{"640469":{"#nid":"640469","#data":{"type":"event","title":" Virtual screening of Astra Taylor\u2019s What is Democracy?","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EComing at a moment of profound political and social crisis,\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EWhat Is Democracy\u003C\/em\u003E? reflects on a word we too often take for granted.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDirector Astra Taylor\u0026rsquo;s idiosyncratic, philosophical journey spans millennia and continents: from ancient Athens\u0026rsquo; groundbreaking experiment in self-government to capitalism\u0026rsquo;s roots in medieval Italy; from modern-day Greece grappling with financial collapse and a mounting refugee crisis to the United States reckoning with its racist past and the growing gap between rich and poor.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFeaturing a diverse cast\u0026mdash;including celebrated theorists, trauma surgeons, activists, factory workers, asylum seekers, and former prime ministers\u0026mdash;this urgent film connects the past and the present, the emotional and the intellectual, the personal and the political, in order to provoke and inspire. If we want to live in democracy, we must first ask what the word even means.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFrom the director of\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EZizek!\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003Eand\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EExamined Life\u003C\/em\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EListen to Astra Taylor\u0026rsquo;s 2015 interview on Lost in the Stacks: the Research Library Rock\u0026rsquo;n\u0026rsquo;Roll Radio Show:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/lostinthestacks.libsyn.com\/episode-253-the-peoples-platform-0\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/lostinthestacks.libsyn.com\/episode-253-the-peoples-platform-0\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E*this event is limited to Georgia Tech students, staff, and faculty\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJoin the Georgia Tech Library for a virtual screening of Astra Taylor\u0026rsquo;s\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EWhat is Democracy?\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;before election day 2020.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Join the Georgia Tech Library for a virtual screening of Astra Taylor\u2019s What is Democracy? before election day 2020."}],"uid":"28817","created_gmt":"2020-10-21 23:29:43","changed_gmt":"2020-10-26 11:06:54","author":"Jason Wright","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2020-11-02T19:00:00-05:00","event_time_end":"2020-11-02T21:00:00-05:00","event_time_end_last":"2020-11-02T21:00:00-05:00","gmt_time_start":"2020-11-03 00:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2020-11-03 02:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2020-11-03 02:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"640470":{"id":"640470","type":"image","title":"Virtual screening of Astra Taylor\u2019s What is Democracy?","body":null,"created":"1603323075","gmt_created":"2020-10-21 23:31:15","changed":"1603323075","gmt_changed":"2020-10-21 23:31:15","alt":"","file":{"fid":"243444","name":"Democracy.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Democracy.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Democracy.png","mime":"image\/png","size":1470505,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Democracy.png?itok=jACgfYxR"}}},"media_ids":["640470"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/primetime.bluejeans.com\/a2m\/register\/wefzuuvz","title":"Register Now!"}],"groups":[{"id":"47240","name":"Georgia Tech Library"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"48941","name":"first generation"},{"id":"3824","name":"event"},{"id":"118101","name":"Post-docs"},{"id":"1808","name":"graduate students"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"26411","name":"Training\/Workshop"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"177814","name":"Postdoc"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"},{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}