The Surplus Library On Affect & Economic Exchange

02/27/2019

New addition to the Surplus Library on Affect & Economic Exchange: Eva Illouz "Why Love Hurts: A Sociological Explanation"

http://thesurpluslibrary.com/books/156

01/28/2018

American Libraries spoke with five leading African-American librarians about their careers, the changes they have witnessed over the decades, and the current issues in librarianship.

01/24/2018

Turkish garbage collectors in the country’s capital city of Ankara have opened a public library that is full of books that were originally destined to be put into landfill. The workers began collecting discarded books and opened the new library in the Çankaya district of Ankara. News of the libra...

09/12/2017

As of this Thursday, *The Surplus Library on Affect & Economic Exchange* is contributing to Wendy's Subway's Reading Room at Next Wave, together with , , , , local, , Catálogo Contemporáneo, Chimurenga Library, dispersed holdings, , , Fundación Alumnos47, , , , Parmer, , Provisions Library – The Arts of Social Change, Reanimation Library, , Temporary Services, , ,

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08/01/2017

Getting ready for another outing with on & stay tuned! http://thesurpluslibrary.com/

03/10/2017

We spoke with one of the curators for Hunter College Art Galleries about literary communities and assembling a library as exhibition.

01/29/2017

A man who used art as currency and hoped bills would be appreciated for their artistic merit. Law enforcement agencies in several countries took a different view.

11/20/2016

As authorities struggle to replace the more than 20 billion notes that are being yanked out of the economy to punish cash-hoarding tax evaders, the sudden scarcity of cash is being felt most acutely far from India’s megacities. One consequence: Rice has become a common medium of exchange.

04/07/2016

In this murder-mystery, a ghostwriter uncovers a sacrifice-obsessed, Bataille-inspired cabal of global elites who will do anything to maintain power.

03/26/2016

http://www.deutschlandfunk.de/alternative-gesellschaftsmodelle-philosophie-der-gabe.1184.de.html?dram:article_id=344257

Teilen statt besitzen, Vernetzung statt Abgrenzung, zivilgesellschaftliche Solidarität statt Abschottung, Fair Trade statt Risikokapitalismus: Angesichts der massiven und globalen Probleme unserer Gesellschaft liegen Stichworte wie diese in der Luft. Ziel ist es, über Lösungen und größere Alternativ…

03/06/2016

Slightly off topic, but regardless irresistible:

http://www.openculture.com/2014/07/full-lecture-and-reading-list-from-sun-ras-1971-uc-berkeley-course.html

A pioneer of “Afrofuturism,” bandleader Sun Ra emerged from a traditional swing scene in Alabama, touring the country in his teens as a member of his high school biology teacher’s big band.

02/14/2016

http://thelfttlibrary.com/

"...books are lent to those who wish to use them under the sole condition that in return the borrower must supply some form of documentation [...] which provides insight into how the life of the book is further enacted." : The LFFT Library.