CLOSE READINGS: THE COMMONS
Schedule
Wed Oct 29 2025 at 03:30 pm to 05:00 pm
UTC+01:00Location
Keysers gate 1, 0165 Oslo, Norway | Oslo, OS
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This will be the first of two sessions focusing on influential American cultural theorist and queer/feminist scholar Lauren Berlant’s ‘The commons: Infrastructures for troubling times’. The essay explores how, in moments of crisis, the idea of ‘the commons’ –understood not just as a metaphor but as an infrastructure – becomes a conceptual and practical tool for imagining new forms of social life. Berlant recognises that brokenness is not just negative; it’s also a condition for possibility.You can find the text here: https://collective-n.com/fff/beyond/images/ak/berlant%20-%20infrastructures.pdf
Close Readings is a no-preparation-needed reading group. You are welcome to read the text in advance but do feel very welcome to come unprepared. Berlant is not an easy read and the text is long, but we will take it very slow and spend the October and
November sessions of Close Readings (hopefully) making sense of this dense and important piece of writing. All levels of engagement and questions are welcome. We want to create a safe and open environment for reflection and learning, even when the reading material is challenging.
Everyone is welcome to join!
Access
The event is spoken in English.
UKS is wheelchair accessible.
We do not have sign language interpretation. Please contact Miriam Wistreich at [email protected] if you require sign language interpretation and we will do our best to accommodate your needs.
Further information about visiting UKS can be found in our access note here.
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