Critical Theory Project

Fall 2008
Unlike the last spring will focus on total group meetings rather than small breakout sessions. Therefore, this year will at least begin with two group meetings focusing on:


 * 1) The financial crisis (Wednesday, Oct. 1)
 * 2) Colonialism (Wednesday, Oct. 15)

CTP Film Series
One idea that I have had is to host weekly film screenings (for fun, of popular films) and then give them a theoretical unpacking.

The essential idea is to do two things:


 * 1) Make the familiar (pop film) unfamiliar by exposing/focusing on quirks of the film or how it is doing what it does
 * 2) Create a informal theoretical dialog for people, like the end of a movie with friends

People we want to have present:


 * 1) Joyrich
 * 2) Pooja
 * 3) David
 * 4) Veronica Pravadelli
 * 5) Kornetis
 * 6) "Genie"

Movies I am interested in talking about (but the people involved can certainly inform/influence/reassign these things)


 * 1) WALL-E (Joyrich)
 * 2) The Birdcage
 * 3) Tropic Thunder
 * 4) The Nightmare before Christmas
 * 5) The Dark Knight
 * 6) Anchorman
 * 7) Amelie
 * 8) Hackers
 * 9) Aladdin (Pooja?)