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142 Dwinelle
Matthew Frye Jacobson
Situated at the intersection of Documentary Studies, Public Humanities, and Ethnic Studies, this talk examines the politics of white displacement and resentment as they emerged in the Obama years and crystallized in the arrival of Trumpism. An array of differing temporal frames—the deep historical past, the Obama moment, the arrival of Trumpism, and the view from...
188 Dwinelle
Francesco Casetti
Open to graduate students and faculty. Space is limited. RSVP to Linus Mao (l_mao@berkeley.edu) ASAP to receive two texts, which will serve as a basis for interactive discussion. Lunch will be provided at noon in the German Dept. library. In your RSVP, please indicate if you would like to stay for lunch and if you have any...
142 Dwinelle
Francesco Casetti
Many contemporary media function as filters that protect us against the dangers from the exterior, rather than as tools that help appropriate the world. Consequently, mediation becomes a process in which contact with the world relies on some kind of distancing, and in which grasping reality also means recognizing the threats it may pose – threats...
3335 Dwinelle
The Elements series at Duke University Press assembles inquiries into the material substrates that constitute and permeate human life and our environment. Spanning disciplines and historical eras, series authors attend to elements as forces that shape culture, politics, and communication. On March 1, we bring together past and future authors of elemental works. We celebrate contributions from...