Semiotics: Culture in Context Workshop, Autumn 2020 Schedule
Please join us for the following presentations at the Semiotics Workshop this Autumn quarter. The theme for the year is “Making Authority, Multimodally.” All workshops will take place from 4:30–6 pm on Thursdays, and will be conducted over Zoom. A zoom link will be sent in the announcement for each workshop.
For a copy of presenters' papers, please email Alice Yeh (aliceyeh@uchicago.edu) or Rob Gelles (rgelles20@uchicago.edu).
Thursday, October 8
Janet Connor (PhD Candidate, Anthropology and Linguistics, University of Chicago)
“Listening Like a State? Representation, Expertise, and Time in Participatory Political Projects”
Thursday, October 22
Courtney Handman (Associate Professor, Anthropology, University of Texas at Austin)
TBA
Thursday, October 29
Greg Thompson, (Assistant Professor, Anthropology, Brigham Young University)
"Our Lady of the Underpass: Toward an Anthropological Theory of Vision at the Ontological Turn"
Thursday, November 19
Kamala Russell (PhD Candidate, Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley)
“xizzet: The feeling of being, exposed”
Thursday, December 3
Grigory Gorbun (PhD Student, Anthropology, University of Chicago)
“Decoupling law and liberalism in contemporary Russia”
Persons with disabilities who need an accommodation in order to participate in this event should contact rgelles20@uchicago.edu or (773) 702-8551 for assistance.
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