Border, Theory, Contract: An Interview with Angela Mitropoulos. (1st June 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: O'Brien, Sean
• Is Part Of: Public. Volume 28:Number 55(2017)
• Page Start: 84
• Page End: 92
• Publication Date: 2017-06-01
• Subjects: Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Periodicals; Art, Modern -- 21st century -- Periodicals; Art -- Exhibitions -- Periodicals; Aesthetics -- Periodicals; Art -- Periodicals; 705
• DOI: 10.1386/public.28.55.84_1
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0845-4450

Abstract

This interview with Angela Mitropoulos explores contemporary questions of migration, border control, financial speculation, critical theory and political practice. Mitropoulos is a political theorist, academic and activist based in Sydney, Australia, whose work has examined shifts to post-Fordism and neoliberalism through a critical history of the contract and in relation to the shifting politics of the household. The interview also addresses her recent work, in her capacities as both an academic and an activist, which continues to confront the complex and evolving relationships between political economy, border control, and critical theory.