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<div><b>On Friendship and the Political Imaginary course</b><br>
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<div>HDK-Valand Academy of Art and Design at University of
Gothenburg<br>
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<div>September 2, 2024-January 19, 2025<br>
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<div><b>On Friendship and the Political Imaginary</b> (FKAKPO) is a
graduate level free-standing course (15 ECTS) taught online through
English (with opportunities for face-to-face meet-ups).<u> No fees</u>
are charged for EU and EEA citizens, Swedish residence permit holders
and exchange students.<br>
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<div>This<u> distance course</u> introduces key themes and questions
in respect of politics, affiliation and friendship with particular
reference to contemporary art practices, theories and institutions.
The course proposes to explore the figure of "the friend" by also
attending to the intersections of contemporary art with philosophy,
cultural history, and social and political theory A combined intensive
and extensive reading approach introduces key themes and questions on
the political imaginary and the different ways in which figures of the
friend, the comrade, the enemy and the neighbour are mobilised within
the thinking of the political. A key sub-theme for the 2024 iteration
is friendship and mortality.<br>
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<div>Participants are expected to: actively engage in the online
workshops, lectures and seminars; engage in extensive shared reading;
and explore the implications of the course themes for their own
practice and/or further studies. The following optional "meet
up" IRL sessions are provisionally planned:<b> (i)</b> Gothenburg,
Sweden (October 2-4) and<b> (ii)</b> Venice, Italy (November 7-9)
during this year's biennale "<a
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></span>Foreigners Everywhere</a>". For more see <a
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"https://email.e-flux-systems.com/campaigns/yo983svqenbc0/track-url/rj476aj0679d5/47b5477e5e9aa4c0ca6155471288720677d468ee"><span
></span>the course advance information page.</a><br>
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<div>Guest presenters in previous years include: Kathrin Böhm, Jason
E. Bowman, Céline Condorelli, Gary Farrelly, Quinsey Gario, Steven
Henry Madoff (co-originator of original course idea) Walter Mignolo,
Jota Mombaça, Jyoti Mistry, Ratna Mufida, Sarah Pierce, Bojana
Pi”kur, Elizabeth A. Povinelli, Helena Reckitt, Grace Samboh, Sibyl
A. Schwarzenbach, Shuddha Sengupta, Thiago de Paula Souza, and Claire
Tancons. The guest speakers for 2024 will be announced shortly.<br>
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<div>For international PhD students, it is also possible to audit this
course as a guest researcher at the academy.<br>
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<div><b>Context</b><br>
This course is an associated initiative of the Centre for Art and the
Political Imaginary (CAPIm). The Centre is committed to
interdisciplinary practice and research in the meeting between
contemporary art and the future of politics. Based at two institutions
of higher education in art: HDK-Valand, University of Gothenburg and
Kungl. Konsthögskolan, the Centre's aim is to facilitate
connections between research and education through an engagement with
experimental approaches. It is the first Swedish Centre of Excellence
in the field of Artistic Research. The Centre is co-chaired by Prof.
Mick Wilson and Prof. Natasha Marie Llorens, who together with Prof.
Jyoti Mistry and Dr. Axel Andersson form its steering committee.<br>
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<div>The course is based on current research and framed as an
enquiry-based process, where the key task for course participants is
the production of a project proposal relevant to their own practice
(e.g., theory, criticism, art making, curatorial work, cultural
studies, philosophy or other research across the creative arts and the
humanities).<br>
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<div><b>Apply for the course</b><br>
Application <a
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></span>here</a> (for international applicants) and <a
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></span>here</a> (for Swedish applicants). Admission to courses is
based on a letter of intention (preferably in English) stating why you
wish to attend the course, 200 to 350 words in length. (Optional to
include CV appendix in addition to 200-350 words.) In evaluating
your application, we typically consider: clarity of purpose in
attending the course; and capacity to actively contribute to the group
dialogue, as evidenced in your letter.</div>
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<div>You will require access to reliable internet connection and
headphones with mic to participate effectively. The formal
presentations can be attended as scheduled, and also accessed via
recordings published online afterwards, at whatever time suits your
personal timetable needs. However, it is strongly recommended that you
attend the discussion sessions "live" online, and guest
presentations, as these typically will not be recorded, and offer the
best opportunity to interact with the other participants.<br>
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<div><b>Enquiries & online information session</b><br>
Contact Prof. Mick Wilson <a
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></span>mick.wilson@gu.se</a><br>
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<div>Information session online: <a
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></span>Wednesday, April 3, 6-6:30pm (CET)</b></a></div>
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