ATTENTION ACTIVISM 101 (1/23 - 2/6) ONLINE
Attention is the touchstone problem of our age. Over the last twenty years, an unprecedented concentration of technical and financial power has successfully monetized human attention. The harms of this new system — in effect, the "fracking" of our most intimate selves — are familiar to all. Less widely understood is the nature of the movement that has emerged to fight back against this historic injustice: ATTENTION ACTIVISM.
In this course, we will survey the intellectual and practical foundations of the nascent ATTENTION ACTIVISM movement. We'll draw on texts by Karl Marx, Guy Debord, Shoshana Zuboff, Tim Wu, and Yves Citton among others. What do the extractive incursions of the Attention Economy mean for shared life in the twenty-first century — and how are communities of activists already working to resist them?
Led by Jac Mullen, writer, teacher, and former Executive Editor of The American Reader.
Classes on Thursdays, 8:00 - 10:30pm EST
Jan 23 - Feb 6
Online via Zoom
Our courses cost $250, with an Advanced rate for students with an income above 100k. We also offer a Discounted rate for students with constraining circumstances.
Additionally, we offer three tuition-waiver scholarships per course. To apply for a scholarship, click HERE.
Seminar participants are eligible for a refund as late as 24 hours before the start of the first seminar gathering. (Participants can also ask that their enrollment credit be transferred to another seminar or SoRA program of equal or lower cost.) Beyond this deadline, we do not offer refunds.
Attention is the touchstone problem of our age. Over the last twenty years, an unprecedented concentration of technical and financial power has successfully monetized human attention. The harms of this new system — in effect, the "fracking" of our most intimate selves — are familiar to all. Less widely understood is the nature of the movement that has emerged to fight back against this historic injustice: ATTENTION ACTIVISM.
In this course, we will survey the intellectual and practical foundations of the nascent ATTENTION ACTIVISM movement. We'll draw on texts by Karl Marx, Guy Debord, Shoshana Zuboff, Tim Wu, and Yves Citton among others. What do the extractive incursions of the Attention Economy mean for shared life in the twenty-first century — and how are communities of activists already working to resist them?
Led by Jac Mullen, writer, teacher, and former Executive Editor of The American Reader.
Classes on Thursdays, 8:00 - 10:30pm EST
Jan 23 - Feb 6
Online via Zoom
Our courses cost $250, with an Advanced rate for students with an income above 100k. We also offer a Discounted rate for students with constraining circumstances.
Additionally, we offer three tuition-waiver scholarships per course. To apply for a scholarship, click HERE.
Seminar participants are eligible for a refund as late as 24 hours before the start of the first seminar gathering. (Participants can also ask that their enrollment credit be transferred to another seminar or SoRA program of equal or lower cost.) Beyond this deadline, we do not offer refunds.
Attention is the touchstone problem of our age. Over the last twenty years, an unprecedented concentration of technical and financial power has successfully monetized human attention. The harms of this new system — in effect, the "fracking" of our most intimate selves — are familiar to all. Less widely understood is the nature of the movement that has emerged to fight back against this historic injustice: ATTENTION ACTIVISM.
In this course, we will survey the intellectual and practical foundations of the nascent ATTENTION ACTIVISM movement. We'll draw on texts by Karl Marx, Guy Debord, Shoshana Zuboff, Tim Wu, and Yves Citton among others. What do the extractive incursions of the Attention Economy mean for shared life in the twenty-first century — and how are communities of activists already working to resist them?
Led by Jac Mullen, writer, teacher, and former Executive Editor of The American Reader.
Classes on Thursdays, 8:00 - 10:30pm EST
Jan 23 - Feb 6
Online via Zoom
Our courses cost $250, with an Advanced rate for students with an income above 100k. We also offer a Discounted rate for students with constraining circumstances.
Additionally, we offer three tuition-waiver scholarships per course. To apply for a scholarship, click HERE.
Seminar participants are eligible for a refund as late as 24 hours before the start of the first seminar gathering. (Participants can also ask that their enrollment credit be transferred to another seminar or SoRA program of equal or lower cost.) Beyond this deadline, we do not offer refunds.