Here are some notes on Denise's text for those interested. Central question: What if blackness referred to rare and obsolete definitions of matter : respectively, “substance … of which something consists” and “substance without form”? How would this affect the question of value? What would become of the economic value of things if they were read as expressions of our modern grammar and its defining logic of obliteration? Would this expose how the object (of exchange, appreciation, and knowledge)—that is, the economic, the artistic, and the scientific thing—cannot be imagined without presupposing an ethical (self-determining) thing, which is its very condition of existence and the determination of value in general. On Blackness as disruptive force: activate blackness’s disruptive force, that is, its capacity to tear the veil of transparency (even if briefly) and disclose what lies at the limits of justice. when deployed as method, blackness fractur...
Hello Emma, I am in too. I was about to ask the same question. Can we all meet and plan/start together?
ReplyDeleteHi Emma and Khadija, my friend Daniella and I are planning to join as well. Would be great to meet/plan/schedule soon!
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DeleteThere is a reading this week at 5:30 please make sure to join the reading group. You can email Erin to add you and make sure you are registered with your department if you wish to have this class credited.
Email me if you wish I will add you to the group. best++
Thanks, Khadija
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