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SUMMARY: The Arcana of Reproduction: A Public Reading and Discussion
DESCRIPTION: The Arcana of Reproduction: A Public Reading and Discussion Tu
 esday\, April 14\, 2026 4:00–6:00 p.m. Room 210\, Frederic Lasserre Buildin
 g 6333 Memorial Road\, University of British Columbia  Please RSVP. Space i
 s limited.   Please join associate professor Jaleh Mansoor for a gathering 
 featuring Leopoldina Fortunati\, reading selections from The Arcana of Repr
 oduction and discussing the history and […]
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: <p><a href="https://ahva.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-c
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 ina-Fortunati_2.png"><img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-35892" src
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 th="620" height="479" /></a></p><p><em><strong>The Arcana of Reproduction</
 strong></em><strong>: A Public Reading and Discussion</strong><span data-cc
 p-props="{"134233117":false\,"134233118":false\,"335559738":0\,"335559739":
 0}"><br /></span><b><span data-contrast="auto"><br />Tuesday\, April 14\, 2
 026</span></b><br /><span data-contrast="auto">4:00–6:00 p.m.</span><br /><
 span data-contrast="auto">Room 210\, Frederic Lasserre Building</span><br /
 ><span data-contrast="auto">6333 Memorial Road\, University of British Colu
 mbia</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p><p><em><strong>Please <a h
 ref="https://ahva.air.arts.ubc.ca/rsvp-the-arcana-of-reproduction-a-public-
 reading-and-discussion/">RSVP</a>. Space is limited.  </strong></em></p><p>
 <span data-contrast="none">Please join associate professor </span><a href="
 https://ahva.ubc.ca/profile/jaleh-mansoor/"><span data-contrast="none">Jale
 h Mansoor</span></a><span data-contrast="none"> for a gathering featuring L
 eopoldina Fortunati\, reading selections from </span><i><span data-contrast
 ="none">The Arcana of Reproduction</span></i><span data-contrast="none"> an
 d discussing the history and contemporary relevance of her text with partic
 ipants. Emerging from the great social upheavals that contested the sexual 
 and racial divisions of labour globally in the 1970s\, Fortunati's work has
  served to transform how we analyze the sphere of reproduction today. The w
 ork presents foundational attempts to define and politicize forms of life\,
  and labour as both were performed in the home and in waged workplaces\, ar
 ticulating some of the earliest theorizations of ‘immaterial\,’ ‘affective\
 ,’ and ‘caring’ labour\, decades before their popular reception in English 
 language scholarship. Fortunati's presentation will be followed by a more i
 nformal discussion with participants. </span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233
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 9}"> </span></p><p><b><span data-contrast="none"><a href="https://ahva.cms.
 arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/37/2026/04/Fortunati-Headshot.png"><im
 g class=" wp-image-35894 alignleft" src="https://ahva.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-co
 ntent/uploads/sites/37/2026/04/Fortunati-Headshot-1024x683.png" alt="" widt
 h="272" height="181" /></a>Leopoldina Fortunati</span></b><span data-contra
 st="none"> is a feminist activist and theorist whose work has spanned a bro
 ad range of disciplines from political science and technology studies to hi
 stories of sexuality and fashion.</span> <span data-contrast="none">She was
  active in the 1968 student movement and subsequently joined Potere Operaio
 \, a prominent group of the Italian extra-parliamentary left. In the early 
 1970s\, she was one of the founding members of Lotta Femminista\, a feminis
 t collective that formed part of the international Wages for Housework move
 ment. She is the author of </span><i><span data-contrast="none">The Arcana 
 of Reproduction: Housewives\, Prostitutes\, Workers and Capital\, </span></
 i><span data-contrast="none">originally published in Italian in 1981 and re
 -released in an expanded English edition by Verso in 2025</span><i><span da
 ta-contrast="none">.</span></i><span data-contrast="none"> With Mariarosa D
 alla Costa\, she co-authored </span><i><span data-contrast="none">Brutto Ci
 ao. Direzioni di marcia delle donne negli ultimi 30 anni </span></i><span d
 ata-contrast="none">(1977) and was co-author with Silvia Federici of</span>
 <i><span data-contrast="none"> Il grande Calibano: storia del corpo sociale
  ribelle nella prima fase del capitale </span></i><span data-contrast="none
 ">(1984). She is a senior professor of Sociology of Communication and Cultu
 re in the Department of Mathematics\, Information Science and Physics at th
 e University of Udine in Italy\, where she founded and directed the researc
 h laboratory on new media (NuMe) and directed the University's doctoral pro
 gram in multimedia communication.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":
 false\,"134233118":false\,"335559738":0\,"335559739":0}"> </span></p><p><st
 rong>Suggested readings: </strong></p><p><a href="https://ahva.air.arts.ubc
 .ca/?p=6459"><span data-contrast="none">5th TEXT PROOF_The Arcana of Reprod
 uction</span></a><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p><p><a href="https://
 ahva.air.arts.ubc.ca/?p=6463"><span data-contrast="none">Digital labor and 
 the domestic sphere</span></a><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p><p><a h
 ref="https://ahva.air.arts.ubc.ca/?p=6466"><span data-contrast="none">Gonza
 lez-The Gendered Circuit_ Reading The Arcane of Reproduction</span></a><spa
 n data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p><p><i><span data-contrast="auto">The orga
 nizers would like to thank Verso and Filip for supporting the visit and the
  Department of Art History\, Visual Art and Theory at the University of Bri
 tish Columbia for hosting this event.</span></i><span data-ccp-props="{}"> 
 </span></p><p><span data-contrast="auto">We acknowledge that the UBC Vancou
 ver campus is situated on the traditional\, ancestral\, and unceded territo
 ry of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam).  </span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </spa
 n></p><hr /><p><strong>Additional Events: </strong></p><p><a href="https://
 www.sfu.ca/sca/events---news/events/the-arcana-of-digital-labour.html"><b><
 i><span data-contrast="none">The Arcana of Digital Labour Seminar with Leop
 oldina Fortunati</span></i></b></a> <span data-contrast="auto">at SFU Schoo
 l for Contemporary Arts: Thursday\, April 16\, 3:00 pm </span><a href="http
 s://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-arcana-of-digital-labour-seminar-with-leopoldi
 na-fortunati-tickets-1985874570298?_gl=1*xo4bnp*_gcl_au*NzAwNjYwOTY1LjE3NzU
 4NDQwMjU.*_ga*NDY3MzkxNTk5LjE3NzU4NDQwMjU.*_ga_R4BCVYL1QF*czE3NzU4NDQwMjUkb
 zEkZzAkdDE3NzU4NDQwMzIkajUzJGwwJGgw"><span data-contrast="none">RSVP</span>
 </a><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p><p><a href="https://peoplescoopbo
 okstore.com/events/50113"><b><i><span data-contrast="none">Reproductive Lab
 our and Feminist Revolt: A conversation with Leopoldina Fortunati</span></i
 ></b></a> <span data-contrast="auto">at Peoples Co-op Bookstore: Friday\, A
 pril 17\, 6:30 pm</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p>
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