stimili (IT) 
Richard Dienst (US) 
François Bissonnette (FR)
Émilie Bernier (CA)

COMMUNITY MEETUP

V2_ launched the V2_Community initiative in order to connect the many artists, hackers, tinkerers, inventors and philosophers in our network and see how V2_ can provide a platform to grow, experiment, prototype and share work. The V2_Community Meetup is a chance to share what is going on in your practice in order to get feedback, ideas, and the support to take the next step. If you are interested in taking part or contributing in one of our community meetups get in touch with Alex Falk, our community catalyst (alex.falk@v2.nl)