48 hours | Investigating Premodern Futures™

Monday 9th August 2010, 11.30 for 12 noon.
Inspace, 1 Crichton Street, Edinburgh EH8 9AB

The Confraternity of Neoflagellants will host a discussion on the topic of neomedievalism, featuring key speakers spanning across contemporary political, cultural and medieval studies.

The discussion will expand upon the neomedieval issues that An Unco Site! raises, such as: Goth, the experience economy, zombie capitalism, neotribalism and the current state of Edinburgh’s civic regeneration.

Neil Cooper (Critic and Journalist, The Herald) | Riccardo Marini (City Design Leader, City of Edinburgh Council) | Dr Mark Jardine (Scottish Historian, University of Edinburgh and author of BBC’s History of Scotland series) | Dr Louise Milne (Cultural Historian, Edinburgh College of Art / Napier University) | Dr Bettina Bildhauer (BABEL Group / University of St. Andrews) | Howard Rheinhold (www.rheingold.com) | Yann Chateigné (Head of Visual Arts, Geneve University of Art & Design)