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She is best known as a post colonial theorist but she describes herself as “para-disciplinary, ethical philosopher.” She has applied deconstructive strategies to various theoretical engagements and textual analyses: from Feminism, Marxism, and Literary Criticism to, most recently, Postcolonialism. Spivak has published numerous books and interviews including In Other Worlds: Essays in Cultural Politics and Death of a Discipline.<ref>http://www.ydsusa.org/news/a-real-change-for-a-change</ref> | She is best known as a post colonial theorist but she describes herself as “para-disciplinary, ethical philosopher.” She has applied deconstructive strategies to various theoretical engagements and textual analyses: from Feminism, Marxism, and Literary Criticism to, most recently, Postcolonialism. Spivak has published numerous books and interviews including In Other Worlds: Essays in Cultural Politics and Death of a Discipline.<ref>http://www.ydsusa.org/news/a-real-change-for-a-change</ref> | ||
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| + | The [[Young Democratic Socialists]]’ winter conference, cosponsored by the Columbia University [[Working Families Party]] chapter, was held February 17-19 2006, in New York City. It was entitled "Turning the Tide Towards Freedom: Building the Youth and Student Movement for Justice." | ||
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| + | Speakers included [[Joseph Schwartz]], [[Bill Fletcher, Jr.]], [[Christian Parenti]], [[Gayatri Spivak]], and [[Damu Smith]], "who gave us the “big picture,” described and explained structural injustice at home and abroad, and got us fired up to continue and intensify the fight for a better world."<ref>[http://www.dsausa.org/dl/Spring_2006.pdf Democratic left, Spring 2006]</ref> | ||
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Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak is a professor and director of the Institute for Comparative Literature and Society at Columbia University.[1]
She is best known as a post colonial theorist but she describes herself as “para-disciplinary, ethical philosopher.” She has applied deconstructive strategies to various theoretical engagements and textual analyses: from Feminism, Marxism, and Literary Criticism to, most recently, Postcolonialism. Spivak has published numerous books and interviews including In Other Worlds: Essays in Cultural Politics and Death of a Discipline.[2]
2006 YDS conference
The Young Democratic Socialists’ winter conference, cosponsored by the Columbia University Working Families Party chapter, was held February 17-19 2006, in New York City. It was entitled "Turning the Tide Towards Freedom: Building the Youth and Student Movement for Justice."
Speakers included Joseph Schwartz, Bill Fletcher, Jr., Christian Parenti, Gayatri Spivak, and Damu Smith, "who gave us the “big picture,” described and explained structural injustice at home and abroad, and got us fired up to continue and intensify the fight for a better world."[3]
YDS conference
Spivak will be speaking at the Young Democratic Socialists National Conference in 2010.[4]