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SOFAM Visiting Artists & Speakers Presents Sonya Schonberger
Berlin artist Sonya Schönberger works in video, photography andinstallation to explore questions of memory, identity and trauma especiall
y in relation to the impact of WWII on several generations of Germans. In a
recent work, she met eyewitnesses from the time of World War II and conduct
ed personal interviews with them, exploring the cultural memory of the Germ
an society. She followed these witnesses and memory-keepers into the everyda
y life of the Third Reich: onto the battlefields, in prison camps, into de
The Ethics and Politics of Food presents Adam Sneyd & Alexander Legw egoh "Food Security Perscpectives in Central Africa"
Everyone Welcome.
Perspectives abound on how members of the Ce
ntral African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC) - including Cameroon,Central African Republic, Chad, Congo-Brazzaville, Equatorial Guinea andGabon - can transcend food security challenges and threats. Drawing on rese
arch conducted on 4 recent field visits to Cameroon and upon an extensive co
ntent analysis, Sneyd and Legwegoh show how perspectives on the requisites
for food security in CEMAC differ, and why these divergent perspectives mat
ter.
Cafe Philosophique presents the 2013 CBC Massey Lecturer Lawrence Hi ll
Lawrence Hill will talk about his book "BLOOD: The Stuff of Life
" with Professor Dionne Brand.
Book sales and a book signing will conclude
the evening.
Tickets $10, Students $8 available in advance at The Bookshel
f or at the door starting at 6:15pm.
Coop&Career Services Outreach with Career Advisors
Setup at 9:30am. Second Cup and Atrium remain open. Event runs 10am-2pm.
Re-Imagining Communities and Civil Society Conference
To register, visit https://www.uoguelph.ca/ccs/checkout/arts/RC
CS2013
ICASP Reading Group with Dr. Kati Szego
Focus on the use of improvisation and other forms of music in co
ntributing to local community building.
Dr. Kati Szego is an enthnomusicolo
gist from Memorial University of Newfoundland.
Everyone is welcome!
Re-Imagining Communities and Civil Society Conference
To register, visit https://www.uoguelph.ca/ccs/checkout/arts/RC
CS2013
OVC BIOM*4030 Poster Session
Atrium and Second Cup remain open.