Thanks, Mike. I knew that Kaustuv's scholarly work would be of interest to the listserv. I'm also hoping people will explore his work in the world and consider supporting him in it. David -----Original Message----- From: xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu [mailto:xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu] On Behalf Of mike cole Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2011 11:08 AM To: eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity Subject: Re: [xmca] Community Art Center: A Vision of Community Regeneration David-- As I suspect you know, the heuristic "netiquette" of xmca more or less adheres to the idea that participants should try to be relevant to what they understand the interests of the group to be. And that is sort of circumscribed by the idea of an Xtended discussion of mind, culture, and activity. David Ke's followup note indicates you were right on and relevant to someone "here." The infusion of art into our discussions seems xactly right to me. mike On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 1:49 PM, David H Kirshner <dkirsh@lsu.edu> wrote: > Mike, > > > > I've not recently read through XMCA's Manual of Web Etiquette J but I hope > this is an acceptable use of our shared space. > > > > XMCA colleagues, I would like to alert you to an initiative being launched > by a former colleague of mine, Kaustuv Roy. > > > > Kaustuv left LSU in 2008 on the verge of getting tenure (he has two books) > in order to move back to India to be in solidarity with oppressed peoples. > Two years later, he's determined a course of action and has decided to > invest himself in using art as ameliorative to the social disintegration of > impoverished communities. (Please see the attached 2-page preamble to his > application to register a non-profit Community Arts Center.) > > > > During his 5 years at LSU, I had the pleasure of many conversations with > Kaustuv, and learned something of the apocalyptic vision of our social and > political disintegration that was growing within him, eventually expressed > in his 2008 book Neighborhoods of the Plantation: War, Politics and > Education ( > https://www.sensepublishers.com/product_info.php?products_id=536&osCsid= 1a7). > The Community Arts Center movement is his way of responding constructively, > using art to tap "dormant energies in the collective that allows for a > peculiar extension of self into the community." > > > > Eventually, once incorporated as a non-profit, Kaustuv's Center will need > financial support. In the meantime, I invite you to explore Kaustuv's plan > (attached), as well as the stunning and utterly relentless vision of the > state of spiritual, social, and material slavery of the world as expressed > in Neighborhoods of the Plantation. > > > > If you are moved to contact Kaustuv to inquire into his progress, or to see > some of his own art work, I know he would be appreciative ( > kaustuv_r@yahoo.com). > > > > David > > > > > __________________________________________ > _____ > xmca mailing list > xmca@weber.ucsd.edu > http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca > > __________________________________________ _____ xmca mailing list xmca@weber.ucsd.edu http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca
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