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BIO
Michael Szpakowski is an artist, composer, writer and educator.
CV:
http://www.somedancersandmusicians.com/szpakowski_cv.pdf
Video work:
http://www.somedancersandmusicians.com/vlog/ScenesOfProvincialLife.cgi
Stills:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/szpako
12 Remixes:
http://www.michaelszpakowski.org/mickiewicz/
CV:
http://www.somedancersandmusicians.com/szpakowski_cv.pdf
Video work:
http://www.somedancersandmusicians.com/vlog/ScenesOfProvincialLife.cgi
Stills:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/szpako
12 Remixes:
http://www.michaelszpakowski.org/mickiewicz/
Re: SocialEast Forum (Call for Papers)
<can you suggest a more precise term?>
Yes - Stalinist states, centralised command economies,
Soviet bloc countries, Warsaw pact countries,
countries in the Soviet sphere of influence, State
Capitalist regimes, "socialist" countries, "communist"
countries...
<and 'socialist' is preferred
over 'communist', as it is a more open and less
judgemental term>
Who says? -they both have precise meanings:
http://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1917/staterev/ch05.htm#s3
Do you think it would be less taxonomically sloppy to
call a carrot an apple or to call it a plum?
<as being the term of
self-reference of those countries in that period>
Sorry ,in my innocence I had assumed it was the duty
of academics to look beyond self labelling.
Sloppy, sloppy, sloppy!
Michael Szpakowski,
Emperor of Japan
--- Reuben Fowkes <R.Fowkes@mmu.ac.uk> wrote:
> I'm not sure what you find so provocative about the
> notion of 'Eastern Europe during the socialist
> period', can you suggest a more precise term?
> 'Eastern Europe' includes the idea of a political
> construct (as opposed to Central Europe, which has
> other implications), and 'socialist' is preferred
> over 'communist', as it is a more open and less
> judgemental term, as well as being the term of
> self-reference of those countries in that period. I
> use these terms to refer to the subject of the
> seminar series, rather than suggest any a priori
> value judgements, rather unlike the vitrolic tone
> of your message.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Dr Reuben Fowkes
> Research Fellow MIRIAD
> (Manchester Institute for Research and Innovation in
> Art and Design),
>
> "Before acting on this email or opening any
> attachments you should read the Manchester
> Metropolitan
> University's email disclaimer available on its
> website http://www.mmu.ac.uk/emaildisclaimer"
>
> >>> Michael Szpakowski <szpako@yahoo.com> 02/07/2006
> 13:23 >>>
> < Eastern Europe during the
> socialist period. >
> WHEN WAS THAT THEN?
>
> -or was the 'work harder you dirty whore' regularly
> directed pre 1980 to my aunt at her workplace merely
> a
> form of friendly socialist encouragement?
> -the two year jail term given to my cousin for
> trying
> to cross the border after the Jaruzelski coup a
> comradely tap on the knuckles..
> -or the death from starvation or shooting of half my
> father's companions in labour camp, or the death of
> my
> grandfather from gangrene because the authorities
> refused to replace his worn out shoes, just an
> unfortunate glitch in the free Siberian/Kazakhstan
> holiday experience provided by the "socialist"
> neighbour in the East...
>
> As an academic you should be *squirming with shame*
> to
> use language so loosely, ignorantly &
> corruptly..even
> inverted commas might have made a difference..
>
> michael szpakowski
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Yes - Stalinist states, centralised command economies,
Soviet bloc countries, Warsaw pact countries,
countries in the Soviet sphere of influence, State
Capitalist regimes, "socialist" countries, "communist"
countries...
<and 'socialist' is preferred
over 'communist', as it is a more open and less
judgemental term>
Who says? -they both have precise meanings:
http://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1917/staterev/ch05.htm#s3
Do you think it would be less taxonomically sloppy to
call a carrot an apple or to call it a plum?
<as being the term of
self-reference of those countries in that period>
Sorry ,in my innocence I had assumed it was the duty
of academics to look beyond self labelling.
Sloppy, sloppy, sloppy!
Michael Szpakowski,
Emperor of Japan
--- Reuben Fowkes <R.Fowkes@mmu.ac.uk> wrote:
> I'm not sure what you find so provocative about the
> notion of 'Eastern Europe during the socialist
> period', can you suggest a more precise term?
