List of brokers
From Critical Practice Chelsea
To Do: Suggest people who might contribute to our upcoming series
For enthusiasm; ***** (five stars = maximum) and sign with initials?
| Nominatee | CP Nominator | Type of Value | Rationale | The Place | Enthusiasm |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Tan | Marsha | to speak about the value of socially engaged art as social practice | organize this as a CCW/RCA event | (?) | (?) |
| Dave Beech | Marsha | to talk about the value of being a Marxist today (!) | dovetails with Contemporary Marxist Group | (?) | (?) |
| David Cross | Marsha | something on value and sustainability | the seeds of this have already been sown in Creative Transition - it would be good to double up - and move outwards... | (?) | (?) |
| Toni Prug | Kuba | Alternative systems of measuring and exchanging value | Toni convined open organization rules and works on alternative economic systems, making PhD at Queens Mary | (?) | **NC |
| (?) | Kuba | Values related to affective / emotional labour, like care, relations, etc. | (?) | Feminized spaces and labour | (?) |
| Joris Luyendijk | Kuba | On being a banker: Time and value in international finances | He is an author if the Anthropological Study of Bankers | The City | (?) |
| Owen Hatherley | Kuba | Space and value | He is an outspoken architectural critic and leads tours from time to time | The Corporation of London | ***NC |
| (?) | Kuba | Foraging urban values | The issues related to foraging in the city / recycling / gleaning | (?) | (?) |
| (?) | Kuba | Meshwork markets and direct exchange | Exploring the cultural history of market | One of London street markets | (?) |
| (?) | Kuba | Financialization of economy | What happens to values in the age of speculation? | Stock Exchange | (?) |
| Angela McRobbie | Kuba | Creation of Values in Creative Industries - Culturalization of Economy | She realized extensive research about the 'losangelization' of London, focusing on the creative industries / cultural entrepreneurs | Creative clusters in London | Marsha says YES! YES! YES! |
| (?) | Kuba | Money and Values | Exploring the cultural history of money | Bank of England | (?) |
| (?) | Kuba | Value of luxury | Veblen - like anthropology of idle class | (?) | (?) |
| David Graeber | Kuba | Debt as a way of extracting value from populations | Graeber wrote the book 'Debt. First 5000 Years' | (?) | Marsha says YES! YES! YES! ****NC |
| James Field | Kuba | Corporatization / economization of space | How the public space is economized and privatized under the corporate regime | Canary Wharf | ***NC |
| Historian of labour | Kuba | Value of Labour | We need a marxist historian who will depict the labourist theory of value | places related to industry / history of workers organization / labour | (?) |
| (?) | Marsha | Dark Arts of Administration | the value of administration and other forms of invisible labour - Dark Matter discussion | (?) | (?) |
| Austin William | Marsha | Transformation - movement in the city | (?) | (?) | (?) |
| (?) | Kuba | Value of aesthetic experience / beauty as a joy forever | Historian of beauty/aesthetics, arts&craft, Ruskin | (?) | (?) |
| Bishop/curate/chaplin | Sharon | Religion and value, moral code | (?) | Paul's Cathedral | (?) |
| Jaromil or Michel_Bauwens | Neil | Bitcoin, Freecoin or P2P money | A commons currency as an alternative to proprietary money. | distributed/The City | ****NC |
| Ian Sinclair | Neil | a psychogeography of Value | Brilliant biographer of London. | London | ****NC |
| Germaine Greer? | Sharon | Beauty of youth vs the value of experience | Why is the Western world obsessed with youth and staying forever young? More women turn to plastic surgery and science to keep looking youthful? To what end? | ? | (?) |
| ? | Sharon | Value of peaceful public protest | When has it been most effective in history? Is it a method that is good for affecting change and getting results today? | Houses of Parliment (where Emily Pankhurst chained herself to railings)and where there continues to be a peace protest | (?) |
| Richard Sennett | Sharon | Value of craftmanship and pride in workmanship | Richard Sennett | ? | (?) |