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[UrbanStudiesCircular] Mar 4-10: Circular City Week New York
by urbanstudiescircular＠lists.qc.cuny.edu 18 Feb '19

18 Feb '19

Circular City Week New York Monday, March 4 - Sunday, March 10 More information & Schedule of Events: https://www.circularcityweek.com/ Circular City Week is an open collaborative festival for circular economy related events. Circular City Week will take place in New York for the first time in March 2019. Events and activities, hosted by an array of local and global stakeholders, will take place over all New York City. Activities during Circular City Week will emphasize how circular practices such as reuse, recycling, and upcycling are transforming urban industries. We are inviting all interested stakeholders to come together as to help drive forward change and bring attention to best practices and innovative initiatives. Circular City Week aims to engage New Yorkers and international pioneers in a multi stakeholder dialog, about how a circular economy may look in a New York City context. ?

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[UrbanStudiesCircular] Feb 27: Urban Intersections: Black, Queer Lives in New York City
by urbanstudiescircular＠lists.qc.cuny.edu 18 Feb '19

18 Feb '19

Urban Intersections: Black, Queer Lives in New York City Jerry H. Labowitz Theatre for the Performing Arts 1 Washington Place New York, NY Wednesday, February 27 | 6:30 - 8:00 PM More information & RSVP: https://urbandemos.nyu.edu/event/intersections-black-queer-lives-in-new-yor… Few calls to action have been as powerful in movement building as that of the Combahee River Collective in 1977. The collective, composed of Black feminists who identified as and with the working-class and lesbians, demanded an active commitment "to struggling against racial, sexual, heterosexual, and class oppression," seeing as their "particular task the development of integrated analysis and practice based upon the fact that the major systems of oppression are interlocking." Decades later, this intersectional politics helped buoy the Movement for Black lives, Black Lives Matter, Black Youth Project 100, and other 21st century campaigns for racial, gender, class, and sexual justice. In celebration of Black History Month, the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising, and the boundless, ongoing relevance of the Combahee River Collective's message, this event brings together key activists working at the intersections of Black and queer politics in New York City. Panelists: Kiara St. James<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.nytag.org_leadersh…>, Co-Founder and ED of New York Trans Advocacy Group Kleaver Cruz<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__kleavercruz.com_&d=DwMF…>, Founder, The Black Joy Project Jewel Cadet<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.jewelcadet.com_&d=…>, Community Organizer with Black Youth Project 100 Moderated By: Ayasha Guerin<http://www.ayashaguerinworks.com/aboutme/>, New York University, Doctoral Candidate, SCA and Urban Democracy Lab Doctoral Fellow in Urban Practice?

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[UrbanStudiesCircular] Feb 19: The Human Body in the Age of Catastrophe: Brittleness, Integration, Medicine, and the Great War
by urbanstudiescircular＠lists.qc.cuny.edu 18 Feb '19

18 Feb '19

The Human Body in the Age of Catastrophe: Brittleness, Integration, Medicine, and the Great War Tuesday, February 19 | 6:00 - 7:30 PM NYU Center for the Humanities 20 Cooper Square, 5th Floor More information & RSVP: https://nyuhumanities.org/events/event-registration/?ee=159 The injuries suffered by soldiers during WWI were as varied as they were brutal. How could the human body suffer and often absorb such disparate traumas? Why might the same wound lead one soldier to die but allow another to recover? In The Human Body in the Age of Catastrophe<https://www.press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/H/bo28301934.html>, Stefanos Geroulanos (Professor of History, NYU) and Todd Meyers (Associate Professor of Anthropology, NYU Shanghai) uncover a fascinating story of how medical scientists came to conceptualize the body as an integrated yet brittle whole. Responding to the harrowing experience of the Great War, the medical community sought conceptual frameworks to understand bodily shock, brain injury, and the vast differences in patient responses they occasioned. Geroulanos and Meyers carefully trace how this emerging constellation of ideas became essential for thinking about integration, individuality, fragility, and collapse far beyond medicine: in fields as diverse as anthropology, political economy, psychoanalysis, and cybernetics. Join us for an in-depth discussion with the authors and other featured panelists analyzing the various themes and stories surrounding these ideas. Featuring: Emily Martin Professor Emerita, Department of Anthropology, NYU Samuel Moyn Professor of Law and History, Yale University With an introduction by Dr. Katherine E. Fleming, NYU Provost.?

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[UrbanStudiesCircular] April 12, 2019: OUR ECONOMY CONFERENCE! At the Murphy Institute
by urbanstudiescircular＠lists.qc.cuny.edu 18 Feb '19

18 Feb '19

April 12, 2019 daylong conference on: OUR ECONOMY! Economic Democracy & System Change at The Murphy Institute, CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies https://www.eventbrite.com/e/our-economy-economic-democracy-system-change-t… ?

