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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear all,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">At the final Critical Antiquities Workshop for the year, we are very happy to host Daniela Cammack (UC Berkeley) for her paper, ‘Proximity and Politics.’
<b><i>Please note, the time of the event has changed.</i></b> <span style="color:black">
The event will now be held on <b>Friday, December 3 12:30pm-2:00pm (Sydney time)</b>. That translates to the following times elsewhere:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span style="color:black">Tokyo: Friday, 10:30am-12pm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span style="color:black">Singapore: Friday, 9:30am-11am<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span style="color:black">Los Angeles: Thursday, 5:30pm-7:00pm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span style="color:black">Mexico City/Chicago: Thursday, 7:30pm-9:00pm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span style="color:black">New York City: Thursday, 8:30pm-10:00pm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">To receive a Zoom link, please sign up for<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Critical<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Antiquities Network announcements<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/7n-4CxngwOf1ozW02t8hQYL?domain=signup.e2ma.net/"><span style="color:#0563C1">here</span></a>.
Please note, if you have already subscribed to the mailing list, you will receive the Zoom link and need not sign up again</span></b><span style="color:black">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">Here is the abstract:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span style="color:black">What difference does regular proximity to unknown others make to democratic politics? Many people dislike—even fear—crowds as oppressive, homogenizing, and intolerant, yet they can also
be supportive, friendly, even joyful. This paper argues that gathering physically as masses may help to foster collective agency in a way significant for democracy. Drawing on a mix of ancient Greek, Roman, and early modern sources, it proposes that proximity—specifically,
being with many unknown others during decision-making processes—helps us to act collectively because it affects our perceptions of the feasibility of potential collective actions, leading us to think “we can do this” and thereby mutually commit to the proposed
plan. That effect is especially supported by public mass majority voting, helping to explain both why this procedure is attractive to participants and why outvoted minorities should be willing to commit to plans favored by the majority. Two contrasts bring
home the risks and rewards of proximate politics. In ancient Greece and Rome, open mass meetings were routine, whereas modern democracy relies on forms of atomized and virtual participation which commendably support certain kinds of inclusivity but hamstring
collective agency by leaving the commitment of others too much to the imagination. And in ancient Greek democracies, assemblies retained the power to convene themselves, whereas in the Roman Republic, convening power lay in the hands of elected officials.
That had a detrimental effect: proximity became hitched to populism in a way that continues to look familiar today.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We hope to see you there,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Tristan and Ben<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4D4D4D">Tristan Bradshaw</span></b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4D4D4D"> <br>
ARC Postdoctoral Research Fellow | Co-director, Critical Antiquities Network <br>
<b>The University of Sydney<br>
</b>Department of Classics and Ancient History<b> <br>
</b>School of Philosophical and Historical Inquiry, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4D4D4D">Office: H606, Main Quadrangle | The University of Sydney | NSW | 2006 <b><br>
</b> +61 406 747 955 </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><br>
</span><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="mailto:tristan.bradshaw@sydney.edu.au"><span style="color:#0563C1">tristan.bradshaw@sydney.edu.au</span></a></span></b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4D4D4D">
|</span><span style="color:black"> </span><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="mailto:fass.can@sydney.edu.au"><span style="color:#0563C1">fass.can@sydney.edu.au</span></a></span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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