Are you a freelancer whose work has been hit hard by COVID? I'm launching a tuition-free online programme for University of the Underground
In these unprecedented times, in which the universities are closed and their students are confined to their homes, tuition-free university and charity University of the Underground announces the launch of a new online programme, ‘From the Underground to the Cloud’.
Initially intended for a research bureau between Georgia and Holland titled ‘If I Can’t Dance I Don’t Want To Be Part Of Your Revolution’, our repurposed programme will now bring together multidisciplinary practitioners investigating disciplines such as dance and other experiential mediums and their potential in building organised communities and reinventing politics within institutions and beyond. Of interest to this bureau are the opportunities for creativity and playfulness towards political, economic and sociological systems. We will also consider how creatives, organised communities and politics can inspire one another and what would happen if they merge: How do dance parades undermine power structures or create a blueprint for new ones? What can politicians learn from musicians, magicians, drag queens, boxers and vice versa? How can new forms of debate develop from voguing; how will new systems of government and nation-states emerge from streaming and free jazz?
Some classes will be donated by the board of the University of the Underground charity (Rose McGowan, Jeremy Deller, Magid Magid, Ishmael Butler, Paola Antonelli, Tea Uglow, Damian Bradfield and more) and its teaching team. Others will be given by selected freelance creatives, practitioners, alumni of the University and others whose practice has been impacted by the coronavirus outbreak.
These selected event industry workers, nightlife workers, freelance creatives, freelance practitioners, and freelance teachers will benefit from the support of the University of the Underground charity in delivering these virtual classes, tutorials and digital workshops. Today, University of the Underground calls for them to send them proposals for online classes.
Deadline for sign-ups and proposals: Friday 3rd April, 23:59 GMT
Results Communicated: Monday 6th April
Programme begins: Wednesday 8th April
If you're an event industry worker, nightlife worker, freelance creative, freelance practitioners or freelance teacher, please register your interest in becoming a teacher on either of our programmes by reaching out to us by email at hello@universityoftheunderground.org. We are offering you the opportunity to teach our students, and to make up some of the lost income due to the spread of the coronavirus.
If you are looking to teach at the University of the Underground we ask that you send us:
- A 200 word proposal for classes and workshops: state if you wish to join the University research bureau’s ‘If I can’t dance, I don’t want to be a part of your revolution’ theme, or if you have another idea that is related to our interests.
- Your CV or similar.
If you are a freelance educator, have experience working with young people aged 15-18 and are looking to teach at High School of the Underground, we ask that you send us:
- A brief (300 word) letter of motivation: Please highlight how you relate to the theme of speculative fiction as a means of empowerment.
- Your CV or similar.
University of the Underground charity will support 120 euros for an online class and 200 euros for a workshop. You can submit multiple classes.
FOR MORE INFO GO TO http://universityoftheunderground.org/university-underground-announces-underground-cloud
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- This seems like such a good idea
- @Bejay Mulenga Thanks Bejay!
- This is cool. I have shared with my network.
- There's certainly a lot we can learn from drag queens! I'll send an email right away :)
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