THE PRODUCTION OF UNCERTAINTY
October 14, – November 11, 2020
UNCERTAINTY WORKSHOP:
THE PRODUCTION OF UNCERTAINTY
How do we account for so much uncertainty, even when we already know?
LEADING UP TO AND BEYOND THE UNCERTAINTIES OF NOVEMBER 3RD, JOIN UNCERTAINTY LABS FOR A FIVE WEEK WORKSHOP ON THE PRODUCTION, MAINTENANCE, AND APPLICATION OF UNCERTAINTY IN THE PRODUCTION OF ADVANTAGE.
Beginning Wednesday, October 14th through November 11th
6:30PM EST (45 minutes each)
Free
Week 1 : A SHARP IMAGE OF A BLURRY OBJECT
We don’t know? or
We already know? or
We can’t know?
What is the difference between a fact and the way we organize around a fact?
What are the limits of objectivity and neutrality when subjective interest guides social construction?
Can we tell the difference between something uncertain and something constructed to be uncertain enough?
Join for a discussion on the core questions of social objects, reflexivity, and gaps in rhetoric where maps have no terrains and terrains have no maps.
Week 2: THE ABILITY TO EVADE
Who benefits from so much volatility?
Why does our knowledge feel so ineffective in the construction of alternatives?
How is the construction of ambiguity, blurriness, and uncertainty a strategy to evade regulation, obligation, and accountability?
In Justice Scalia’s majority opinion upholding the second amendment, a single comma was interpreted as full separation between the second part of the sentence (a right to bear arms) and the first part of the sentence (in the context of a “well regulated militia”).
Why does it seem that despite every tool of regulation, there is always a comma or loophole by which to evade?
Examining a series of legal cases including Bush v. Gore, District of Columbia v. Heller, and Shelby County v. Holder, how is the ability to present as objective a tool in achieving subjective advantage?
Week 3: THE DENIAL OF LEGITIMACY
Does legitimacy exist objectively and neutrally?
Is the denial of legitimacy the final play in the suppression of any alternative by offering no legitimate path by which to construct one?
Join for a discussion on ‘an age of no remedy,’ where governance occurs in the vacuum of legitimacy and the intentional inability to produce alternative.
Week 4 & 5: WE DON’T KNOW
In the event of escalating uncertainty up to and after Nov. 3rd, join for two discussions where we will apply frameworks from prior weeks to consider the unknowns ahead. Which unknowns are neutral and which are constructed in the pursuit of advantage?
UNCERTAINTY LABS 