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January 10, 2014
Cultures of Financialization
Coming in August 2014, my monograph "Cultures of Financialization: Fictitious Capital in Popular Culture and Everyday Life", published by Palgrave MacMillan
Cultures of Financialization (August 2014)
Cultures of Financialization: Fictitious Capital in Popular Culture and Everyday Life By Max Haiven To be published by Palgrave MacMillan in August of 2014 Financialization not only refers to the incredible power of the financial sector over economics and politics. It also refers to the creep of financial ideas, metaphors, narratives and measurements throughout society […]
January 8, 2014
“Walmart, Financialization and the Cultural Politics of Securitization” appears in Cultural Politics
The journal Cultural Politics (9.2) has published my article ""Walmart, Financialization and the Cultural Politics of Securitization" (http://culturalpolitics.dukejournals....) 
January 3, 2014
Money as Artistic Media: Coins of the Realm (illustrated lecture)
Here is a video (http://vimeo.com/79456679) of a presentation titled “Money as Artistic Media: Coins of the Realm” I gave at the Art and Money symposium at New Zealand’s Dunedin School of Art in August of 2013, as part of my ReImagining Money project. I argue that artistic works that mobilize money (coins, bills, etc.) as […]
November 20, 2013
“Between Success and Failure: Dwelling with Social Movements in the Hiatus” in Interface: A Journal for and About Social Movements
Alex Khasnabish and I have co-authored an article titled “Between Success and Failure: Dwelling with Social Movements in the Hiatus” which has appeared in the most recent issue (5.2) of the phenomenal journal Interface: A Journal for and About Social Movements. Interface has a unique peer-review process that includes both an academic and an activist reviewer […]
October 23, 2013
Chapter “The Dammed of the Earth” in the Thinking With Water collection
I have a chapter appearing in this great new collection titled Thinking With Water edited by Cecilia Chen, Janine MacLeod and Astrida Neimanis (McGill-Queen’s University Press, Fall 2013). From the MQUP website: As a life-giving but also potentially destructive substance, water occupies a prominent place in the imagination. At the same time, water issues are among […]
October 15, 2013
A People’s Bank – Nocturne Halifax, Saturday Oct 19, 6pm-12am, NSCAD Library
UPDATE: “A People’s Bank” was a great success, with over 2100 attendees through the evening. Documentation can be found here: http://reimaginingmoney.net/exhibitio... A PEOPLE’S BANK October 19, 2013 – 6pm-12am – The NSCAD University Library – 5163 Duke St, Halifax NS Part of the Nocturne Art at Night Festival (http://nocturnehalifax.ca/) The financial crisis of 2008 and […]
October 10, 2013
“The Debt of Creativity” TED Talk
In March, I delivered a TED Talk at TEDxNovaScotia on “The Debt of Creativity,” which was about debt, creativity, the radical imagination, Gustav Courbet, student loans, indentured labour, the Paris Commune, globalization and whatever else I could cram into my 15 minutes of fame. I’m not a huge fan of TED talks, but I hope […]
September 26, 2013
Crises of Imagination, Crises of Power (March 2014)
Crises of Imagination, Crises of Power: Capitalism, Creativity and the Commons By Max Haiven Published by Zed Books, March 2014 Overview | Launch Events | Order | Endorsements | Table of Contents | About the Author | Excerpt Today, when it seems like everything has been privatized, when austerity is too often seen as an […]
