First Fridays
2026

Organizing people and attention with political scientist and special guest Hahrie Han.

October 2, 2026, 2-3:15 NY time. Email friendsofattention@gmail.com for more info and registration.

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

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

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

Renewing and renovating thoughts on attention and democracy with special guest Danielle Allen!

• A Whitman Warm-up with Larry Berger
• Democracy and Attention Slides
• Chat Thread

With special guest Robert Putnam!
Plus, updates from the Strother School of Radical Attention and an exercise in anthesis.

• Anthesis Exercise
• Presentation Slides
• Chat Thread