This working paper is meant to be the introductory chapter of my forthcoming book “Embodied Politics.” In this chapter, I argue that there are two predominant theoretical approaches to health and its promotion, both of which are based in an activist politics. On the one hand, we think of health as a social justice “good,” especially for vulnerable populations living in a neoliberal system that produces inequity. Given this understanding of health, pro-migrant activists want to promote it wherever and whenever we can as a means to offset health inequities and as a matter of physical...
A lot of theoretical and applied discussion of biohacking has focused on either making an argument for its revolutionary potential to democratize access to biotechnologies or warn of the possible destructive and dangerous potential of the practice. This talk aims to move the conversation beyond these two binaries. Instead of making an argument about whether biohacking is “good” or “bad” for society, I want to look at how the practice discursively and affectively constructs bodies, communities, and politics. I argue that biohacking aims to disrupt bodily memory – or those affects and...
Justice Morgan will start with some remarks from the podium and then will sit down with two Pre-law Society leaders for a wide ranging conversation about the role of courts, his career and advice he may have for our students. Toward the end of the hour we will also allow audience members to ask him questions.
For a pdf of the flyer, click here. For more on our series on immigration, see the flyer here!
We are pleased to announce speakers, dates and times for the upcoming series on immigration! They are:
Jan. 24 - Mariana Ortega (Penn State) is author of In-Between: Latina Feminist Phenomenology, Multiplicity, and the Self (2016). (Atkins Library Halton Reading Room, 2:30-4:00. Including photo exhibit by Verónica Cárdenas and reception)
Feb 7 - Natalie Cisneros (Seattle Univ.) is completing a monograph on immigration using the work of Gloria Andaldúa as a theoretical lens (Cone 111, 2:30-4:00)
Feb 12 - Rebecca...
Alessandro Delfanti (Assistant Prof. of Culture and New Media at the University of Toronto) presents:
Lunch workshop, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2018, Cone 112, 11:30-12:45 (note changed start time from last year!).
Free and open to the public - but please RSVP Here by Oct. 25 so we can order food!
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Todd Kuiken (Senior Research Scholar Genetic Engineering and Society Center, NC State University) presents:
Lunch workshop, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018, Cone 112, 11:30-12:45 (note changed start time from last year!).
Free and open to the public - but please...
