{"id":762,"date":"2013-02-28T09:45:24","date_gmt":"2013-02-28T09:45:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/reframe.sussex.ac.uk\/activistmedia\/?p=762"},"modified":"2022-12-13T19:13:08","modified_gmt":"2022-12-13T19:13:08","slug":"occupation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reframe.sussex.ac.uk\/activistmedia\/2013\/02\/occupation\/","title":{"rendered":"Occupy: New Spaces for Resistance Teach-In"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/reframe.sussex.ac.uk\/activistmedia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RE.FRAMING ACTIVISM<\/a> is based at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sussex.ac.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">University of Sussex<\/a> where students and staff are <a href=\"http:\/\/sussexagainstprivatization.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fighting<\/a> the senior management&#8217;s plans to privatise university services. For the last three weeks, students have been <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/education\/mortarboard\/2013\/feb\/13\/sussex-university-occupation-escalates\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">occupying the Conference Centre at the University of Sussex<\/a>. Their occupation is still strong with support from thousands of people across the world including academic Noam Chomsky, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Nevevw-5eNc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Caroline Lucas MP<\/a> and comedian <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yLAQHg5jUIw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mark Steel<\/a>. Last week, staff and doctoral researchers from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sussex.ac.uk\/mfm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">School of Media, Film and Music<\/a> supported the occupation with a teach-in and the following are the talks and resources shared.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u00a0____________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sussex.ac.uk\/mfm\/internal\/people\/mediaandfilm\/person\/239598\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rachel Wood<\/a>, Doctoral Researcher, <em>Introduction to the Media, Film, Music and Cultural Studies Teach-In and a Storify of Tweets<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"95\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F80270426%253Fsecret_token%253Ds-RzWpV&#038;auto_play=false&#038;hide_related=false&#038;visual=false&#038;show_comments=false&#038;color=false&#038;show_user=false&#038;show_reposts=false\"><\/iframe>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u00a0____________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ben Litherland, Doctoral Researcher, <em>Ideas of protests within the history of Cultural Studies <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"95\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F81172025&#038;auto_play=false&#038;hide_related=false&#038;visual=false&#038;show_comments=false&#038;color=false&#038;show_user=false&#038;show_reposts=false\"><\/iframe>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u00a0____________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong>Laura Joyce, Doctoral Researcher, <em>Uncanny Occupation<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Uncanny Occupation by Laura Joyce\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/60207759?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u00a0____________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sussex.ac.uk\/profiles\/216263\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0Adrian Goycoolea<\/a>, Lecturer in Video Production, <em>Student Protests in Chile<\/em> <\/strong><\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"95\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F80269816%253Fsecret_token%253Ds-g6xdC&#038;auto_play=false&#038;hide_related=false&#038;visual=false&#038;show_comments=false&#038;color=false&#038;show_user=false&#038;show_reposts=false\"><\/iframe>\n<p>https:\/\/vimeo.com\/59850916<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u00a0____________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sussex.ac.uk\/mediaandfilm\/people\/list\/person\/275228\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ryan Burns<\/a>, Doctoral Researcher, <em>Tablet Computers in Higher Education: Educational Corporatism?<\/em><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tablet Computers in Higher Education: Educational Corporatism? by Ryan Burns\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/60284505?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">____________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sussex.ac.uk\/mfm\/internal\/people\/mediaandfilm\/person\/207814\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Karen Burrows<\/a>, Doctoral Researcher, <em>Espionage TV Dramas: reducing resistance to government policy<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"95\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F81172596&#038;auto_play=false&#038;hide_related=false&#038;visual=false&#038;show_comments=false&#038;color=false&#038;show_user=false&#038;show_reposts=false\"><\/iframe>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">____________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sussex.ac.uk\/mfm\/internal\/people\/mediaandfilm\/person\/208770\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Holly Chard<\/a>, Doctoral Researcher, <em>Children&#8217;s Media &amp; Consumer Socialization: Higher Education&#8217;s role in the Resistance of Corporate Hegemony<\/em><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Children&#039;s Media &amp; Consumer Socialization: Higher Education&#039;s role in the Resistance of Corporate Hegemony by Holly Chard\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/60287276?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u00a0____________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sussex.ac.uk\/profiles\/183852\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Catherine Grant<\/a>, Senior Lecturer in Film Studies, <em>Cinemagogic Echoes? Len Lye&#8217;s FREE RADICALS (1958) and Fernando Solanas and Octavio Getino&#8217;s HOUR OF THE FURNACES (1968)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"CINEMAGOGIC ECHOES?\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/59900524?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u00a0____________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong>Occupy Sussex in the media:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Counterfire (2013) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.counterfire.org\/index.php\/articles\/46-video\/16302-video-occupy-sussex-anti-privatisation-protest\">Occupy Sussex anti-privatisation protest<\/a>, Video<\/p>\n<p>Mead, E. (2013) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/student\/news\/students-occupy-sussex-university-in-protest-against-service-selloff-8487055.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Students occupy Sussex University in protest against service sell-off,<\/a> Independent<\/p>\n<p>Mead, E. (2013) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/student\/news\/video-pressure-grows-on-sussex-university-management-as-students-storm-building-in-demonstration-against-privatisation-8493552.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pressure grows on Sussex University management as students storm building in demonstration against privatisation<\/a>, Independent, Video<\/p>\n<p>Private Eye (2013) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ucu\/status\/304513111921143808\/photo\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Off message<\/a>, Article<\/p>\n<p>Ratcliffe, R. (2013) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/education\/2013\/feb\/08\/students-occupy-sussex-university-in-protest-against-privatisation\">Students occupy Sussex University in protest against privatisation<\/a>, Guardian<\/p>\n<p>Richardson, H. (2013) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/education-21384151\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sussex students occupy university buildings,<\/a> BBC<\/p>\n<p>Ridgway, T. (2013) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theargus.co.uk\/news\/10237591.Funding_warning_to_protesting_University_of_Sussex\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Funding warning to protesting University of Sussex,<\/a> Argus<\/p>\n<p>Steel, M. (2013) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenleft.org.au\/node\/53314\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">We must support Sussex Uni occupiers against privatisation<\/a>, Green Left, Video<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RE.FRAMING ACTIVISM is based at the University of Sussex where students and staff are fighting the senior management&#8217;s plans to privatise university services. For the last three weeks, students have been occupying the Conference Centre at the University of Sussex. 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