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Nick Mitchell – The University in Surplus Perspective, 1945-1968
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesIs it possible to historicize higher education without taking its basic categories for granted? In this talk, I aim to provide a historical and theoretical framework for the emergence of mass higher education in the twentieth century U.S. framed by the problem of surpluses—population, labor, and governance capacity. Faced with the prospect of mass unemployment […]
Martina Broner – From Arboreal to Aerial: Seeing the Amazon from Above
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesCan seeing the Amazon from above bring about new perspectives on the forest at a critical time? This talk proposes that the documentary Helena Sarayaku manta (dir. Eriberto Gualinga, 2021) rethinks the aerial view by pushing against its historical associations with omniscience and a desire for mastery and by reframing it instead around the vitality […]