Curtis Marez
Colloquium “Farm Worker Futurism: Speculative technologies of resistance,” with author Curtis Marez
May 15, 2017 | ||
4:00 pm | to | 6:00 pm |
146 Crater Lake North
Erb Memorial Union (EMU)
1222 E. 13th Ave.
UO campus
Please join the Center for Latino/a and Latin American Studies (CLLAS) and the Department of Ethnic Studies in this conversation with the author, Curtis Marez.
Farm Worker Futurism reveals that the historical role of technology has had much to do with depicting the lives of farm laborers—Mexican migrants in particular—in the United States. This book explores the friction between agribusiness and farm workers through the lens of visual culture. Here is a link to the introduction of his book:
https://www.academia.edu/31074624/_Introduction_Farm_Workers_in_the_Machine_Farm_Worker_Futurism_Speculative_Technologies_of_Resistance
Light refreshments will be available. Please contact CLLAS at cllas@uoregon.edu if you have questions.
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