Alex Pittman
Biographic Data
| ID | 761721 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alex Pittman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alex |
| FAMILY NAME | Pittman |
| SIGNATURE | PITTMAN A |
| AFFILIATIONS | New York University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Reserve Army of Affectivity
This article offers a political reading of In the Company of Men (dir. William Greaves, US, 1969), an industrial human relations and training film that Newsweek magazine commissioned the renowned black American filmmaker William Greaves to make. Tasked by his sponsors with repairing communication between white factory foremen and black men who were labeled the hard-core unemployed, Greaves combines the documentary style of cinéma vérité with psyc…
Untitled. Gramsci Monument, 8/21/2013 [photograph]
Research Article| March 01 2014 Untitled. Gramsci Monument, 8/21/2013 [photograph] Alex Pittman Alex Pittman Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Social Text (2014) 32 (1 (118)): 115. https://doi.org/10.1215/01642472-2391360 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation Alex Pittman; Untitled. Gramsci Monument, 8/21/2013 [photograph]. Social Text 1 March 2014; 32 (1 (118)): 115. doi: https://doi.or…
Being with José
This coauthored introduction reflects on some of the impacts of José Esteban Muñoz’s life and work-from his scholarship through his friendship and mentoring to his collaborations in intellectual and social life. The coauthors emphasize Muñoz’s commitment to both the production of minoritarian knowledge and the thought of plural singularity, or what this issue as a whole indexes with the name “Being With
Dis-Assembly Lines
In “Americanism and Fordism,” Antonio Gramsci offers a brief meditation on the gestural performances of assembly-line workers who, rather than become subordinate to the disciplinary flow of the machine, cultivate perfectly timed gestures that allow workers to hide in plain sight: or, in other words, to inhabit the scene of management otherwise. Rather than extend Gramsci's investment in virtuosic, masterful performances of gesture, this article c…
An evening with Fluxus women
In this roundtable discussion, hosted at New York University (19 February 2009, 7:00–8:30 p.m.) by Women & Performance: a journal of feminist theory and the Department of Performance Studies, the participants discuss how they came to and experienced the Fluxus art movement. Topics range from the availability of space in New York City during the 1960s and the formation of artistic communities, to the role of food in Fluxus art and social circles a…
Being with José
This coauthored introduction reflects on some of the impacts of José Esteban Muñoz’s life and work-from his scholarship through his friendship and mentoring to his collaborations in intellectual and social life. The coauthors emphasize Muñoz’s commitment to both the production of minoritarian knowledge and the thought of plural singularity, or what this issue as a whole indexes with the name “Being With
An evening with Fluxus women
In this roundtable discussion, hosted at New York University (19 February 2009, 7:00–8:30 p.m.) by Women & Performance: a journal of feminist theory and the Department of Performance Studies, the participants discuss how they came to and experienced the Fluxus art movement. Topics range from the availability of space in New York City during the 1960s and the formation of artistic communities, to the role of food in Fluxus art and social circles a…
Dis-Assembly Lines
In “Americanism and Fordism,” Antonio Gramsci offers a brief meditation on the gestural performances of assembly-line workers who, rather than become subordinate to the disciplinary flow of the machine, cultivate perfectly timed gestures that allow workers to hide in plain sight: or, in other words, to inhabit the scene of management otherwise. Rather than extend Gramsci's investment in virtuosic, masterful performances of gesture, this article c…
Untitled. Gramsci Monument, 8/21/2013 [photograph]
Research Article| March 01 2014 Untitled. Gramsci Monument, 8/21/2013 [photograph] Alex Pittman Alex Pittman Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Social Text (2014) 32 (1 (118)): 115. https://doi.org/10.1215/01642472-2391360 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation Alex Pittman; Untitled. Gramsci Monument, 8/21/2013 [photograph]. Social Text 1 March 2014; 32 (1 (118)): 115. doi: https://doi.or…
Being with José
This coauthored introduction reflects on some of the impacts of José Esteban Muñoz’s life and work-from his scholarship through his friendship and mentoring to his collaborations in intellectual and social life. The coauthors emphasize Muñoz’s commitment to both the production of minoritarian knowledge and the thought of plural singularity, or what this issue as a whole indexes with the name “Being With
The Reserve Army of Affectivity
This article offers a political reading of In the Company of Men (dir. William Greaves, US, 1969), an industrial human relations and training film that Newsweek magazine commissioned the renowned black American filmmaker William Greaves to make. Tasked by his sponsors with repairing communication between white factory foremen and black men who were labeled the hard-core unemployed, Greaves combines the documentary style of cinéma vérité with psyc…
Art (4 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Visual arts (3 works) · Art history (2 works) · Media studies (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Political theory and Gramsci (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 works) · Art, Politics, and Modernism (1 works)