Rc36 - correction with apologies
[Please excuse cross-posting and note correction of dates] RC36 - CALL FOR PAPERS While there is a wide range of differences within Marxism, and between Marxists and progressives, one of our common concerns is alienation. While for Marx, alienation was rooted in wage labor and the estrangement between the producer and his/her products was manifested in the truncation of self, the loss of species being and loss of community. But in the contemporary age in which globalized capital is now the predominant historical context, we communicate by internet and locate ourselves in virtual communities, it becomes necessary to rethink the nature of alienation. On August 10th and 11th, just before the ASA, RC 36, Alienation Research and Theory, will hold its bi-annual meeting in Washington DC. We will be meeting at the Marriott Courtyard-across from the asa Hilton hotel-and we have a better rate. Our theme is Mapping Alienation. We cordially invite you to join us in this endeavor. What are the distinctive features of contemporary alienation, what are its dimensions, what are its linkages to classical alienation theories and critiques. What are the appropriate strategies to overcome alienation. If you would like to join us, please send a 1 page abstract (preferably by email) by March 1st. Lauren Langman, Treasurer, Program organizer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Devorah Fishman Kalekin, President [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Correction: FW: Lifelong education]
I wrote this two weeks ago: Tor Forde wrote: I have earler been writing about the work to make it a right for everyone in Norway to be able to go on and get additional education whenever anybody wants to do it. I have in earlier postings mentioned that the largest Confederation of Tradeunions (LO) and the largest industrial organisation (NHO) have agreed upon such an arrangement. But there were still two problems to solve: One was that when the funding was in place, and everybody was able to take a leave for education with pay, firms that were not members of NHO would profit as much as NHO members from a better qualified population, but since they had not signed the agreement they did not have to pay the costs. But now this is solved, because today the Parliament of Norway has decided that everybody in Norway, at any age, has the right to go on to further education and return to their old position if the education does not last longer than three years. And this is going to be with some pay. Well, the funding is not there at this moment. But so many persons have put in so much prestige that it is going to come. Now I have been reading the text that was voted, and what happened was two things: Another piece in the puzzle to make real a lifelong education system was put in place. Today more than 90% of norwegians get at least 12 years of education and can without too much trouble qualify for university education. But that was not the case 30-40 years ago, when lots of people left the educational system after primary school. Many of them have during life learnt a lot without getting documents and exams. They too should be able to go to university if they would like to when the new system is in place without too much trouble, without spending many years getting exams if they have acquired the skills and knowledge necessary to enter university. And the new piece was a law about measuring qualifications needed to enter university studies which makes it a lot easier for persons who left the educational system after primary school if they during life have acquired the qualifications. Another thing that happened was that political parties representing a majority of the voters said that they are eager to get the whole system in place, and I guess this was the reason that media, both TV and radio etc told that now it is in place. Tor Forde
URL Correction (Whoops) (fwd)
For anyone with an interest, other of the papers produced by myself and my C\CEN colleagues over the last several years can be reached from http://ccen.uccb.ns.ca/cceng/cceng.html and clicking on either the "papers" button or the "new publications" tag. Any comments on the paper(s) are appreciated. regs Mike Gurstein
website correction...Re: FW: Democracy and Megacorporations Don't Mix -- Robert Reich
colin, the correct address for LETSystems and community way is http://www.gmlets.u-net.com/go/ At 07:54 PM 6/5/98 GMT, Colin Stark wrote: Direct Democracy; Money system reform (LETS and extensions of community $ systems -- see www.gmlets/u-net.com/go/); and it's not really about reform...it's about mutual credit systems, complementary currencies, community money. i'm not sub'd to futurework...could you post this for me. thanks ernie
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Edupage, 28 December 1997. Edupage, a summary of news about information technology, is provided three times a week as a service by Educom, a Washington, D.C.-based consortium of leading colleges and universities seeking to transform education through the use of information technology. [Note: A number of readers have informed us that the prose poem written by the "Anonymous" author who was the honorary subscriber in our last issue of Edupage was actually written by an Indiana writer named Max Ehrmann (1872-1945) who specialized in sentimental verses. The work we quoted (called "Desiderata" and still in print) is really quite sweet, though it's been widely parodied as well as turned into saccharine by-products, including records, posters, etc. We had never previously heard of Mr. Ehrmann, and came across his poem only recently -- not in an old church in Baltimore but, less poetically, in a new pizza house outside of Atlanta.] Educom -- Transforming Education Through Information Technology
