Western Anthropology

Did you miss the Darnell lecture with Dr. Elizabeth Povinelli? We have a video for that! Thanks to all who attended. Special thanks to Greg Beckett and Laura Fleming for their help with the organization. Of course, thank you to Dr. Darnell for her support of this engaging series.

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Dr. Karen Pennesi and PhD Candidate Federica Guccini published on The Conversation on how to get someone’s name right if it’s unfamiliar to you. #purpleandproud

JOIN US for the Department of Anthropology’s REGNA DARNELL DISTINGUISHED LECTURE in Theory, Ethnography and Activism in Anthropology When: Wednesday December 2, 2020... Where: Via Zoom Time: 5:30pm Dr. Elizabeth Povinelli The Ends of Art, A Karrabing Perspective Dr. Povinelli is an anthropologist and filmmaker. She is Franz Boas Professor of Anthropology at Columbia University, New York and Corresponding Fellow of the Australian Academy for the Humanities; she is also a founding member of the Karrabing Film Collective. Dr. Povinelli will discuss the aims and ends of artistic practice in the context of ongoing settler colonialism. Using the Karrabing Film Collective as an example, her talk juxtaposes various discourses in anthropology and aesthetic theory with decolonizing approaches to art and esthetics. https://anthropology.uwo.ca//Elizabeth%20Povinelli_Dec_202 Everyone is welcome. Please RSVP by December 1 to mailto:[email protected]