{"id":2279,"date":"2012-05-13T11:42:20","date_gmt":"2012-05-13T11:42:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/?post_type=events&#038;p=2279"},"modified":"2018-05-01T19:12:06","modified_gmt":"2018-05-01T19:12:06","slug":"the-body-labour-power","status":"publish","type":"events","link":"https:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/events\/the-body-labour-power\/","title":{"rendered":"Witches 3: The Body &#038; Labour Power"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Workshop: The Body, Capitalist Accumulation And The Accumulation Of Labour Power &#8211; Silvia Federici<\/h2>\n<p>Long time feminist activist and teacher, Silvia is co-founder of the Committee for Academic Freedom in Africa and the RPA (Radical Philosophy Association) Anti-Death Penalty Project. She teaches International Studies and Political Philosophy at Hofstra University. Federici&#8217;s published work includes: Enduring Western Civilization: The Construction of the Concept of Western Civilization and its &#8216;Others&#8217; (editor) and A Thousand Flowers: Social Struggles Against Structural Adjustment in African Universities and most recently the excellent <a title=\"Caliban and the Witch: Women the Body and Primitive Accumulation\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/books\/caliban-and-the-witch-women-the-body-and-primitive-accumulation\/\">Caliban and the Witch: Women the Body and Primitive Accumulaution<\/a>. Silvia Federici is also speaking at <a title=\"Whitches 2: Witch Hunting &amp; Capitalism\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/events\/witch-hunting-capitalism\/\">Witches 2<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Drawing upon the history of medicine, biology, social policy and policing, Federici discusses the changing strategies capitalism has used to transform our bodily powers into labor-power, and the many forms which resistance to this process has taken. In particular, she discusses capitalism&#8217;s historic attempt to turn women&#8217;s bodies into instruments for the reproduction of the work-force, as well as its present drive to make procreation independent of women. She argues that the female body and women&#8217;s struggle to control our reproductive powers constitute the last frontier of capitalist accumulation and one of the main challenges to it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Listen to this talk:<\/strong><\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2279-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/audio\/pirates-witches-smugglers\/federici.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/audio\/pirates-witches-smugglers\/federici.mp3\">https:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/audio\/pirates-witches-smugglers\/federici.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<ul class=\"q-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/audio\/pirates-witches-smugglers\/federici.mp3\">Download this talk (22.7 Mb mp3 file)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"thumb-row\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_2961\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2961\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/burkmair.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2961\" title=\"A dispute between a witch and an Inquisitor. Hans Burkmair 1514.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/burkmair-129x300.jpg\" alt=\"A dispute between a witch and an Inquisitor. Hans Burkmair 1514.\" width=\"129\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2961\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A dispute between a witch and an Inquisitor. Hans Burkmair 1514.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2959\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2959\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/witchessabeth.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2959\" title=\"A dispute between a witch and an Inquisitor. Hans Burkmair 1514.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/witchessabeth-181x300.jpg\" alt=\"A dispute between a witch and an Inquisitor. Hans Burkmair 1514.\" width=\"181\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2959\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A dispute between a witch and an Inquisitor. Hans Burkmair 1514.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2960\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2960\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/anaonburn.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2960\" title=\"Three women burnt alive in Guernsey. Anonymous 16th century engraving.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/anaonburn-300x249.jpg\" alt=\"Three women burnt alive in Guernsey. Anonymous 16th century engraving.\" width=\"300\" height=\"249\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/anaonburn-300x249.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/anaonburn-100x83.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/anaonburn-270x224.jpg 270w, https:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/anaonburn-150x125.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/anaonburn.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2960\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Three women burnt alive in Guernsey. Anonymous 16th century engraving.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Workshop: The Body, Capitalist Accumulation And The Accumulation Of Labour Power &#8211; Silvia Federici Long time feminist activist and teacher, Silvia is co-founder of the Committee for Academic Freedom in Africa and the RPA (Radical Philosophy Association) Anti-Death Penalty Project. She teaches International Studies and Political Philosophy at Hofstra University. 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