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DESCRIPTION:Launch Celebration for University of the Commons\nFree Education for 
 All\n\nThe commons:  What we share. Creations of nature and culture that 
 belong to all of us equally.\n\nOn Saturday, June 2, from 2 to 7 p.m., we 
 invite the community to join us at Artists’ Television Access to 
 celebrate the launch of a tuition-free educational community project, 
 University of the Commons.\n\nUniversity of the Commons is a collective of 
 teachers, activists, scholars, writers, and students dedicated to the idea 
 of education for the sake of education. We invite new faculty, students, 
 and the community to join us in forming a university dedicated to 
 tuition-free education for all.\n\nUTOC will work to provide an open, 
 dynamically evolving educational framework dedicated to supporting the free 
 exchange of knowledge and ideas, inclusively and equitably, from and for 
 the many diverse communities of San Francisco. \n\nUOTC will create 
 opportunities for learning, camaraderie, and critical thinking; activities 
 will include classes, lectures, seminars, workshops, exhibitions, 
 teach-ins, and activist interventions. \nStarting in early June, the first 
 section of 6 courses will begin; topics include Western music, filmmaking, 
 literary criticism, science literacy, computer history, and Occupy 
 activism. Classes will be university-quality, two-hour-a-week, fully scaled 
 courses taught by qualified individuals living and working in the Bay Area. 
 \n\nThe University of the Commons Launch Celebration will 
 offer:\n\nRoundtable discussions with featured speakers\nStephanie Ellis 
 cultural studies scholar \nAndrej Grubacic author, Don’t Mourn, 
 Balkanize\nMegan Prelinger Prelinger Library\nMike Pincus Free University 
 of Palo Alto\n	and more speakers TBA, addressing such topics as\n- The 
 nature and history of “The Commons” and the endangered status of these 
 ideas currently\n- Education as a fundamental right\n\nBrief introductory 
 course presentations describing the first batch of classes 
 offered\n\nSnacks, drinks, fantastic music by the Brass Liberation 
 Orchestra!\n\nThe university rests on the idea of free education as a 
 fundamental right of all free people. \nAll activities are open to the 
 general public.\nAll activities are free of charge.\n\nPlease join us 
 Saturday June 2, 2 to 7 p.m., at Artists’ Television Access for the 
 University of the Commons Launch Celebration!\n\nWe hope to see you 
 there!\n\n****************************************************\n\nSUMMER 
 2012 TUITION-FREE COURSES FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF THE COMMONS\n\nSCIENCE 
 LITERACY This course applies methods of science toward an understanding of 
 current environmental issues, including alternatives for electric power 
 generation, climate change, ecosystem structure and function, and genetic 
 modification of food. Course meets for 2-hour sessions, once a week, in 
 5-week modules. Instructor: Barbara-Ann G. Lewis, PhD\n\nRESPONSIVE CINEMA 
 This lecture/workshop hybrid is an open and free participatory film project 
 that involves hands-on production, improvisational performance, and a look 
 at radical/visionary and collective cinema in historical context. Course 
 meets for 2-hour sessions, once a week, for 5 weeks. Instructor: Rand 
 Crook, filmmaker\n\nINTRO TO WESTERN MUSIC: FROM MAHLER TO THE MUSIC VIDEO 
 This course examines Western art and music in various political, economic, 
 and aesthetic contexts and seeks to teach listening skills, vocabulary for 
 discussing music, and appreciation for the complex roles of music in 
 society. Course meets for 2-hour sessions, once a week, for 5 weeks. 
 Instructor: John Smalley, MPhil Historical Musicology\n\nTECHNOCULTURAL 
 STUDIES Part One A critical examination of key concepts and ideas in new 
 media technologies and their effects upon social, artistic, and global 
 communication. Topics include utopian computing, meaning and machines, rise 
 of collaboration, networked space, and new media. Some technology 
 desirable, not required. Course meets for 2 hours, once a week, in 3 
 independent 5-week sessions. Instructor: Molly Hankwitz, PhD\n\nTHE 
 QUESTION CONCERNING REALISM This course examines the foundations of Marxist 
 literary criticism in the debate over Expressionism vs. Realism within the 
 Frankfurt School in the early 1930s. The course welcomes those interested 
 in theory and also writers exploring different approaches to creating 
 socially conscious literature. Course meets for 2-hour sessions, once a 
 week, for 5 weeks. Instructor: Phil Gochenour, PhD \n\nOCCUPY U.: 
 PRESENT-DAY STRATEGIES FOR CHANGE AND THEIR EFFECTIVENESS This 
 participatory “Occupy” workshop looks at strategies and tactics used by 
 present-day and past movements, with the intent to increase knowledge, 
 critical thinking, and dialogue toward social change. At each session, 
 participants will co-create the topics for following sessions. Instructor: 
 Stardust Darkmatterji, activist and teacher.\n\n\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/05/15/18713538.php
SUMMARY:University of the Commons Launch Celebration
LOCATION:Artists’ Television Access\n992 Valencia Street (@ 21st Street)\nSan 
 Francisco, CA 94110\n
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/05/15/18713538.php
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