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Monstrosities and Metamorphosis in More-Than-Human Worlds |
Metamorphosis is constantly taking place in the worlds of people and other animals. A freewheeling discussion featuring shape-shifting leopard men in Nigeria, gut microbes that shape the human condition, and circus freakshows. |
David Pratten, Jamie Lorimer, Beth Greenhough, Eva Bredler |
20 Aug 2024 |
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Keynote: Time traveling with Gregor Samsa, or what you can do with six legs |
Professors Rosemarie Garland-Thomson and Eben Kirksey use Gregor's transformation in 'Metamorphosis' to muse on the everyday changes we all experience and their relations to disability, design justice and ableism. |
Rosemarie Garland-Thomson, Eben Kirksey |
07 Aug 2024 |
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CRISPR, Gene Editing, and Metamorphosis |
Biotechnology is transforming the human condition. A molecular tool called CRISPR-Cas9 is being used to edit human DNA. Scientists will join influential disabled thinkers to discuss ethical issues hovering around gene editing. |
Rosemarie Garland-Thomson, Nada Kubikova, Dagan Wells, Julia-Sophia Bellingrath |
26 Jul 2024 |
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Crude Sonics: Field Recordings from an Extractive Zone |
Zsuzsanna Ihar leads us through field recordings captured in the marginal settlements of Baku, capital of Azerbaijan. She traces sounds that haunt, interrupt, and resist processes of gentrification, displacement, and capitalist profiteering. |
Zsuzsanna Ihar, Eben Kirksey |
02 Oct 2023 |
