Good one, Max! Karri Miettinen, also known as the rapper Paleface, is one
of Finland's foremost political and cultural activists and a freaking
powerhouse and wordsmith. I've collaborated with him several times.
Also, check out the Yle News story we did on the exhibition:
http://yle.fi/uutiset/school_for_disobedience_opens_this_autumn_in_helsinki/8216818
KS
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*Kasper Salonen* (B.A./HuK)
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On 14 August 2015 at 18:10, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I think all our countries could use someone like him & his school….
>
> Doug
> On Aug 14, 2015, at 8:09 AM, Max Richards <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> > [I know this is strictly not poetryetc matter, but some of us are
> Finn-fanciers…
> >
> > Max in Seattle
> >
> > Miettinen explains why blindly following societal norms can be dangerous
> and why disobedience should be on the school curriculum. "War, genocide,
> slavery and all the worst things in the history of mankind are actually the
> result of obedience, rather than disobedience," he says, quoting US
> historian and activist Howard Zinn.
> >
> > The school of disobedience comes at a time when Finland is having a
> difficult conversation about race, identity and immigration. Last month a
> politician belonging to the anti-immigration Finns Party, which is a member
> of the ruling coalition, said he would "defeat this nightmare called
> multiculturalism". His comments sparked a furious response, with thousands
> of Finns taking to the streets in anti-racism marches.
> >
> > Leinonen argues that this is where true power lies; with the masses.
> "It's not heroic politicians that change the world, even if history writes
> it that way," Leinonen says. "It's actually citizens' movements that change
> big things."
> >
> > The School of Disobedience opens at the Museum of Contemporary Art
> Kiasma September 4 and runs until the end of January 2016.
> >
> >
> http://www.theweek.co.uk/64786/school-for-disobedience-set-to-open-in-finland?_mout=1&utm_campaign=theweekdaily_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter
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> Douglas Barbour
> [log in to unmask]
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> Recent publications: (With Sheila E Murphy) Continuations & Continuation 2
> (UofAPress).
> Recording Dates (Rubicon Press).
>
> Done in by creation itself.
>
> I mean the gods. Not us. Well us too.
> The gods moved into books. Who wrote the books?
> We wrote the books. In whose dream, then are we dreaming?
>
> Robert Kroetsch.
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