Monday⌗

11 September 2023

17:00 (05:00 pm) - TAC Roundtable: Greetings, Salutations and Announcements

18:00 (06:00 pm) - Dis & Datinformation w/Ann Li

Join us for a daily topical conversation about cultural and political economic research subjects plus discussion about scholarly articles posted to the TAC Discord server.

Read about Rent 1.00 today’s topic.

19:00 (7:00 pm) - Writer’s Workshop w/Nancy M.

Bring any original writing, old, new, fictional or factual, on any topic, poetry or prose, to read and discuss. Here’s a new prompt if you want to use a prompt:

  • Write about your earliest memory.
  • How does it make you feel?
  • Why do you think it’s remained in your consciousness?
  • Was it important in determining who you are?

For latest writing prompt see the #writers-workshop channel on the Discord.

20:00 (08:00 pm) - Bring the News w/Whomever Brings It

If you come across an article or bit of news that you feel the group would find interesting read it aloud (or ask someone to) and open the floor to discussion.

Tuesday⌗

12 September 2023

18:00 (06:00 pm) - Dis & Datinformation w/Ann Li

Join us for a daily topical conversation about cultural and political economic research subjects plus discussion about scholarly articles posted to the TAC Discord server.

Reading for today: Rent: “what twenty-first century rents look like in theory and practice.”

19:00-20:30 (7:00-8:30 pm) - The Read Hour w/Bruce M.

Join the us every Tuesday for a short story discussion. See this week’s reading in the #the-read-hour channel on Discord.

Wednesday⌗

13 September 2023

18:00 (06:00 pm) - Dis & Datinformation w/Ann Li

Join us for a daily topical conversation about cultural and political economic research subjects plus discussion about scholarly articles posted to the TAC Discord server.

Reading for today, Rent: ‘The shitty rent business’: What’s the point of land rent theory? Ward and Aalbers 2016

19:00 (07:00 pm) - Green Therapy w/Joe in Norway

We treated ourselves to some “green therapy” at the Oslo Botanical Gardens today. We took some photos that I’ll share with the group and see if I can stump the encyclopedic Botanic Nancy.

20:30-21:30 (08:30 pm) - Spirituality and Activism w/Texas Tom #spirituality-and-activism

Thursday⌗

14 September 2023

17:00 (05:00 pm) - TAC Roundtable: Greetings, Salutations and Announcements

17:30 (05:30 pm) - After Hours Show Pre-Production Meeting

18:00 (06:00 pm) - Dis & Datinformation w/Ann Li

Join us for a daily topical conversation about cultural and political economic research subjects plus discussion about scholarly articles posted to the TAC Discord server.

19:00 (07:00 pm) - Bring the News w/Whomever Brings It

If you come across an article or bit of news that you feel the group would find interesting read it aloud (or ask someone to) and open the floor to discussion.

22:00 (10:00 pm) - “Texas Tom” Webber’s Night Owl Roost

Please check #zoom-links-schedule channel on Discord for separate Zoom link.

Friday⌗

15 September 2023

14:00 (02:00 pm) - (Tentative Random Stream) Kulternatt w/Joe in Norway

Evening of cultural events across Oslo; new-ish Munch and National museums; streaming if events permit.

18:00 (06:00 pm) - Greetings, Salutations and Announcements

19:00 (07:00 pm) - The After Hours Show S01E18

On tonight’s show:

  • Steve K. eases us into the show with some live music
  • Joe in Norway gets another workout with the gigantic stone mortal & pestle for Kitchen ASMR
  • Prof. Ann Li gives us the Report on Ukraine and blesses us with a rant
  • TAC week in review, week looking forward

21:00 (09:00 pm) - Open dialogue, Bring the News, What Have You

23:00 (11:00 pm) - The Late Night Safety Meeting w/Henchman 21

Watching The Venture Bros. and discussing pop culture references, current events correlations, real world character translations, themes, etc, through any lens desired.

Have your nibbles and drinks close by, tuck in.

Saturday⌗

16 September 2023

Morning Session⌗

5:00 (5:00 am) - Conference: From Oslo to Apartheid w/Joe in Norway

Join me for an half day of talks/lectures on the road from the Oslo Accords to Apartheid today.

Schedule:⌗

11.00 Introduction

11.15-13.00: Oslo accords: 30 years without peace

Research and Hindsight: Critical Reflections on the conception and unfolding of the Oslo Accords by Toufic Haddad, Director Kenyon Institute, Jerusalem (via zoom)

Trump’s peace plan and the Abraham Accords – Erasing the Palestinians by Nadim Khoury, Associate Professor, ​​Inland School of Business and Social Science

LUNCH 13.00-14.00

14.00-15.45: What are the alternatives to the two-state-solution?

Room for negotiations in the New Middle East? by Diana Buttu, Lawyer and former legal adviser for Abbas and PLO’s negotiation delegation

How is the post-Oslo generation reclaiming their self-determination beyond the agreement? by Ahmed Abofoul, Legal Researcher and Advocacy Officer, Al-Haq

The political life of the Palestinian camps in Lebanon by Erling Lorentzen Sogge, Senior lecturer in Middle East Studies, University of Oslo

BREAK 15.45-16.00

16.00-17.00: Panel discussion: Envisioning a future without occupation and apartheid?

Ahmed Abofoul, Raji Sourani and Nadim Khoury, Associate Professor, Inland School of Business and Social Science Moderator: Line Khateeb, Head of the Palestine Committee

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Afternoon Session⌗

14:00 (2:00 pm) - Writer’s Workshop w/Nancy M.

Bring any original writing, old, new, fictional or factual, on any topic, poetry or prose, to read and discuss. For latest writing prompt see the #writers-workshop channel on the Discord.

16:00 (04:00 pm) - Bring the News w/Whomever Brings It

If you come across an article or bit of news that you feel the group would find interesting read it aloud (or ask someone to) and open the floor to discussion.

18:00 (06:00 pm) - Dis & Datinformation w/Ann Li

Join us for a daily topical conversation about cultural and political economic research subjects plus discussion about scholarly articles posted to the TAC Discord server.

Sunday⌗

17 September 2023

9:00 (9:00 am) - Photographic History of Oslo w/Joe in Norway

Join me at Bymuseet Frogner Parken (City Museum of Oslo) for two photography exhibitions, A Taste of Oslo convering 150 years of food history in the city and Kjære Akerselva about the historical changes the city’s main river has taken from industrialization until today.

13:00 (01:00 pm) - Art Attack Zoom Group w/Texas Tom

14:00 (02:00 pm) - Hammer and Sickle

Join us for shop and garden help and discussion.

15:00 (03:00 pm) - Weekly Marx Reading Group

18:00 (06:00 pm) - Dis & Datinformation w/Ann Li

Join us for a daily topical conversation about cultural and political economic research subjects plus discussion about scholarly articles posted to the TAC Discord server.

Today’s reading: A Marx for All Seasons

Note: all times are EST.

Registration⌗

Register for a slot on After Hours now.