Morning Keynote Address:
Aiko Kojima (Doctoral Candidate, Sociology), “Responsibility or Right to Eat Well?: Food Education (Shokuiku) Campaign in Japan”
Afternoon Keynote Address:
Courtney Patterson (Doctoral Candidate, African American Studies, Northwestern University), “This Is How We've Done It: Black Women and/in Plus Size Fashion”
Academic Presentations:
Session 1 Bodies in the Food Chain
Session 2 Discourses of Death and Depravity
Session 3 Pathologies and Aesthetics
Creative Presentations:
Online and analog ‘zines, original paintings, spoken word performances, performance of the Body Logs, graphic stories, and an inhabited installation.
Finale: Apsara Dance Group
Workshop: Dancing the Feminine and the Masculine – Followed by a reception
Note: The Community Room at the Centers for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture/Gender and Sexuality is fully accessible to people using wheelchairs. Please contact Sarah Tuohey (stuohey@uchicago.edu/773-702-2365) to request other accommodations.
Also note: We are aware that some conference presentations will have visual and/or oral-textual content of a highly sensitive or triggering nature. Please contact Sarah Tuohey with any questions or concerns.
Date: April 25, 2014
Time: 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Date: April 25, 2014
Time: 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM