Good morning

You are warmly invited to the winter meeting of The Floating Laboratory of
Action and Theory at Sea (FLOATS) on November 29th and 30th. This two-day
event will feature an interdisciplinary range of academics, artists and
activists who will explore the history of capitalism from the vantage point
of the seas as well as the interface between water and mobility more
generally. The program for these events can be found here
<https://floatsea.org/1st-winter-meeting-new-york> or below. For
registration details please email us at [log in to unmask]

Marwa Elshakry and Nikolas Kosmatopoulos

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> 2018 Winter Meeting - Nov 29 & 30
>
> *CSS Conference Room, 513 Fayerweather Hall, Columbia University, New York*
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> *DAY 1 Capitalism at Sea: Containments and Commons *
>
> *Date: Thursday, November 29 *
>
>
> *10am* - *10:15am:* *Coffee and Introductions*
> Marwa Elshakry and Nikolas Kosmatopoulos
>
>
> *10:15am* - *11:45am*:
> *Panel 1  Capitalism and Colonialism: Legal and Moral Economies of
> Violence at Sea*
>
> Johan Mathew (Rutgers University) "Moral Economies of Violence Across the
> Arabian Sea Littoral"
>
> Karim Malak (Columbia University) "The High Tide of Colonialism"
>
> Elizabeth Holt (Bard College) Commentator
>
>
> *11:45am - 12pm*
> *Coffee Break*
>
>
> *12pm* - *1.30pm* -
> *Panel 2  Contemporary Containments: Security States and Border Expansions
> into the Sea*
>
>  Amade M'Charek (University of Amsterdam) “Salty: On (Post)colonial
> Conditions at a Cemetery for Unknown Migrants”
>
> Seth Wessler (The Investigative Fund at The Nation Institute) "Pushing the
> Border into the Sea--Uncovering Hidden Maritime Detention"
>
> Nikolas Kosmatopoulos (AUB) Commentator
>
>
>
> *1:30pm - 2.30pm  Lunch *
>
>
> *2:30pm* - *3.45pm:*
> *Panel 3  Ocean Histories: Materialities of the Sea*
>
>  A Conversation with Helen Rozwadowski (University of Connecticut) & D.
> Graham Burnett (Princeton University)
>
>
>
> *3:45pm-4pm  Coffee Break*
>
>
> *4pm* - *5.30pm*:
> *Panel 4  Cartographies of the Commons: (Re)Claiming the Seas *
>
>  Kevin St Martin (Rutgers University) "Cartography of the Commons: Taking
> Action in a Rights-based World"
>
> Elisa Kim (Smith College) "Atlas of the Sea"
>
> Marwa Elshakry (Columbia University) Moderator
> DAY 2
> Water/
> Mobilities
> *Date: Friday, November 30*
>
> *Organized and moderated by the Multiple Mobilities Research Cluster at
> The New School: **Victoria Hattam, Laura Y. Liu, Radhika Subramaniam and
> Miriam Ticktin*
>
> *10am *- *10:30am*:* Introduction*
>
> *10:30am* - *12pm*:
> * Conversation 1  Rising, Uprising, Going Under*
> Chloe Haralambous (Columbia University) & Bethany Wiggin (University of
> Pennsylvania)
>
>
> *12pm* -* 1.30pm*:
> * Conversation 2  Liquid Cartographies, Fluid Crossings*
> Naor Ben-Yehoyada (Columbia University) & Eve Mosher (independent artist)
>
>
>
> *1:30pm* - *2:30 pm*
> *Lunch*
>
>
> *2:30pm* - *4pm:* *Conversation 3*
> *Time and Motion Studies*
>
> Heather Davis (The New School), Dylan Gauthier (artist/EFA Project Space),
> and Anne McNevin (The New School)
>
>
> *4pm - 4:15pm*
> *Coffee Break*
>
>
> *4:15* - *5.15pm*
> *Wrap-up & Discussion*
>
> *This workshop was made possible by the generous sponsorship from the
> Stavros Niarchos Foundation and the Center for Science and Society and the
> Department of History at Columbia University. *
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