Potluck chat & Vagabondism Class - May 26 2009

Potluck + Vagabondism Class
Potluck 6-8pm EST
Class 9-10pm EST

Transience as a viable and sustainable creative action, historical models and resources
Beginning May 26th, six meetings every Tuesday

At The Public School, Los Angeles and Basekamp, Philadelphia

or join us from anywhere on Skype. Connect to username BASEKAMP team

More information at http://la.thepublicschool.org/class/99

Two groups will meet in person, one in Los Angeles and one in Philadelphia and we will connect via Skype with others joining remotely . There are two main goals set out for Vagabodism. One is to form a notable historical framework highlighting examples of vagabonding and/or transience during the last one hundred years. A few examples we will study include looking at modern peripatetic peoples, transient teens during the Great Depression, or the open-land experiment known as Morningstar during the 1960’s. The second goal is to highlight online resources and fellows peers’ personal travel accounts to aid in the organization of a travel experiement with fellow participants.

Schedule for May 26th Class 9pm
Introductions and course outline.
Conversation informed by Riding the Rails text from accompanied reader.
Optional documentary Riding the Rails (before or after discussion).