Over the next few years, the Latin American Writers Series will showcase the most representative writers of the continent and serve as an archive of their achievements. Ecuadorian writer and Tulane’s Greenleaf Scholar-in-Residence, Gabriela Alemán will conduct in-depth interviews with authors that address a territory defined by massive migrations, multiple forms of violence, economic precariousness and environmental struggles.
Over the next few years, the Latin American Writers Series will showcase the most representative writers of the continent and serve as an archive of their achievements. Ecuadorian writer and Tulane’s Greenleaf Scholar-in-Residence, Gabriela Alemán will conduct in-depth interviews with authors that address a territory defined by massive migrations, multiple forms of violence, economic precariousness and environmental struggles.
Join us as we hear from Dr. Eric “Doc” Griggs about innovative public health approaches for inspiring positive changes in communities. Doc Griggs' mantra is “Get Checked. Get Fit. Get Moving!™” His methods transcend race and gender barriers. As a community medicine physician and health educator, Doc Griggs has dedicated his professional life to raising health and wellness awareness in communities across the United States.
M.A.R.I. is happy to announce the sixth talk of the 2018-19 Brown Bag talk series.
Dr. Tatsuya Murakami, Department of Anthropology, Tulane University, presents his research titled:
A Macroregional Perspective on Early Urbanism in Formative Central Mexico: A View from Tlalancaleca, Puebla
12:00 pm Friday, April 5 Rm. 305, Dinwiddie Hall
See you on Friday and remember to bring your lunch!
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One of the challenges for physicians in an era of patient-centered care is to close the deal for treatment. Physicians may have to say no when patients make inappropriate treatment requests (as in opioids for chronic pain), or insist on treatment when patients resist (as in vaccination refusal). In this talk, I examine how neurologists overcome resistance against medication recommendations for pediatric patients with epilepsy. Neurologists meet these grounds with three corresponding persuasion strategies ranging from pressuring, to coaxing, to accommodating.
Sociology Colloquium: Debbie Becher, Barnard College
"A Fractured Nation: Private Property and the Fracking of the Rural West"
Participants:
Deborah Cohn, Professor of Spanish and Portuguese, Indiana University
Vicente Diaz, Associate Professor of American Indian Studies, U of Minnesota
Jayeesha Dutta, Artist and Activist, Another Gulf Is Possible
Dilip Gaonkar, Director, Center for Global Culture and Communication, Northwestern U
Donatella Izzo, Professor of Comparative Literature, Università degli Studi di Napoli "L' Orientale”
Donald E. Pease, Ted and Helen Geisel Third Century Professor in the Humanities, Dartmouth
This lecture analyzes the "Memory Windows," works by Haitian-American artist Édouard Duval-Carrié that feature in his recent exhibition at Florida State University, “Decolonizing Refinement,” a show that draws parallels between processes of production and commodification across the plantation Americas.
The Racial Capitalism of Blockchain: Between HumanComputer Flourishing and Computational Slavery
Over the next few years, the Latin American Writers Series will showcase the most representative writers of the continent and serve as an archive of their achievements. Ecuadorian writer and Tulane’s Greenleaf Scholar-in-Residence, Gabriela Alemán will conduct in-depth interviews with authors that address a territory defined by massive migrations, multiple forms of violence, economic precariousness and environmental struggles.
