The Invasive Other, 34th in the Social Research conference series
A South Africa Event on 2016-04-20 12:00:00
This conference is now free and open to the public! This conference is grounded on the premise that while seemingly of different orders, invasive others – whether people, plants, ideas or pathogens – are described in similar ways, and patrolled and controlled through similar technologies, logics and policies. Indeed, we expect the conference to reveal how the language and technologies intersect and play on one another. By placing these different “invasives” alongside one another, we will learn more about the nature of Otherness in our world, and how it is managed, governed or exterminated. If we are to protect the rights of others, this knowledge is invaluable. The Invasive Other Program DAY 1, Wednesday, April 20, 2016 12:00 – 2:30 PM SESSION I: People Strategies for Open Borders (i.e. no one is “invasive”) – Mediterranean crisis and idea of the commons Bridget Anderson, Professor of Migration and Citizenship; Deputy Director of COMPAS Oxford University Analysis of Intersecting Language about Immigrants and Invasive Plants in South Africa Jean Comaroff, Alfred North Whitehead Professor of African and African American Studies and of Anthropology, Oppenheimer Fellow in African Studies, Harvard University Analysis of Mobility at the US-Mexico Border for Humans and Animal Life Juanita Sundberg, Associate Professor, University of British Columbia Moderator, Ann Laura Stoler, Willy Brandt Distinguished Professor of Anthropology and History, The New School 3:00 – 5:30 PM: SESSION 2: Pathogens Epidemics and Xenophobia David Napier, Professor of Medical Anthropology, University College London "Who's invading whom? Zika and the plastification of the planet." Nathaniel Hupert, Associate Professor of Healthcare Policy and Research, Weill Cornell Medicine, Cornell University Treatment camps and biomedical trials during West Africa’s Ebola epidemic Vinh-Kim Nguyen, Chair of Anthropology and Global Health, College d’etudes mondiales Moderator: Miriam Ticktin, Associate Professor of Anthropology and Co-Director of Zolberg Center on Global Migration, The New School DAY 2, Thursday, April 21, 2016 12:00 PM – 2:30PM SESSION 3: Ideas Ideas and “The Other” Agnes Callamard, Director, Columbia University Global Freedom of Expression and Information Invasive Technologies Marc Rotenberg, President and Executive Director, Electronic Privacy Information Center The Blurring of Public and Private Jacob Silverman, Journalist and Book Critic Moderator: Dominic Pettman, Professor of Culture and Media, Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts; Chair, Liberal Studies Program, The New School for Social Research, The New School 3:00 PM – 5:30 PM SESSION 4: Ecologies “Mother Nature’s Melting Pot” Hugh Raffles, Professor of Anthropology, The New School for Social Research and Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts Global Trade, Food Safety, and the Fear of Invisible Invaders Fabio Parasecoli, Associate Professor and Director of Food Studies Program, The New School Migration and the DMZ Eleana Kim, Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of California – Irvine. Moderator: Rafi Youatt, Assistant Professor of Politics, The New School 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM SESSION 5: KEYNOTE Michael Ignatieff, Edward R. Murrow Professor of Practice, Shorenstein Center, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University This event will be livetreamed Subscribe to our events newsletters. Founded in 1919, The New School was born out of principles of academic freedom, tolerance, and experimentation. Committed to social engagement, The New School today remains in the vanguard of innovation in higher education, with more than 10,000 undergraduate and graduate students challenging the status quo in design and the social sciences, liberal arts, management, the arts, and media. The New School welcomes thousands of adult learners annually for continuing education courses and lectures, screenings, readings, and concerts. Through its online learning portals, research institutes, and international partnerships, The New School maintains a global presence. Learn more at www.newschool.edu.
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55 West 13th Street, 5th Floor
New York, United States
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