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[UrbanStudiesCircular] Housing New York: Affordable for Whom? Report by Independent Budget Office
by urbanstudiescircular＠lists.qc.cuny.edu 14 Feb '19

14 Feb '19

Check out the New York City Independent Budget Office report: "Comparing Affordability Levels of the Mayor's Housing New York Plan With Neighborhood Incomes" https://ibo.nyc.ny.us/iboreports/affordable-for-whom-comparing-affordabilit…

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[UrbanStudiesCircular] February 25th, 7 pm, Capital City: Gentrification and the Real Estate State
by urbanstudiescircular＠lists.qc.cuny.edu 14 Feb '19

14 Feb '19

February 25, 7pm at Verso Books, 20 Jay St, Suite 1010 Book launch for: Capital City: Gentrification and the Real Estate State https://www.facebook.com/events/313300225958155/ <https://www.facebook.com/events/313300225958155/>

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[UrbanStudiesCircular] March 12, 2019 conference: Race, Identity & Liberation: Transforming K-12 Public Education & the Academy for the Greater Good
by urbanstudiescircular＠lists.qc.cuny.edu 11 Feb '19

11 Feb '19

Dear Colleagues, We are pleased to announce the official launch of the website and registration of Queens College's Conference: Race, Identity, & Liberation: Transforming K-12 Public Education & the Academy for the Greater Good https://race-identity-liberation.carrd.co/ The Queens College Urban Studies Department has funds to support the first five students who sign up for the conference. Please contact Professor Tarry Hum for this funding at tarry.hum(a)qc.cuny.edu This conference is the inaugural event of the Center for the Improvement of Education at Queens College. On behalf of the Dean of Education, Queens College community, and our generous sponsors from across the country, we would like to warmly thank you for participating and joining us for this special conference on Tuesday, March 12, 2019. We are thrilled to have 6 phenomenal Keynote and Guest Speakers at the conference: · Dr. Jack Tchen, University of Rutgers at Newark and New York University · Dr. Yolanda Sealy-Ruiz, Teachers College, Columbia University · Mr. Jose Antonio Vargas, Pulitzer Award Winning Journalist, Emmy Nominated Film maker, and Founder of Define American · Mr. Jin Park, Harvard University DACA graduate, Queens resident, and first DACA Rhodes Scholar in the history of the United States and Rhodes Scholarship Program · Dr. Cheryl Matias, University of Colorado, Denver, Author of "Feeling White". · Dr. Nolan Cabrera, University of Arizona, Author of "White Guys on Campus". Please share this special event with your professional networks, school leaders, teachers, students, and friends. Early registration tickets are $40 from February 8, 2019 - March 1, 2019. After March 1st, all tickets will be $55. Ticket sales will end on Friday, March 8th. For Queens College faculty, students, and staff only: Please use the Eventbrite link below to register. This invitation is password protected. The password is qccommunity (all lowercase). This link is only for Queens College faculty and staff who would like to attend and to invite their students. Everyone who is interested in attending the conference need to register via Eventbrite. We request that in order to register for the conference, to please use your laptop or computer to do so. Registration links do not work well on smartphones. Guests will not be allowed inside to any of the Keynotes Lectures or Dialogue Sessions without full registration through the Eventbrite system. Due to limited number of tickets available, we strongly suggest that our Queens College community register by Friday, February 15, 2019 by 10AM. Please do not share this Eventbrite link and password to members outside the Queens College community since we have limited number of tickets for Queens College. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/race-identity-liberation-conference-qccommunit…<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/race-identity-liberation-conference-qccommunit…> We hope you will join us on March 12th. We are looking forward to a wonderful conference and dialogue sessions together. If you have any questions, please contact Dr. Judy Yu at judy.yu(a)qc.cuny.edu<mailto:judy.yu@qc.cuny.edu> Best Wishes, Dr. Yu? Dr. Judy Yu Project Director, Teacher Opportunity Corps. Faculty, Department of Secondary Education and Youth Services Queens College, City University of New York 65-30 Kissena Boulevard Powdermaker Hall, Room 100H Queens, NY 11367 Judy.Yu(a)qc.cuny.edu Office: (718) 997-5253 Fax: (718) 997-5222 "Until we are all free, we are none of us free." - Emma Lazarus, American Poet & Activist.

