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Radars and Fences Conference, NYU Start: 17:00 End: 14:00 Radars and Fences Thursday, March 6, 2008 05:00 PM - 12:00 AM Thursday, March 6, 5:00-8:30 pm NYU School of Law 40 Washington Square South Vanderbilt Hall Room 206 Friday, March 7, 10:00 am-2:00 pm NYU Kimmel Center for University Life 60 Washington Square South Room 808 Radars and fences, satellites and walls, networks and bunkers. Two different sets of technologies confront us: the former epitomize the selective and flexible character of what Gilles Deleuze termed the “societies of control”; the latter embody the “old” disciplinary paradigm based on separation, physical mass containment, and restriction of the freedom of movement. Most of the times control and discipline coexist ad reinforce each other; sometimes they seem to collide. This is due to a variety of far-reaching factors and transformations occurring in the productive sphere. Gabor Gyukics and Michael Castro read from "A Transparent Lion" English translations of poetry by Attila Jozef Start: 19:00 End: 20:00 MARCH 6, 7 PM Hungarian Cultural Center 447 Broadway, 5th floor Gabor G. Gyukics and Michael Castro read from A Transparent Lion, their new translation of of the poetry of Attila József. This is an opportunity to experience the extraordinary poetry of Attila József -- April 11th, 1905–December 3rd, 1937.