> 'Eastern Europe' includes the idea of a political
> construct (as opposed to Central Europe, which has
> other implications), and 'socialist' is preferred
> over 'communist', as it is a more open and less
> judgemental term, as well as being the term of
> self-reference of those countries in that period. I
> use these terms to refer to the subject of the
> seminar series, rather than suggest any a priori
> value judgements, rather unlike the vitrolic tone
> of your message.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Dr Reuben Fowkes
> Research Fellow MIRIAD
> (Manchester Institute for Research and Innovation in
> Art and Design),
>
> "Before acting on this email or opening any
> attachments you should read the Manchester
> Metropolitan
> University's email disclaimer available on its
> website http://www.mmu.ac.uk/emaildisclaimer"
>
> >>> Michael Szpakowski <szpako@yahoo.com> 02/07/2006
> 13:23 >>>
> < Eastern Europe during the
> socialist period. >
> WHEN WAS THAT THEN?
>
> -or was the 'work harder you dirty whore' regularly
> directed pre 1980 to my aunt at her workplace merely
> a
> form of friendly socialist encouragement?
> -the two year jail term given to my cousin for
> trying
> to cross the border after the Jaruzelski coup a
> comradely tap on the knuckles..
> -or the death from starvation or shooting of half my
> father's companions in labour camp, or the death of
> my
> grandfather from gangrene because the authorities
> refused to replace his worn out shoes, just an
> unfortunate glitch in the free Siberian/Kazakhstan
> holiday experience provided by the "socialist"
> neighbour in the East...
>
> As an academic you should be *squirming with shame*
> to
> use language so loosely, ignorantly &
> corruptly..even
> inverted commas might have made a difference..
>
> michael szpakowski
> +
> -> post: list@rhizome.org
> -> questions: info@rhizome.org
> -> subscribe/unsubscribe:
> http://rhizome.org/preferences/subscribe.rhiz
> -> give: http://rhizome.org/support
> +
> Subscribers to Rhizome are subject to the terms set
> out in the
> Membership Agreement available online at
> http://rhizome.org/info/29.php
>
Re: SocialEast Forum (Call for Papers)
< Eastern Europe during the
socialist period. >
WHEN WAS THAT THEN?
-or was the 'work harder you dirty whore' regularly
directed pre 1980 to my aunt at her workplace merely a
form of friendly socialist encouragement?
-the two year jail term given to my cousin for trying
to cross the border after the Jaruzelski coup a
comradely tap on the knuckles..
-or the death from starvation or shooting of half my
father's companions in labour camp, or the death of my
grandfather from gangrene because the authorities
refused to replace his worn out shoes, just an
unfortunate glitch in the free Siberian/Kazakhstan
holiday experience provided by the "socialist"
neighbour in the East...
As an academic you should be *squirming with shame* to
use language so loosely, ignorantly & corruptly..even
inverted commas might have made a difference..
michael szpakowski
socialist period. >
WHEN WAS THAT THEN?
-or was the 'work harder you dirty whore' regularly
directed pre 1980 to my aunt at her workplace merely a
form of friendly socialist encouragement?
-the two year jail term given to my cousin for trying
to cross the border after the Jaruzelski coup a
comradely tap on the knuckles..
-or the death from starvation or shooting of half my
father's companions in labour camp, or the death of my
grandfather from gangrene because the authorities
refused to replace his worn out shoes, just an
unfortunate glitch in the free Siberian/Kazakhstan
holiday experience provided by the "socialist"
neighbour in the East...
As an academic you should be *squirming with shame* to
use language so loosely, ignorantly & corruptly..even
inverted commas might have made a difference..
michael szpakowski
some advice sought
Hi all
I need a bit of advice on graffiti for various (
boringly legit -I'm not about to go around spraying
"Szpako" or some such anywhere) reasons.
Spray paint - what sort, is any particular brand,
type, favoured & for what reasons?
What's my best & cheapest supplier in the UK?
mail me on or off list
thanks in advance
michael
I need a bit of advice on graffiti for various (
boringly legit -I'm not about to go around spraying
"Szpako" or some such anywhere) reasons.
Spray paint - what sort, is any particular brand,
type, favoured & for what reasons?
What's my best & cheapest supplier in the UK?
mail me on or off list
thanks in advance
michael
d-d-d-dance
http://www.somedancersandmusicians.com/vlog/ScenesOfProvincialLife.cgi/2006/06/15#post95
11.6 MB, has sound
best
michael
11.6 MB, has sound
best
michael