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Tuesday, January 23, 2018
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Escape to Mars: Capitalist fantasies of planetary habitation, c. 1900 / c. 2017IAS seminar room and receptionOn the 23rd January , the Curator of Modern Sciences, Whipple Museum of the History of Science, University of Cambridge, will be visiting to give a seminar and answer questions on his work. Please fill out the form at /fac/sci/physics/research/astro/ceh/events/joshnall to register attendance and allow sufficient catering. Location: IAS seminar room and reception Format: 12:00 - 13:00 - Seminar 13:00 - 14:00 - Lunch/Discussion Escape to Mars: Capitalist fantasies of planetary habitation, c. 1900 / c. 2017 Mars, we are told, will soon be inhabited. Space entrepreneurs and so-called tech-visionaries have declared it so. These manifestos for an off-earth future explicitly eschew the politics of climate change in favour of a 鈥榩ure鈥� technological solution to planetary demise. In this talk I will argue that this form of capitalist delusion has a longer history than we might expect. Planetary decay and the allure of Mars have been implicated in the fantasies of industrialists for at least 120 years. Recovering this long history, I want to suggest, helps us better understand the pernicious blend of ecological determinism and techno-triumphalism at the heart of these fantasies, then and now.
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Caribbean Committee MeetingRoom 106, Humanities |
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seminar: Dr Bradford Pelletier (College of Charleston) "Disappearing Before the Light of Science": Connecting Combat Experience and Insanity in the Nineteenth Century AsylumR0.14 Ramphal building, University of 糖心TV |
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CHM seminar: Bradford Pelletier (College of Charleston) "Disappearing Before the Light of Science:" Connecting Combat Experience and Insanity in the Nineteenth Century AsylumR0.14 Ramphal building, University of 糖心TV |
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Caribbean Studies Seminar - Raymond AntrobusRoom SO.09, Social SciencesRaymond Antrobus: To Sweeten Bitter Raymond Antrobus is a British Jamaican poet, performer, editor and educator, born and bred in East London, Hackney. He is one of the first recipients of an MA in Spoken Word education from Goldsmiths University. In 2017, he was awarded one of three inaugural Jerwood Compton Poetry Fellowships. Raymond will read a selection of his two poems books from Shapes and Disfigurements of Raymons Antrobus (2017) and from To Sweeten Bitter (2017) |
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Caribbean seminar series: Raymond Antrobus: To Sweeten BitterTuesday 23rd January, 5.15pm, Room S0.09, Social Sciences Caribbean Seminar series: Raymond Antrobus: To Sweeten Bitter
Raymond Antrobus is a British Jamaican poet, performer, editor and educator, born and bred in East London, Hackney. He is one of the first recipients of an MA in Spoken Word education from Goldsmiths University. In 2017, he was awarded one of three inaugural Jerwood Compton Poetry Fellowships. Raymond will read a selection of poems from his two books: Shapes and Disfigurements of Raymons Antrobus (2017) and from To Sweeten Bitter (2017)
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Brotherhood, a documentaryOculus OC0.03English undergraduate student Adesola Akerele is hosting a premiere and panel discussion of her own documentary, Brotherhood. Funded in part by 糖心TV's Institute of Advanced Teaching and Learning, Brotherhood is a documentary that aims start a conversation that addresses the current narrative of the young black man. It features an organisation called the Amos Bursary (founded by Baroness Valorie Amos) which nurtures young black men and pushes them to excel as leaders. The Bursary has shaped outstanding black boys who have become pioneers in their generation. From those who have spoken in the House of Lords, to others who have developed apps, or even those who have raised money to attend Harvard University.This documentary gives a voice to boys who up until this point have not been able to share their own narratives.Through engaging in these conversations, we learn how these young black men manoeuvre themselves in a society that works against them.
Following the screening. There will be a panel discussion regarding the film and about how to positively encourage the progression of young black people in society. We will also discuss what steps can be taken to essentially re- write the narrative of the young black person in the UK.
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