Max Haiven: Debt and the Cultural Imagination

Drawing upon work by both artists and social movements, Max Haiven will examine how debt and today’s debt-driven capitalism shape creativity and inhibit the true potential of creative communities.

Max Haiven teaches political economy and cultural studies at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in Halifax and is author ofCrises of Imagination, Crises of Power: Capitalism, Creativity and the Commons. With Alex Khasnabish, he directs the Halifax-based Radical Imagination Projecton Canada’s East Coast. Their book, The Radical Imagination: Social Movement Research in the Age of Austerity, is published by Zed Books.

Moderated by artist Cassie Thornton
This event is part of the Omni’s Jubilee Year initiative.