8/8/2019 Demilit San Jose

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#DEMILIT in San José, Ca. Sept. 16Among many symptoms, San José is home to 10 government and 67 company locations on the

Washington Post's map of Top Secret America. We'll study this creeping militarization throughentry points such as drones, defense corporations, uses of force, gang profiling, and militarybases. We'll also take visitors on an outdoor exploration of downtown SJ with a focus on thesecurity landscape.

Guests:• Charlotte Casey, San Jose Peace & Justice Center and San José Code Pink• Katherine Chandler, UC Berkeley, Rhetoric Department• Raj Jayadev, Silicon Valley Debug Presented by the Demilit team in conjunction with 01SJ Biennial and (OP)Space, CCA ArchitectureURBANlab.

WORKS GALLERY451 South First StreetSan José, Ca.95113-2816THURS SEPT 16

See http://bit.ly/demilit f or more info. More Details below....

Full AbstractThe crisis of the contemporary spatial condition is produced in part by the hyper-expansion of militarization into all areas of life. Demilit, short for Decoding Military Landscapes, is an openpedagogical project aiming to know how the military and militarization affects society and space.We at Demilit (DM) take stock of the military presence in both routine and unexpected ways byusing research, sound recordings, images and more. Among other symptoms, San José is home to10 government and 67 company locations on the Washington Post's map of Top Secret America.We'll unpack this military presence through topics such as drones, defense corporations, uses of force, gang profiling, military bases, and much more. We will also take visitors on an outdoorexploration in downtown SJ focusing on the security landscape.

To find out more visit http://bit.ly/demilit or follow @demilit on Twitter.

With:Charlotte Casey, San Jose Peace & Justice Center and San Jose Code Pink"The CIA's Travel Agent in Downtown San Jose: Jeppesen's Involvement in the Torture Flights"http://www.sanjosepeace.org/

Katherine Chandler, UC Berkeley, Rhetoric DepartmentVisual artist. On drones, methods of recording, and creative non-violencehttp://laclau.templeofmessages.com/?p=62

Raj Jayadev, Silicon Valley De-bug...On "gang enhancement" criminal charges, uses of force, and SJPD arresting practiceshttp://www.siliconvalleydebug.org/

And the Demilit team (Bryan Finoki, Nick Sowers, Javier Arbona)

8/8/2019 Demilit San Jose

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Schedule (subject to modifications):

10:30am Bagels & chat

11am An intro by Javier Arbona and Bryan Finoki: Landscapes, Archives, and Crypto-geography

12:00pm Raj Jayadev | Charlotte Casey(visitors: feel free to bring a lunch!)

1:30pm "Base edges: practices of listening, seeing and action" with Katherine Chandler & NickSowers

3-5pm A guided walk and recording expedition in the vicinity of downtown. ___

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Links:(OP)Space http://www.op-space.org/ &  http://events.op-space.org/

01SJhttp://01sj.org/ &  http://01sj.org/2010/artists/cca-urbanlab/

http://www.starksilvercreek.com/2010/08/works-san-jose-transform-urban-activity-01sj-biennial-city-space-share-project.html Contact person: Javier Arbona (617) 233-4615 | javier at berkeley dot edu