WHEN: Wed, Oct 24th, 6:30 PM
WHERE: CUNY Graduate Center (365 5th Avenue)
WHO: Soffiyah Elijah, Ruth Wilson Gilmore, Khalil Gibran Muhammad, Gunja SenGupta, Cheryl Hicks
WHAT: “Poverty, Punishment, and Resistance”: This election year, events and developments as varied as the Trayvon Martin shooting, the rebirth of the "birther controversy," and the return of what one commentator described as the "welfare wedge" in American politics serve to remind us all about enduring associations among race, criminality, poverty, and welfare. How have these associations been resisted in the past and how might they be reconsidered? Join prominent historians and activists to rethink the history of these associations and their current framing in American politics.
WHEN: Wed, Oct 24th, 6:30 PM
WHERE: CUNY Graduate Center (365 5th Avenue)
WHO: Bernard Frischer
WHAT: “Modeling the Past”: With generous funding from an anonymous donor and the National Science Foundation, and in close cooperation with the Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici del Lazio, an international team has been creating a restoration model of Hadrian's Villa, a World Heritage Site, and the best-preserved imperial villa in the hinterland of Rome. The model includes terrain, gardens, water features, sculpture, buildings, furnishings, and avatars representing members of the imperial court. The IDIA Lab at Ball State University, a partner in the project, has taken the 3D model and ported it to the game engine, Unity3D, so that it is possible to explore the reconstructed villa interactively over the Internet. This talk will present the project, its history, goals, current state, and future prospects.
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