Below are upcoming events as well as announcements that may be of interest. (A bulletin will be sent out each week with upcoming events and announcements.) Departmental events are also posted on our website.
Events
June 5, 2018
‘Not About the Anthropocene’: The Political Ontology of Life Projects
The Department of Political Science, Institute of Political Economy, Latin American and Caribbean Studies, and Decolonial Reading Group present:
‘Not About the Anthropocene’: The Political Ontology of Life Projects’
Mario Blaser, Memorial University of Newfoundland
Tuesday June 5, 3:30 – 5.30 PM, Richcraft Hall room 3202
In this presentation Dr. Blaser will offer and overview of a book he is working on tentatively titled ‘This is Not About the Anthropocene.’ The book has two aims. On the one hand, it seeks to connect two areas of debate that are differentially important in Latin America and the North Atlantic, namely the debates on ‘the common’ and the debates on the Anthropocene respectively. On the other hand, through the analysis of these topics on the basis of case studies, it seeks to present ongoing developments in ‘political ontology’, an analytical framework that he has been working on with a group of colleagues. In this overview he will trace the general contours of the argument that structures the book hoping to ignite some enriching conversations.
All are welcome.
June 6, 2018
When ‘seeing is believing’ : humanitarian advocacy strategies in the 1920s and the 1960s
June 6, 2018 at 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM, 433 Paterson (History Lounge)
By: Dr. Valérie Gorin, Senior Lecturer, University of Lausanne & Center for Education and Research in Humanitarian Action (CERAH) Visiting Fellow, Carleton University
Mobilization, persuasion and denunciation: these strategic communications became popular forms of humanitarian advocacy in the 1980s, through visible media coups from Médecins Sans Frontières. However, a historical gap remains on the evolution of advocacy as a public, visual and media strategy. How were early advocacy campaigns imagined by humanitarian organisations ? What type of visual imagery and iconographic conventions were produced? How did they frame the position of humanitarian workers as bystanders ? This presentation explores these aspects, focusing on two pivotal periods:1) the rise of propaganda units with humanitarian cinema during the Eastern European famine in the early 1920s; 2) the diversification into public relations or campaigns units in the aftermath of the Biafran famine in the late 1960s.
Dr. Gorin is developing a project on the history of humanitarian advocacy before and after WWII. It aims to understand the development of humanitarian communication and its visual culture by exploring the tensions with political activism and eyewitness strategies, using advocacy materials from ICRC, Save the Children, Oxfam and Terre des Hommes. As a historian and media scholar, her areas of research relate to the visual heritage of humanitarianism, the ideological values and power relationships inherent to the international relief movement, and how such representations affect global or national audiences. She will share her reflections on methodological and historical approaches to visual culture of humanitarian action.
For more information, or to join by Skype, write to dominique_marshall@carleton.ca
June 11, 2018
In Conversation with Jeanne Beker
Discover the many lives of Jeanne Beker popular media personality, fashion maven, author and descendant of Holocaust survivors
Monday, June 11, 2018 from 7:00 to 9:00 pm
Tickets: $25 – available at carleton.ca/ches/jeanne-beker
Light Refreshments to Follow
Each guest will receive an autographed copy of Joy Runs Deeper, the memoir of Ms. Beker’s parents, published by the Azrieli Foundation
Location: The Singhal Family Theatre, Richcraft Hall, (formerly River Building)
9376 University Dr, Ottawa. Underground Parking available (at the same building).
June 12, 2018
Reflections on Course Design: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Share horror stories, bask in the glories, and learn from the mistakes of others. Instructors are invited join us at the Educational Development Centre (EDC) on Tuesday, June 12 from 1-3:30 p.m. to learn from one another in a guided conversation focused on reducing risk in developing and delivering a course. This session is intended to help experienced instructors debrief their experiences and new instructors to see successes and pitfalls to avoid in their own work. Register here.
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