WHERE: Walker Art Center.
WHEN: April 12–14, 2012.
TITLE: Discourse and Discord: Architecture of Agonism from the Kitchen Table to the City Street
BRIEF ABOUT: A three-day symposium on agonism in the public sphere, consist of a series of talks, workshops, actions and playful experiments. ‘Discourse and Discord’ aims to explore the structures or “architectures”—whether it’s the built environment, online technologies, songs, or recipes—that can draw people together for genuine dialogue and debate. It also reinforces the idea that democracy thrives on and even requires an agonistic foundation. Find out what happens when you move beyond agreeing to disagree by people of different minds, views, and beliefs.
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