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Connecting History to the Present
Taraneh Hemami and the California Institute for Integral Studies lead a discussion investigating social responsibility and the history and representation of resistance movements.
How do we connect history to the present? What strategies are effectively employed, and how do we do it ethically, looking for common themes without conflating histories? What are the roles of education and the arts in illuminating the questions that will meaningfully connect past to present?
You are invited to share food and ideas, sharing a table with artists, scholars, activists, laypeople and experts across disciplines and time periods. Come ready to share stories, to listen, and to raise more questions.
Each table will have a facilitator start with one of the following questions, as catalyst for discussion, debate, and storytelling.
Questions:
1. What piece of history do you carry with you every day?
2. Is it possible to get history right?
3. What are some of the common themes between different histories of struggle?
The Facilitators:
Milton Reynolds is Senior Program Associate with Facing History and Ourselves. Educator, diversity/communications consultant, curriculum design specialist and counselor, Milton has a strong interest in understanding how the legacies of our collective history manifest themselves in our present society and specifically, how the past informs our actions and decision making processes and shapes the institutions and practices that structure our society.
Manijeh Nasrabadi is a writer and scholar of American Studies, with particular emphasis on Iranian student activism in the United States. Former co-director of the Association of Iranian American Writers, her essays and articles have appeared in Comparative Studies of South Asian, Africa, and the Middle East, Social Text online, Jadaliyya, tehranbureau.com, and Callaloo.
Pireeni Sundaralingam is a poet, curator, and cognitive scientist, born in Sri Lanka and raised both there and in England. She is co-editor of Indivisible: An Anthology of Contemporary South Asian American Poetry. Her own poetry has been widely published internationally, and translated into several languages. She's currently working on a book on creativity, poetry and the brain.
Ignacio Valero is a current associate professor of humanities and sciences at CCA. Formerly with the International Center for Environmental Education, CIFCA, and the United Nations environment and development programs UNEP and UNDP, his current interests include the political economy of the image, consumption, desire, and the society of the spectacle. He is also interested in understanding practices leading to critical and creative pedagogies, and he is working on a poetry manuscript.
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LocationSouthern Exposure (View)
3030 20th Street
San Francisco, CA 94110
United States
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| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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