First Fridays
2026
UPCOMING!
IX. THE ORIGINAL SIN OF THE INTERNET (and beyond…)
December 4, 2026
Popping up, out, and away with special guest ETHAN ZUCKERMAN….
December 4, 2026, 2-3:15 NY time.
Email friendsofattention@gmail.com for more info and registration.
VIII. SANCTUARY
November 6, 2026
Sanctuary through storytelling with cultural historian and novelist Marina Warner.
VII. People Power:
Theory, Practice, Strategies
October, 2026
Organizing people and attention with political scientist and special guest Hahrie Han.
VI. The Attention Score
September 2026
V. Attention and the Age of Extraction
May 2026
Attention in the age of extraction with special guest TIM WU.
- A Warm-up on May Day, labor, and zoning with Eleanor Lambert from the Strother School of Radical Attention
- Chat Thread
IV. Writing and Attention
April 2026
Exploring poetry, pedagogy, and the structures of attention with special guest Jeff Dolven.
- A Warm-up on noticing, writing, and writing, noticing after John Hollander, with Eleanor Lambert from the Strother School of Radical Attention
- Chat Thread
III. Sounding the Alarm
March 2026
Exploring alarms, alerts, and the attentional demands of care with special guest Alice Bennett
- A Warm-Up on attention sanctuary with Connor Griffin from the Strother School of Radical Attention
- Sounding the Alarm Slides
- Chat Thread
II. Attention and Democracy
February 2026
Renewing and renovating thoughts on attention and democracy with special guest Danielle Allen!
I. Movements, Change, and Social Solidarity
January 2026
With special guest Robert Putnam!
Plus, updates from the Strother School of Radical Attention and an exercise in anthesis.