HOW TO DO THINGS BY THEORY

About: SHARP THOUGHTS

Sharp Thought is a 30-minute format of public talk with performative dimension. It consists of a short lecture – consistent elaboration of one concept or term proposed by a “presenter”, followed by a brief polemic with a “sparring partner”, who is opponent that contests and problematizes the presented theses. After the dialogue, there are up to three questions from the audience, focused precisely on what was said. The concepts and terms are newly-coined and will gradually create the conceptual framework of TkH’s project at the Les Laboratoires. However, the framework is not only proposed in an affirmative manner, but is at the same time opposed, challenged, contested and made more complex. Besides, this format aims to promote the culture of public debate and “hard talks” where articulation in arguments is favored over opinions.

About: COLLECTIVE LECTURES

Discourse doesn’t always imply the speech in first person singular, in words. How discourse is generated and circulated in a group, collective, or assembly is a process in which not only words, but also images, sounds, films, and music take part, so long as they build a line of thought. Lecture in this format is a collective exercise of 3-4 participants in developing a thesis in arguments. What makes it a collective “lecture”, and not a conference panel or debate, is the consistency in elaborating one stream of thought meandering in several voices (and media), and obligation to inform and make the argument clear and understandable for an audience. The topics will evolve from Re-hallucinating contexts and De-schooling program-lines, as well as in relation to one external guest we will feature in each lecture.

About: DE-SCHOOLING

This research is meant to be a practical extension of Re-hallucinating Contexts in the format of reading group. The programme will take place from May to the end of 2010. The reading group will include collaborators of TkH and interested individuals from the Paris cultural-artistic scene. We also plan to have a few guests who would take part in certain sessions on demand.

The programme is not dedicated to an academic education or research of and by the participants, but aims to provide a theoretical background for theoretical, cultural and artistic practice or even interventions into the local (Paris) scene. Deschooling is influenced by critical writings on education by Jacques Ranciere and Ivan Illich.

TkH intensively works on the subject of self-education and other critical educational formats for years. Therefore, Deschooling is considered an extension and internationalization of the project Deschooling Classroom that we run together with the organization Kontrapunkt in the Western Balkans.

See more about the project at: www.deschoolingclassroom.tkh-generator.net