LECTURE

The War Against Cannabis with Robbie Shilliam

Wednesday, November 5, 3:30-5pm | Taft Research Center 

This presentation historically tracks the war against cannabis across Caribbean and North American spaces, and via spiritual, cultural, economic and political dimensions, in order to examine, in EP Thompson’s terms, a “moral economy” that might help us think differently about alternatives to neo-liberalism in a populist era.

THEMATIC LECTURE

The 1911 Triangle Fire: A New York Story that Resonates across Time and Space

Friday, November 7, 1:30pm 

Unlike most events in US labor history, the passage of time has not erased memory of the Triangle fire. The story continues to inspire labor, immigrant, and women’s rights movements in New York, around the US, and in different parts of the globe. Triangle memory is nurtured by Remember the Triangle Fire Coalition, a stalwart band of volunteers who connect individuals and groups to the story through the annual commemoration ceremony and other initiatives. In this talk Mary Anne Trasciatti explores how memory work that is grounded in a single moment and location can connect people across time and space. 

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everyday-theory

Wednesday, November 19, 7pm | Swell, 2936 Colerain Avenue 

Join us for a new reading/making group that centers everyday knowledge now. Inspired by The Swell Reader quarterly theme Repair, our monthly sessions will take up recent books that theorize from the everyday and imagine methods for a livable world. Taft Postdoctoral Fellow Harshavardhan Bhat will facilitate the sessions, sharing excerpts from the books and guiding discussion and reflection/making activities.