2:00-3:00 p.m.
Dr. Khendum Gyabak
Senior Director, Teaching and Learning Excellence
Topic: Ways to Humanely Engage with Systems to bring Real Change
12:00 p.m.
"Books as Magical Objects of Power" is an exploration of people's beliefs in books as more than simply carriers of information: regarding them as conduits of divine or malign control over natural forces, and even as sentient objects, with their own power to bless, protect, harm, or even to kill. We'll touch briefly on examples ranging from ancient curse tablets to Harry Potter's encounter with Tom Riddle's diary -- and even contemporary events such as the ritualized public burnings of "bad books."
1:00-2:00 p.m.
Angela Morelli is an award-winning information designer based in Norway. She is the co-founder and CEO of InfoDesignLab. After a degree in Engineering from Politecnico di Milano and an MA in Industrial Design, she gained her MA in Information Design from Central St Martins in London and a Postgraduate Certificate for teaching in Higher Education.
1:00-2:00 p.m.
Andrea Carlson (Ojibwe) is a visual artist originally from Minnesota currently living in Chicago, Illinois. Through painting and drawing, Carlson cites entangled cultural narratives and institutional authority relating to objects based on the merit of possession and display. Current research activities include Indigenous Futurism and assimilation metaphors in film. Site-specific, public installations of Carlson's work have focused on the importance of the land to Indigenous communities.
1:00-2:00 p.m.
SIOSI is Audi and Ivy—a two-woman team who blur the lines between life, work, and art. Ivy's background is in sculpture, printmaking, classic car restoration, and home building. Audi is a photographer and has been committed to documenting her life since she was a kid. She has a MFA in photography from Indiana University. Together, they design, build, and sculpt fine furniture in the middle of the woods, in southern Indiana.
Sponsored by the Fine Arts Department
1:00-2:00 p.m.
Nadim Damluji researches and writes about the history of Arab comics and currently works as an attorney focusing on issues of global human rights and civil rights.
