organization:university of massachusetts amherst

Ignorance — Disruption Network Lab
▻http://www.disruptionlab.org/ignorance

Berlin · Sep 30 - oct 1 · 2016:
IGNORANCE: The Power of Non-Knowledge

“Art & Evidence” conference series by Disruption Network Lab
Artists, scientists, researchers, activists and journalists present and discuss ways and strategies to explore, unveil and unmake ignorance and its political, legal and social uses in everyday life.
The 9th event of the Disruption Network Lab

Studio 1, Kunstquartier Bethanien, Mariannenplatz 2, 10997 Berlin. Directed by Tatiana Bazzichelli. Co-curated by Daniela Silvestrin.

Funded by: Der Regierende Bürgermeister von Berlin, Senatskanzlei, Kulturelle Angelegenheiten / City Tax.
In partnership with: Friedrich Ebert Stiftung.
In cooperation with Kunstraum Kreuzberg /Bethanien. In collaboration with SPEKTRUM, The Resistance Studies Network and the Resistance Study Initiative, University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA.
Media partners: ExBerliner, Furtherfield.
Pre-Lab 14.9 at SPEKTRUM, Bürknerstraße 12, Berlin.

Entrance 5€ / day. In English language.

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Actual US Poverty Twice Official Figure
▻http://truth-out.org/news/item/16693-actual-us-poverty-twice-official-figure

Jeannette Wicks-Lim [assistant research professor at PERI institute at the University of Massachusetts Amherst] : according to official figures 15 percent of Americans live in poverty, real numbers are over 33 percent of Americans cannot meet basic needs.

The official poverty income threshold is about $23,000 [for a a family of four], and I’m saying about double that is a much more reasonable threshold, something on the order of $45,000, to cover the basic needs of a family of four.