Anna O'Meara | University of Victoria (original) (raw)
Uploads
Papers by Anna O'Meara
Common Notions, 2022
Included in On the Poverty of Student Life, Common Notions, 2022 “[Zengakuren] is the most impor... more Included in On the Poverty of Student Life, Common Notions, 2022
“[Zengakuren] is the most important group in the world,”1 argue members of
the Situationist International (SI) in the first edition of On the Poverty of Student Life. Why did the SI enthusiastically support a Japanese student union, while they mocked and derided the French student group, Union Nationale des Étudiants de France (UNEF)? And, if Zengakuren was so important, then why, by the 1970s, was it almost entirely ignored in discussions related to the SI and May ’68? Why was even the mention of Zengakuren omitted from subsequent translations of On the Poverty of Student Life? In this introduction, I will consider: (1) the role of UNEF, which was infiltrated by the SI in order to print On the Poverty of Student Life; (2) the influence of a sect of Zengakuren, the Revolutionary Communist League (RCL), on its production and diffusion. Communication between the SI in France, the RCL, and student activists in Berkeley from this period creates a complex yet interwoven story from three distant parts of the globe. As a result of such global connectivity, what the SI found as lacking in the French UNEF’s passivity, they found inspiring, for a short time, in a Japanese student union, despite significant language barriers and cultural differences. However, after the initial publication of On the Poverty of Student Life in November 1966, differences between the ideas of the SI and Zengakuren came to light. As a result, members of the SI removed any mention of the Japanese group from the 1970 Chinese edition and further discouraged appreciation for Zengakuren among American pro-Situationist movements in Northern California, specifically, the Council for the Eruption of the Marvelous (CEM).
Master's Thesis, University of Notre Dame, 2013
BA Thesis, University of Notre Dame, 2012
Books by Anna O'Meara
original source: gallica.bnf.fr
Translation by Anna O'Meara
Annex Press, 2019
Translation of Isidore Isou
original source: gallica.bnf.fr
Drafts by Anna O'Meara
This conference paper was presented for Company of Ideas at the Jeffrey Rubinoff Sculpture Park i... more This conference paper was presented for Company of Ideas at the Jeffrey Rubinoff Sculpture Park in 2022. It is part of a series of talks that respond to the question "Are artists obligated to respond to the crises of their times?"
Conference Presentations by Anna O'Meara
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6RhN0T8OLQ&t=785s&ab\_channel=TheJeffreyRubinoffSculpturePark
Common Notions, 2022
Included in On the Poverty of Student Life, Common Notions, 2022 “[Zengakuren] is the most impor... more Included in On the Poverty of Student Life, Common Notions, 2022
“[Zengakuren] is the most important group in the world,”1 argue members of
the Situationist International (SI) in the first edition of On the Poverty of Student Life. Why did the SI enthusiastically support a Japanese student union, while they mocked and derided the French student group, Union Nationale des Étudiants de France (UNEF)? And, if Zengakuren was so important, then why, by the 1970s, was it almost entirely ignored in discussions related to the SI and May ’68? Why was even the mention of Zengakuren omitted from subsequent translations of On the Poverty of Student Life? In this introduction, I will consider: (1) the role of UNEF, which was infiltrated by the SI in order to print On the Poverty of Student Life; (2) the influence of a sect of Zengakuren, the Revolutionary Communist League (RCL), on its production and diffusion. Communication between the SI in France, the RCL, and student activists in Berkeley from this period creates a complex yet interwoven story from three distant parts of the globe. As a result of such global connectivity, what the SI found as lacking in the French UNEF’s passivity, they found inspiring, for a short time, in a Japanese student union, despite significant language barriers and cultural differences. However, after the initial publication of On the Poverty of Student Life in November 1966, differences between the ideas of the SI and Zengakuren came to light. As a result, members of the SI removed any mention of the Japanese group from the 1970 Chinese edition and further discouraged appreciation for Zengakuren among American pro-Situationist movements in Northern California, specifically, the Council for the Eruption of the Marvelous (CEM).
Master's Thesis, University of Notre Dame, 2013
BA Thesis, University of Notre Dame, 2012
original source: gallica.bnf.fr
Annex Press, 2019
Translation of Isidore Isou
original source: gallica.bnf.fr
This conference paper was presented for Company of Ideas at the Jeffrey Rubinoff Sculpture Park i... more This conference paper was presented for Company of Ideas at the Jeffrey Rubinoff Sculpture Park in 2022. It is part of a series of talks that respond to the question "Are artists obligated to respond to the crises of their times?"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6RhN0T8OLQ&t=785s&ab\_channel=TheJeffreyRubinoffSculpturePark