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AUTOMAT
1400 N. American St

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February 18, 2023 - March 4, 2023

SPEAKERS & CoLLABORATORS

Kaitlin Pomerantz, Olivia Fredricks, Brynn Hurlstone, Shannan Hayes, Dennis Hogan, Andy Hines, United Academics of Philadelphia, John Woodin, Katie Garth, AUTOMAT Collective

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In February and March of 2023, AUTOMAT hosted Office Hours, a programming series dedicated to highlighting issues contingent workers face in academia, particularly in the arts. 

Over the course of the programming, participants discussed what it is to be students, educators, and workers in the university today. Together we looked into the troubling history and present trajectory of higher education in the United States, and we shared information about academic labor rights and resources for teaching and continued learning.

I developed the Digital Resource Page at the conclusion of the project as a way to document the conversations and resources we shared. I invite you to explore this digitized archive of paper ephemera and notes generated during our conversations together, including a syllabus of recommended texts and where to find them (some are free and are linked as PDFs).

All artworks and images courtesy of the collaborators of this project. Reproduction of the Atelier Populaire print by Katie Garth. Organized for AUTOMAT by Addison Namnoum, Lydia Smith, Kate Testa, Jacqueline Yvonne Tull, and Mari Elaine Lamp, 2023. Documentation and text by Addison Namnoum.

This project was made possible with generous support from the Penn Treaty Special Services District and Fractured Atlas.