Post-Capitalist Ecology [Durham, NC]
**This course is in-person only. There is no virtual component. Participants must be age 21+
Full Tuition: $320 — Scholarship options are available in the drop-down enrollment menu for you to self-select. To pay in installments, choose to pay with PayPal at check-out.
Instructor: Phillip Stillman | 5-weeks | Sundays September 8 - October 6 | 6:00 - 8:00 PM ET | In-Person, Durham, NC
This course is a cure for climate despair. It weaves together the indigenous science of Robin Wall Kimmerer, the solarpunk fiction of writers like Meg Elison and Sarah Gailey, the Daoist aesthetics of Laozi and Ursula K. Le Guin, the Marxist geography of Seth Denizen, the comparative psycho-mycology of thinkers like Suzanne Simard and Chen Quifan, and, of course, fine-dining etiquette. It has a critical edge—expressed in the claim that climate nihilism is white supremacism—and a pragmatic core, because we already nurture and inhabit post-capitalist ecologies everywhere. In this class, we will come to understand what post-capitalist ecology means, and learn to act with that understanding.
Using a combination of short stories, philosophical essays, peer reviewed scientific publications, poetry, visual art, and a great deal of courage, we will cultivate an ecology beyond capitalism, a perception of a future in which life transcends the limits of scarcity and conquest. From within the imperialism of pseudo-empiricism, we will evoke new ground and old growth—a redwood from a skyscraper like an alien from John Hurt’s chest. (Yes, that movie is on the syllabus.) If the “struggle for existence” in the Anthropocene has got you down, then it might be time to embrace a nature that’s red in a little more than tooth and claw, because, as someone once said, resistance is fertile.
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This class will take place in person at Night School Bar in Durham. Night School requires that students refrain from attending in-person classes when sick. For more on our class policies, see our FAQ. Instructors will also follow this policy. If your instructor is sick, class may be moved to online for a session or rescheduled to the week following the final scheduled session at the instructor’s discretion.
Sliding Scale: Night School Bar pays instructors and staff a living wage. We ask that people who make above the living wage threshold for their area strongly consider choosing 75% or higher tuition tiers in order to support our own living wage program. For Durham, NC, where we are located, the living wage threshold is $49,000 for an individual. All scholarship needs are self-assessed, and we will never request or require proof of need.
Scholarships: We are currently able to offer three full scholarships per class. Our full scholarship tier is a nonrefundable offering, limited to one per student per month. Because our scholarship funding is limited, selecting multiple full scholarships in a single month will result in disenrollment from all classes. If the scholarship tier you need is sold out please email us directly, and we will add you to a waitlist and notify you if additional scholarships become available. Please see our FAQ for more information, including installment plans and refund policy.
**This course is in-person only. There is no virtual component. Participants must be age 21+
Full Tuition: $320 — Scholarship options are available in the drop-down enrollment menu for you to self-select. To pay in installments, choose to pay with PayPal at check-out.
Instructor: Phillip Stillman | 5-weeks | Sundays September 8 - October 6 | 6:00 - 8:00 PM ET | In-Person, Durham, NC
This course is a cure for climate despair. It weaves together the indigenous science of Robin Wall Kimmerer, the solarpunk fiction of writers like Meg Elison and Sarah Gailey, the Daoist aesthetics of Laozi and Ursula K. Le Guin, the Marxist geography of Seth Denizen, the comparative psycho-mycology of thinkers like Suzanne Simard and Chen Quifan, and, of course, fine-dining etiquette. It has a critical edge—expressed in the claim that climate nihilism is white supremacism—and a pragmatic core, because we already nurture and inhabit post-capitalist ecologies everywhere. In this class, we will come to understand what post-capitalist ecology means, and learn to act with that understanding.
Using a combination of short stories, philosophical essays, peer reviewed scientific publications, poetry, visual art, and a great deal of courage, we will cultivate an ecology beyond capitalism, a perception of a future in which life transcends the limits of scarcity and conquest. From within the imperialism of pseudo-empiricism, we will evoke new ground and old growth—a redwood from a skyscraper like an alien from John Hurt’s chest. (Yes, that movie is on the syllabus.) If the “struggle for existence” in the Anthropocene has got you down, then it might be time to embrace a nature that’s red in a little more than tooth and claw, because, as someone once said, resistance is fertile.
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This class will take place in person at Night School Bar in Durham. Night School requires that students refrain from attending in-person classes when sick. For more on our class policies, see our FAQ. Instructors will also follow this policy. If your instructor is sick, class may be moved to online for a session or rescheduled to the week following the final scheduled session at the instructor’s discretion.
Sliding Scale: Night School Bar pays instructors and staff a living wage. We ask that people who make above the living wage threshold for their area strongly consider choosing 75% or higher tuition tiers in order to support our own living wage program. For Durham, NC, where we are located, the living wage threshold is $49,000 for an individual. All scholarship needs are self-assessed, and we will never request or require proof of need.
Scholarships: We are currently able to offer three full scholarships per class. Our full scholarship tier is a nonrefundable offering, limited to one per student per month. Because our scholarship funding is limited, selecting multiple full scholarships in a single month will result in disenrollment from all classes. If the scholarship tier you need is sold out please email us directly, and we will add you to a waitlist and notify you if additional scholarships become available. Please see our FAQ for more information, including installment plans and refund policy.
**This course is in-person only. There is no virtual component. Participants must be age 21+
Full Tuition: $320 — Scholarship options are available in the drop-down enrollment menu for you to self-select. To pay in installments, choose to pay with PayPal at check-out.
Instructor: Phillip Stillman | 5-weeks | Sundays September 8 - October 6 | 6:00 - 8:00 PM ET | In-Person, Durham, NC
This course is a cure for climate despair. It weaves together the indigenous science of Robin Wall Kimmerer, the solarpunk fiction of writers like Meg Elison and Sarah Gailey, the Daoist aesthetics of Laozi and Ursula K. Le Guin, the Marxist geography of Seth Denizen, the comparative psycho-mycology of thinkers like Suzanne Simard and Chen Quifan, and, of course, fine-dining etiquette. It has a critical edge—expressed in the claim that climate nihilism is white supremacism—and a pragmatic core, because we already nurture and inhabit post-capitalist ecologies everywhere. In this class, we will come to understand what post-capitalist ecology means, and learn to act with that understanding.
Using a combination of short stories, philosophical essays, peer reviewed scientific publications, poetry, visual art, and a great deal of courage, we will cultivate an ecology beyond capitalism, a perception of a future in which life transcends the limits of scarcity and conquest. From within the imperialism of pseudo-empiricism, we will evoke new ground and old growth—a redwood from a skyscraper like an alien from John Hurt’s chest. (Yes, that movie is on the syllabus.) If the “struggle for existence” in the Anthropocene has got you down, then it might be time to embrace a nature that’s red in a little more than tooth and claw, because, as someone once said, resistance is fertile.
—
This class will take place in person at Night School Bar in Durham. Night School requires that students refrain from attending in-person classes when sick. For more on our class policies, see our FAQ. Instructors will also follow this policy. If your instructor is sick, class may be moved to online for a session or rescheduled to the week following the final scheduled session at the instructor’s discretion.
Sliding Scale: Night School Bar pays instructors and staff a living wage. We ask that people who make above the living wage threshold for their area strongly consider choosing 75% or higher tuition tiers in order to support our own living wage program. For Durham, NC, where we are located, the living wage threshold is $49,000 for an individual. All scholarship needs are self-assessed, and we will never request or require proof of need.
Scholarships: We are currently able to offer three full scholarships per class. Our full scholarship tier is a nonrefundable offering, limited to one per student per month. Because our scholarship funding is limited, selecting multiple full scholarships in a single month will result in disenrollment from all classes. If the scholarship tier you need is sold out please email us directly, and we will add you to a waitlist and notify you if additional scholarships become available. Please see our FAQ for more information, including installment plans and refund policy.