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[UrbanStudiesCircular] Feb 26: Migration as Survival in the Era of Climate Crisis
by urbanstudiescircular＠lists.qc.cuny.edu 11 Feb '19

11 Feb '19

Migration as Survival in the Era of Climate Crisis Tuesday, February 26 | 6:30 - 8:30 PM NYU King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center 53 Washington Square South New York, NY 10012 More information & RSVP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/migration-as-survival-in-the-era-of-climate-cr… Presented by the Asian/Pacific/American Institute at NYU. Co-sponsored by the NYU Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies and the Department of Art & Public Policy, NYU Tisch School of the Arts. Rising sea levels, drought, food insecurity, intensified hurricanes, and wildfires are some of the many markers of the exacerbating climate crisis. Despite the clear and present danger of climate change, governments are failing to take the action needed to stave off its worst effects. Meanwhile, tens of millions of people, primarily from poor communities and the Global South, are displaced by climate impacts every year only to be met by rising xenophobia, anti-migrant sentiment, and militarized borders. This panel brings together journalists, activists, frontline organizers, academics, and artists to discuss the inextricable links between migration and climate catastrophe. We consider what an intersectional movement for migrant rights and climate justice could look like, the threat posed by right-wing populist governments to the rights of migrants, and the role of arts and culture in creating bold visions for a just future. Featuring Oscar A. Chac��n (Executive Director, Alianza Americas),Oliver Milman (Reporter, The Guardian), Tiara R. Na��puti(Assistant Professor, University of Colorado Boulder), and Ninaj Raoul (Executive Director, Haitian Women for Haitian Refugees). Curated and moderated by Thanushka (Thanu) Yakupitiyage<http://apa.nyu.edu/thanushka-yakupitiyage-ushka-2018-19/>, the A/P/A Institute at NYU 2018-19 Artist-in-Residence. This venue is on the first floor and is accessible for wheelchair users. Restrooms (which are gender-segregated) are accessible via elevator. If you have any questions or need any accommodations, please email apa.rsvp(a)nyu.edu. Oscar A. Chac��n is a co�\founder and executive director of Alianza Americas, a Chicago-based national network of Latin American immigrant�\led and immigrant serving organizations in the US. Chac��n is an immigrant from El Salvador. He has been an organizer and a leader on community justice issues at the local, national, and international levels for over thirty years. He has occupied leadership positions in multiple organizations including Oxfam America, Centro Presente, the Northern California Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, and Heartland Alliance for Human Needs and Human Rights. Chac��n is a frequent spokesperson, domestically and internationally, on economic, social, political, and cultural issues affecting Latin American immigrant communities, including the nexus between human mobility, economic inequality, white supremacy, and racial justice. Alianza Americas mission is to improve the quality of life of Latin American immigrant communities in the US, as well as of peoples throughout the Americas. Oliver Milman is the environment correspondent for Guardian US, based in New York. He regularly reports on how climate change is altering the natural world, with a particular focus on the communities most vulnerable to these consequences. Before coming to the US, he covered the environment for the Guardian in Australia. His role has taken him to the melting Alaskan Arctic, the wildfire-scorched northern California, the magnificent yet ailing Great Barrier Reef, and people living in the shadow of the petrochemical industry in Texas. Originally from the UK, Millman has previously covered business and politics for a range of print and online publications. Tiara R. Na��puti (Chamoru) is assistant professor in the Department of Communication at University of Colorado Boulder with faculty affiliations in the Center for Communication and Democratic Engagement (CDE) and the Center for Native American Indigenous Studies (CNAIS). Her scholarship and activism addresses colonization, militarization, Indigenous social movements, and Indigenous cultural discourses��particularly throughout Oceania. She is currently working on a book project that examines the US military buildup plans for the Mariana Islands archipelago and how military aggression fuels the dangerous impacts of climate change. This work examines the communicative dimensions of resistance and connections among Indigenous-led struggles to protect sacred water and land from militarization and extractive industries. Ninaj Raoul is a co-founder and community organizer at Haitian Women for Haitian Refugees (HWHR) in New York, an organization founded in 1992 to respond to the human needs of Haitian refugees and immigrants in the US fleeing persecution. Through education, community organizing, leadership development, and collective action, HWHR members empower themselves as they struggle for social and economic justice. Raoul is a Petra Foundation Fellow, and a recipient of the Union Square Awards, National Organization of Woman �C Susan B. Anthony Award, and Dr. Antonia Pantoja Bilingual Advocacy Award. She continues to mobilize her community to deliver services, organize disaster relief efforts, and fight for workers�� rights. She travels to and from Haiti, where HWHR has provided solidarity support to women-run organizations that respond to manmade and natural disasters. Raoul seeks to raise awareness of the detrimental effects of the US agricultural subsidy programs that dump excess crop in Haiti, as well as other root causes of migration. Thanushka (Thanu) Yakupitiyage is a Sri Lankan-born, Thailand-raised, Brooklyn-based multidisciplinary artist, cultural producer, activist, and DJ who performs under the name Ushka. Her professional, political, and artistic interests focus on (im)migration. She uses writing, video, music, and audio to explore the everyday lives of brown and black communities from the Global South to the West. Yakupitiyage has worked as a storyteller and organizer in the immigrant rights movement for a decade and now does intersectional work in climate justice. As a DJ, she��s known for her genre-blending style across electronic club and bass music that deliberately traverses borders, creating soundscapes that reflect the immigrant experience in global migrant cities. She has performed at venues including the Brooklyn Museum, MoMA PS1, American Museum of Natural History, Rubin Museum of Art, Queens Museum, and Harbourfront Center Toronto. She holds degrees from Hampshire College and the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.?

