Martin Levy
(Independent Researcher.)
Out of Sight: Anatomy of Violence and the Congress on the Dialectics
of Liberation
Wednesday 14 March 2012, 6pm, On Location, National Media Museum
The Congress on the Dialectics of Liberation took place in London
during the summer of 1967 against a background of rising student
agitation. Organised by the American Joe Berke and his colleagues in
the Institute of Phenomenological Studies, it was a bold attempt to
demystify violence in all its forms, the social systems from which it
emanates, and to explore new forms of action.
The congress emerged out of Berkes involvement with the free
universities movement in the United States and his engagement with
R.D. Laings anti-psychiatry.
In this seminar, Martin Levy will introduce a rare screening of Peter
Davis documentary about the congress, Anatomy of Violence, and
discuss the congresss significance. What did it achieve? What
relevance does it have for young people today?
Martin Levy has authored three books, including Love and Madness, a
study of an eighteenth-century crime of passion. Presently he is
completing a book about the congress, provisionally titled Out of
Sight: Joe Berke and the Congress on the Dialectics of Liberation.
TIMECODE
a seminar series in media
Run by the Communication Culture and Media research group in the
Bradford Media School, School of Computing Informatics and Media
(SCIM), this regular seminar series explores the increasingly
important relationship between media, technology, culture and society.
SCIM has a long tradition of operating across artistic and
scientific academic disciplines and is expanding its creative
portfolio. Hosted by the National Media Museum, and supported by their
superb facilities, the series recognises the importance of the
National Media Museum as a forum for these critical debates.
All seminars are FREE and begin at 6pm, On Location, National Media
Museum, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD1 1NQ. Tel: 0870 70 10 200
http://www.nationalmediamuseum.org.uk/
For more information on the series contact: Mark Goodall
([log in to unmask]) Tel +44 (0)1274 236071
http://bms.brad.ac.uk/research/timecode.php
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