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Do we live in the age of the crisis of liberty?
Season 1 ¡ Episode 9
jeudi 9 juillet 2020 ⢠Duration 11:47
This one-off episode of the podcast is the audio version of a video presentation I prepared for the 'Ends of Autonomy' Colloquium, held over Zoom on the 7-9 July 2020 (UK dates). Â The original video version is available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uflmg4NTz6A
The Enlightenment value of autonomy is facing unprecedented tensions today: my freedom to drive, fly, eat meat and have a large family are perceived as existential threats to others and as endangering the planet; my "autonomous" desires are curated, packaged and sold to me by a sophisticated market economic and increasingly algorithmic machinery; terrorist and extremist threats have normalised the state of exception; not to mention the centrality of freedoms of speech, association and conscience in the unfolding situations around COVID-19, Black Lives Matter and the relation of Hong Kong to mainland China.Â
This short presentation introduces the stakes of autonomy today and stands as an invitation to further reflection. Videos of individual colloquium presentations will be posted at https://bit.ly/theendsofautonomyÂ
Vodcast: Samuel Beckett, Krapp's Last Tape Lecture 2020
Season 1 ¡ Episode 8
dimanche 7 juin 2020 ⢠Duration 46:35
This one-off episode of the podcast is the audio version of a video lecture I gave on Samuel Beckett's Krapp's Last Tape last week. The original video version is available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1-Fbtna5PU
There is talk in university circles these days of the lecture format being dead. I think that's a naive view, like saying radio is dead because of the invention of television. So in addition to helping my students understand Beckett, I wanted to see what I could do with a 50 minute "lecture" slot under lockdown. I gave myself an afternoon and an evening to produce the finished product (which encoded overnight and was uploaded the next morning) from notes I had written in a previous year. After receiving feedback from students who watched the "lecture", I'm more convinced than ever that "young people" today are more than capable of sitting for 50 minutes and consuming information, providing it is presented with some thoughtfulness.
Vodcast: Camus, The Plague, and the value of literature in a time of pandemic
Episode 7
jeudi 21 mai 2020 ⢠Duration 19:17
This is the audio version of a video I prepared for the "Camus, Christ and COVID-19" event organised by Christian Heritage Cambridge on 20 May 2020. The original video is available at https://youtu.be/ub0pmZHBuvg
In this episode I discuss the importance and value of literature in a time of crisis, some common misunderstandings about Camus' The Plague, and what we can gain from reading the novel in our current pandemic situation.
An Easter meditation on the very idea of having something to say about COVID-19. Let's read Camus' The Plague #6
Episode 6
lundi 11 mai 2020 ⢠Duration 11:49
This episode is an audio version of a blog post I wrote on 11 April 2020, the sixth in a series of reflections about the COVID-19 pandemic in the light of Albert Camus's The Plague.Â
I hope you enjoy it!Â
You can find more content related to my research, writing and blogging at christopherwatkin.com.
Pandemics, the phenomenology of statistics, and the numerical sublime. Letâs read Camusâ The Plague #5
Episode 4
mercredi 6 mai 2020 ⢠Duration 15:11
This episode is an audio version of a blog post I wrote on 9 April 2020, the fifth in a series of reflections about the COVID-19 pandemic in the light of Albert Camus's The Plague.Â
I hope you enjoy it!Â
You can find more content related to my research, writing and blogging at christopherwatkin.com.
Pandemic temporality. The strange times of COVID-19--Let's read Camus' The Plague #4
Episode 4
lundi 4 mai 2020 ⢠Duration 17:44
Bonkers is the new normal--escalating paradigm shifts in the progress of a pandemic. Let's read Camus's The Plague #3
Season 1 ¡ Episode 3
lundi 20 avril 2020 ⢠Duration 11:06
This episode is an audio version of a blog post I wrote on 20 March 2020, the third in a series of reflections about the COVID-19 pandemic in the light of Albert Camus's The Plague. I hope you enjoy it!
You can find more content related to my research, writing and blogging at christopherwatkin.com.
The inkling of a different reality. Let's read Camus's The Plague #2
Season 1 ¡ Episode 2
samedi 18 avril 2020 ⢠Duration 04:57
This episode is an audio version of a blog post I wrote on 20 February 2020, the second in a series of reflections about the COVID-19 pandemic in the light of Albert Camus's The Plague. I hope you enjoy it!
You can find more content related to my research, writing and blogging at christopherwatkin.com.
Epidemics are apocalyptic, but not in the way we might think. Let's read Camus's The Plague #1
Season 1 ¡ Episode 1
samedi 18 avril 2020 ⢠Duration 05:15
This episode is an audio version of a blog post I wrote on March 18 2020, the first in a series of reflections about the current COVID-19 epidemic in the light of Albert Camus's The Plague, which I have been re-reading over the past weeks. I hope you enjoy it!
You can find more content related to my research, writing and blogging at christopherwatkin.com.
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