Society for the Study of Affect Summer School AUGUST 6-8
Theme: SCAR at U of New Mexico - Albuquerque

Seminars: Katie Stewart + Greg Seigworth / Dylan Robinson + Oliver Shao / Asilia Franklin + Bretton Varga / talk w/ Erin Manning + Brian Massumi

For more details: affectsociety.com/scar

Here is your INAUGURATION DAY COUNTERPROGRAMMING.

Capacities to: Affect Up Against Fascism.
Open access. Read online or download as pdf. (Book form coming soon.)
More than 40 contributors, over 350 pages.

READ. PLEASE SHARE WIDELY.

imbricate.press/book/capacit...

anything that involves Anna Hickey-Moody will be brilliant
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There is still time to submit to the "Capacities To: Affect Up Against Fascism" project! We are 50+ proposals deep but don't mind entertaining a few more.

Deadline is Dec 31 for full submission (w/ or w/o abstract). 1500 words max. See the CFP for details.

Released Jan 20!

ZOOM RECORDING of Society for the Study of Affect

00:00-10:00 SSA (who? how to join?)

10:00-22:00 Capacities To: Affect Up Against Fascism book project (background)

22:00-38:00 Getting Published in Capacious (being transparent)

38:00-1:00:00 Testimonials (feels)

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New book. FREE to DOWNLOAD. In/Convenience: Inhabiting the Logistical Surround. Yes, Lauren Berlant's work on inconvenience figures in here and there (see especially Susanna Paasonen's chapter).

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HAPPENING TODAY MONDAY 25 Nov: 4- 5 pm EST.
Zoom: bit.ly/capacitiesto

Info about the Society for the Study of Affect. Discussion of our 'up against fascism' book project. How to get published in Capacious: with testimonies from reviewers / reviewees. Rangy conversation at the very end if possible.

Mon Nov 25 4- 5 pm EST zoom:

1) Society for the Study of Affect (events, open positions),

2)Q & A around the 'Capacities To' against fascism book,

3) discuss publishing in the journal Capacious for folks who might be new and/or understandably trepidatious about the process.

bit.ly/capacitiesto

BOOK PROJECT. I posted this CFP in 300 character chunks earlier but here is the full pdf. Message w/ any questions.

"Capacities To: Affect Up Against Fascism" - deadline for abstracts is 10 Dec, with complete submissions (100-1500 words) due Dec 31.

Click the link for the pertinent details.

IMBRICATE! PRESS is the book imprint of the Society for the Study of Affect.

Due Date: 31 December 2024 (abstracts: 10 December 2024).
100-1500 words. Published 20 January 2025.

Every submission must use the words ‘capacities to’ (or some minor variation thereof) in its essay title.

Still learning BlueSky's parameters... so I'm going to chain-mail the PDF for a book-project with a very tight timeline (release on Inauguration Day in the US: 20 January). The title is "Capacities To: Affect Up Against Fascism" and it's all hands-on-deck. Email editor@imbricate.press - Here goes:

go.bsky.app/TYKjb9A

apologies if I have jammed you into this starter pack without really (not at all) checking with you... just trying to find a way to navigate this vast patch of sky and find each other more readily ... no hard feelings if you flee this pack ... also HELLO