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Midwest Interdisciplinary Graduate Conference (MIGC)

Feb 16, 2017 - Feb 18, 2017

Theme: MOSAIC

See MIGC Website

Keynote talk

Jason W. Moore (Sociology, Binghamton University)
“Expulsions, Inclusions, and the Double Valence of Violent Abstraction: How Modernity Works Through Nature to Accumulate Capital and Destroy Lives”
Friday, February 17
3:30 pm Curtin 175
Recorded video (Mediasite, with slides)

Brown bag lunch discussion with Jason W. Moore

Friday, February 17
12:15 pm, Curtin 175
Reading: Jason W. Moore, “The Capitalocene Part II”

Keynote workshop

Margaret Rhee (Women’s and Gender Studies, University of Oregon)
“Kaleidoscope Thinking: On Graduate Reflection, Body, and Writing”
Saturday, February 18
1:00 pm Curtin 175

Complete MIGC Schedule of Events

Details

Start:
Feb 16, 2017
End:
Feb 18, 2017
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Venue

Curtin 175
3243 N Downer Ave
Milwaukee, WI 53211 United States
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