Chris Yaklmov- Sepember 21, 2014 Eric Godoy, assistant chairperson of Social Science and Cultural Studies, published a piece written with Aaron Jaffe today in the New York Times Philosophy Blog, "The Stone." The op-ed questions the effectiveness of using war rhetoric for mobilizing a response to climate change. It suggests instead a "green revolution": "Climate change demands not only a race to develop...
Tuesday November 1, at 6:30 PM Schomburg Center, 515 Malcolm X Boulevard, NY Dr. Carol Anderson, Chair of the African American Studies department at Emory University and author of White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of our Racial Divide will join Akiba Solomon, Editorial Director of Colorlines, and Melanye Price, PhD and author of The Race Whisperer: Barack Obama and the Political Uses of Race, in a...
For fans of animation, cartoons and connoisseurs of the whimsical, the adventurous, and the critical image..Check out The Toon Goons. produced by our own Nina Balton, Crit Viz year 2016. Check out one of their podcasts, Here. http://thetoongoons.tumblr.com/ twitter.com/thetoongoons Pratt InstituteMain Brooklyn Campus 200 Willoughby Avenue, Brooklyn, NY Campus Map & Directions: http://www.pratt.edu/about_pratt/visit_pratt/ALL EVENTS ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC For more information about our...
Nasreen Alkhateeb (MFA 2007),is a Transmedia Storyteller and media innovator. Come join us and hear Nasreen’s ideas on innovation, including working with new media, how information is consumed, and why clients are looking for new talent to repackage old material. Her work has been broadcaster for 10 years. https://vimeo.com/nasreen Novermber 2, 8 AM at Pratt’s Manhattan campus (144 West 14th Street) Register Here Pratt InstituteMain...
Katja Blichfeld and Ben Sinclair are a writing/directing team based out of Brooklyn, NY. Their first collaboration, High Maintenance, began as an art project and has evolved from a critically acclaimed web series to a full fledged HBO show. The HBO season has already received numerous praises from Variety, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and more. They will join the Film/Video Department to discuss...
Callaloo, the premier journal of literature, art, and culture of the African Diaspora, publishes original work by and about writers and visual artists of African descent worldwide. Please join us at NYU to celebrate and collaborate! There will be plenty of speakers and readings. Come grow with us! Saturday, October 28 and Sunday, October 29 Lillian Vernon Creative Writers House, NY Pratt InstituteMain Brooklyn...
Tuesday, November 1 from 12:45pm to 1:45pm The Center in Main Hall The new Black Lives Matter Pratt student group led by the new BLM Director of Programming, Mahogany L. Browne, will meet every first and third Tuesday in the Diversity and Inclusion Center. For more information, follow BLM Pratt on social media: FaceBook, Instagram, Twitter. Pratt InstituteMain Brooklyn Campus 200 Willoughby Avenue, Brooklyn, NY Campus Map &...
Thought you couldn't afford to go to the Opera? Try this out! Macbeth is showing on December 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18 for just $30! Doors open at 7, music starts at 8! For more information, click here. Location // MAST Chocolate Factory Brooklyn Navy Yard, Building #128 Entrance at Flushing and Cumberland Directions: F Train to York Street or AC Train...
Check out the website for the show here. DON'T MISS Special Exhibition at Pratt Manhattan campus: Feminism, Art and Politics Wednesday, Sep 28, 2016 —Wednesday, Nov 23, 2016 Location: Pratt Manhattan Gallery, 144 West 14th Street, Second Floor, New York, NY Curated by Olga Kopenkina Opening Reception: Tuesday, September 27, 6-8:30 PM Panel Discussion at 6:15, moderated by Martha Wilson, the the Founding Director of Franklin Furnace, with panelists...
Macarena Gomez- Barris gave a wonderful and eye opening talk yesterday regarding the identity of the self, native wisdom and the condition of the indigenous people in Chile. She spoke with contagious passion about the way the attitude of White America is and has been negatively affecting indigenous peoples. Using examples in the past of Europeans attempting to “civilize” natives and stripping them...
I am happy to announce that the new Bard in Berlin program is open to Critical and Visual Studies students who would like to study abroad during the summer, fall or spring terms. "The program is based in artistic practice, including studio arts, performance, media, and the interplay among them. History and theory courses take an interdisciplinary approach to draw upon the wealth...
Please join us Tuesday October 18 from 5:30-7:30 in the Pratt Library for the next speaker in the Symposium Series! Our next speaker, Macarena Gomez-Barris will be speaking specifically on Chile, Memory, Latin-American Studies, extractive capitalism, and new ways to think anthropologically. Macarena was a professor of American Studies and ethnicity at The University of Southern California, where she also attained her Ph.D. She has published...
