ESRC Seminar Series Government and Freedom: Histories and Prospects
Seminar 3: Practices and Technologies for Governing Freedom
12 December 2008 at the London School of Economics and Political Science
Convened by Nikolas Rose
This seminar will examine the practices and technologies through which liberal government is made practicable. Some of these have been well charted, notably those that govern through the family, that seek to create and mould autonomy in the schoolroom, and those that attempt to recreate autonomy in those who have lost it, such as the apparatus of psychiatry. Our aim in this seminar is to extend this analysis into new areas, renew our engagement with these issues and explore them in new ways. The speakers will be Samantha Ashenden (Sociology and Politics, Birkbeck College, University of London; Mariana Valverde (Centre of Criminology, University of Toronto); David Saunders (CRESC / Open University); James Hay (Institute of Communication Research, University of Illinois--Champaign-Urbana); Laurie Ouellette (Communication Studies, University of Minnesota).
Please note that this seminar is by inviation only
Timetable for the seminar
10.30- 11.00: Coffee
Morning:
Chair: Francis Dodsworth
11.00- 11.15: Welcome and Introductions
11.15 - 11.40: Samantha Ashenden, Surrogacy, law and parenthood
11.40 - 12.05: Mariana Valverde, Urban space and municipal law: beyond the rights of persons
12.05 - 12. 35: Discussion
12.35 – 1.30: Lunch
Afternoon:
Chair: Tony Bennett
1.30 – 1.55 : David Saunders, The one and the multiple: juridical order and the ‘multiverse’
1.55 – 2.10: Discussion
2.10 – 3.00: James Hay and Laurie Oulette, The Reinvention of Television & the Government of the Self
3.00 – 3.15: Discussion
3.15 – 3.30: Break
3.30 - 4.00: Discussion and conclusions from the day
Tea will be available at the end of the seminar.