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[UrbanStudiesCircular] Feb 15: Tierras en Trance / Entranced Earth
by urbanstudiescircular＠lists.qc.cuny.edu 11 Feb '19

11 Feb '19

Tierras en Trance: una conversación sobre la catástrofe ambiental, activismos terráneos y estéticas emergentes de lo viviente (en español e inglés). Con Jens Andermann, Catalina Arango Correa, Jill H. Casid, Gabriel Giorgi, Gonzalo Pedraza? Entranced earth: a conversation about environmental catastrophe, terranean activisms and emergent aestethics of the living (in Spanish and English) Viernes, Febrero 15 | 7:00 PM McNally Jackson Bookstore 52 Prince Street Nueva York, NY Más información: https://www.mcnallyjackson.com/event/tierras-en-trance-una-conversaci%C3%B3… ¿Hay una estética del fin? Después del ocaso de la naturaleza, ¿qué lecciones imparten hoy las artes de lo viviente? El trance del mundo -sugería Juan L. Ortiz- surge al 'hacer participar al hombre de lo natural': 'Cualquier planta me sugiere la vida de relación que mantiene a su alrededor. Nosotros creemos que el ritmo, "la voz", es totalmente nuestra, pero resulta que también es de afuera. Y nuestra seguridad está dependiendo de este ritmo.' Trance, entonces, de la tierra que emerge en esta experiencia 'humillante', inespecificidad en la que se vislumbra también la promesa de un entendimiento transespecie, una 'estética líquida'. Jens Andermann es profesor de español y portugués New York University y dirige el Journal of Latin American Cultural Studies. Es autor de Nuevo cine argentino (Paidós 2015), A Óptica do Estado (EdUERJ 2014) y Mapas de poder (Beatriz Viterbo 2000), entre otros. Catalina Arango Correa es candidata doctoral en New York University y coordinadora editorial de la revista emisférica. Jill Casid es profesora de estudios visuales en la Universidad de Wisconsin-Madison y artista plástica. Entre sus libros se destacan Sowing Empire: Landscape and Colonization (2005) y Scenes of Projection: Recasting the Enlightenment Subject (2015). Gabriel Giorgi es profesor de estudios latinoamericanos en NYU. Es autor de Formas comunes. Animalidad, cultura, biopolítica (2014) y de Sueños de exterminio. Homosexualidad y representación en la literatura argentina contemporánea (2005). Gonzalo Pedraza es artista plástico y curador del Centro Matucana 100 donde ha curado la muestra Colección de imágenes. Su muestra monográfica más reciente fue Colección Natural (Centro de las Artes 660, Santiago, Chile)?

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[UrbanStudiesCircular] Feb 15: PELEA: Visual Responses to Spatial Precarity
by urbanstudiescircular＠lists.qc.cuny.edu 11 Feb '19

11 Feb '19

PELEA: Visual Responses to Spatial Precarity Friday, February 15 | 6:00 - 8:00 PM More information & RSVP: https://wp.nyu.edu/latinxproject/event/pelea-visual-responses-to-spatial-pr… The exhibition PELEA: Visual Responses to Spatial Precarity will explore how artists are responding to displacement through their work and practice and will provide a platform for examining visual strategies among contemporary Latinx artists. The show is curated by our inaugural artist in residence Shellyne Rodriguez and the Latinx Project's curatorial team. The opening is February 15th from 6 to 8pm at the King Juan Carlos Center . The show is open to the public and will be on view until May 3rd with gallery hours Monday through Friday from 11am to 7pm. We will announce Saturday hours as they become available. Participating artists are Groana Melendez, Francisca Benítez, Melissa Calderón, Mi Casa No es Su Casa, Alicia Grullón, Jehdy Vargas, Carlos Jesus Martinez Dominguez, Roy Baizan, and Shellyne Rodriguez. The exhibition is cosponsored by NYU's King Juan Carlos Center. RSVP here. <https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pelea-visual-responses-to-precarity-opening-ti…> Curator-led tours will also be available as follows: February 21st -10-11am and 11-12pm March 5th -10-11am and 11-12pm April 5th -10-11am and 11-12pm? Get your tickets via Eventbrite<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pelea-visual-responses-to-precarity-opening-ti…> and choose the time slot you would like to take the tour. Space is limited so reserve soon.

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