Notes & Minutes from Feb. 11

1. We discussed readings (Richard Johnson's "Post-hegemony? I Don't Think So" and John Hutnyk's "Culture")
2. We would like to invite Prof. John Hutynk (who has agreed to be ASA's academic advisor) to come to a future meeting as we had a few questions regarding his text, and to suggest another text of his to read
3. We would like to invite Prof. Scott Lash, regarding the reading from the previous week ("Power After Hegemony"). Questions: Why are things becoming ontological now? What is ontological? What are some examples?
4. Going to Student Union for forms to formalize ASA as a student association
   
5. Choosing two readings each week
6. Sung- to suggest readings on 'glocal'
7. John had emailed about Allen Chun's recent article in Positions
8. We want to read some material from the Frankfurt School (Adorno's Cultural Industry, Benjamin's The Age of Mechanical Reproduction) as well as Gramsci's Prison Notes
9. What is the definition of materialism/material?
10. Selecting texts from Inter-Asia Cultural Reader
11. Find articles by David Morley and Chris Berry (invite them to future meetings), and articles by Iwabuchi
12. We looked online at InterAsia Journal for articles of interest to us (we stopped at Vol. 9 Issue 1)