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The East is a PodcastThe Palestine Seminar #2: Ilan Pappé Duke Professor France Hasso (@nasawiyya) in conversation with University of Exeter professor of History Ilan Pappe as part of her Palestine Seminar. Professor Hasso will be convening a conference titled, "Concrete Imaginings: Building a Liberated Palestine" on Feb 28th, 2024. It will be livestreamed and open access. Live stream link https://duke.zoom.us/j/93556167414 Detailed schedule available here https://tickets.duke.edu/Online/default.asp?BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::permalink=concreteimaginings&BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::context_id= From the syllabus: "My initial goal was to give...2024-02-151h 07
The East is a PodcastThe Palestine Seminar #1: Louis AlldayDuke professor Frances Hasso (@nasawiyya) guest hosts a conversation with Louis Allday, founding editor of LiberatedTexts.com, as part of her Spring 2024 course. The pair discuss the significance, relevance, and insight of three books highlighted by Liberated Texts previously; “Zionist Colonialism in Palestine” by Fayez Sayegh, “On Zionist Literature” by Ghassan Kanafani and “Zionist Relations with Nazi Germany” by Faris Glubb. They also discuss these articles by Louis: “What existence is worth”: The Martyrdom of Refaat Alareer https://electronicintifada.net/content/what-existence-worth-martyrdom-refaat-alareer/42491 “A Race Against Time”: The life and death of Ghassan Kanafani https...2024-02-121h 21
YOU CAN Make a Living In The Music Industry PodcastSeason 2 - Episode 18: Steven Scharf - Always Go With Your Gut Instinct
This week I am talking with my friend Steven Scharf from Rhode Island. His company, Steven Scharf Entertainment, works with independent artists and producers to get their music licensed in tv and film projects. Steven also served as Senior V.P. Creative for the publishing company Carlin America, and oversaw the licensing of songwriters and artists like AC/DC, The Turtles and James Brown. Plus, he has worked in the studio with The Rolling Stones, Aretha Franklin and Lynyrd Skynyrd and you are going to hear some amazing stories of how he was able to step into t...2021-04-051h 04
Revaluing Care in the Times of Covid-19Essential Workers as a Legal CategoryWho is an “essential” worker? Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the concept of “essential work” has been broadened from doctors and emergency responders to include a range of work and care. But does the term “essential worker” have any legal significance? If not, how could we imagine a legal category of “essential” work that would adequately value the care work that essential workers perform? This is especially important given that many of today’s essential workers, such as grocery clerks, farmworkers, and childcare providers, lack basic labor protections and job security, even as they are publicly lauded for their service...2021-01-211h 19Revaluing Care in the Times of Covid-19COVID-19 and Gender ViolenceThe COVID-19 Pandemic and the lockdown measures that governments around the world implemented have also brought with them a spike in gender violence. This aspect intersects with the exacerbation of economic, racial, and political violence, among others. In this transnational dialogue between feminist activists and academics from Argentina, Ecuador, India, and Italy, they will address the multiple forms of violence that have crystallized in this global health crisis, and they will discuss the possibilities for action that feminism from different latitudes envision.
Moderator: Martha Liliana Espinosa
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Verónica Gago i...2021-01-211h 00Revaluing Care in the Times of Covid-19Transgender Care During CovidPart of ongoing series of workshops on re-valuing care in the time of covid19.2020-09-1554 minRevaluing Care in the Times of Covid-19Promises and Perils of a COVID VaccineResearchers across the globe are busily working to manufacture a vaccine that will halt the devastating spread of the novel coronavirus. According to the World Health Organization, twenty-six vaccine candidates are now in clinical evaluation. As case and mortality rates climb, a vaccine appears to many as the only way out of the pandemic. Yet vaccine development and distribution raise a number of ethical quandaries that cannot be separated from histories of medical violence and mistrust—issues that are compounded by staggering health disparities across communities of color, due to economic an...2020-09-151h 03Revaluing Care in the Times of Covid-19Special: Interview with ZHIZHU (Wuhan Mutual Aid Practitioner and Vlogger)***Special episode: A focused interview with ZHIZHI - a Wuhan mutual aid practitioner and vlogger***
ZHI ZHU is an independent filmmaker and a well-known vlogger, whose works have been well received on various Chinese social media platforms, including Sina Weibo and Bilibili. As a Wuhan native, he participated in the local mutual aid societies during the quarantine period. He was a driver offering rides to healthcare workers. He was a carrier sending medical supplies and food around the city to people in need. In addition, with his camera, he has revealed untold narratives of mutual aid societies...2020-08-2542 minRevaluing Care in the Times of Covid-19Defunding the PoliceIn this time of global pandemic, the expression “I can’t breathe” carries a dual meaning: it is both a tell-tale symptom of COVID-19, and a now-familiar mantra of the Black Lives Matter movement, echoing the final words of Eric Garner and George Floyd. This seminar is dedicated to an organic, accessible, and robust discussion of why the social justice initiative to “Defund the Police” is possible, necessary, and desirable. What does it mean (and what would it look like) to defund the police, and how does the current discourse track in academic vs. non-academic spaces? Who is this movement f...2020-08-1240 minRevaluing Care in the Times of Covid-19Contact Tracing: Between Control and CareContact tracing has become one common practice to monitor and track the transmission of COVID-19 both regionally and globally. While the practice aims to take care of public health, its collection and use of data has still generated debates and concerns around the question of control, privacy and market, which, of course, also varies depending on different contact tracing approaches and conductors. With collective health on the one side and privacy protection on the other, how shall we balance control and care involved in contact tracing? How could we understand its implications and foresee its development? In this workshop...2020-08-071h 00Revaluing Care in the Times of Covid-19Mutual Aid Around the WorldThis workshop seeks to explore the emerging global phenomenon of mutual aid in the pandemic era. We invite mutual aid practitioners and researchers from Italy, China, and Argentina. They will share observations from the ground as well as offer insights about the embedded structural issues. How do we measure the benefits and risks of mutual aid? What is the relationship between mutual aid assistance and state assistance? How might mutual aid in the pandemic differ from that in other circumstances? With connections and comparisons between different countries, we hope to altogether reimagine and move towards a future full of...2020-07-2947 min
Revaluing Care in the Times of Covid-19The COVID-19 Childcare Crisis“The Covid-19 Childcare Crisis” seeks to examine how the coronavirus pandemic has exposed existing problems in the U.S. childcare system. Our three panelists -Congresswoman Katherine Clark of Massachusetts’s Fifth District, Dr. Bisa Batten Lewis of the BCDI-Atlanta, and Rhian Evans Allvin of NAEYC -will offer their insights on the “childcare crisis” and explore policy solutions to address the specific challenges revealed by COVID. The webinar will also include discussion of how childcare has shaped working from home, intersectionality in policy responses, and the childcare policy at the state-and national-level.
Moderator: Amanda Kang
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