Sawyer Seminar 2018-19
Claiming the City: urban citizenship, hybrid cultures, & governance in the modern era
- Full Sawyer Seminar schedule (PDF) with details on readings
- Annotated Bibliography
Fall Schedule
All events in International Institute Seminar room (Sequoiah Hall 103) on Friday mornings: 9am-12pm on discussion days and 10am-12pm on invited speaker lecture days
October 12 - James Holston (Anthropology, UC Berkeley) "Metropolitan Rebellions and the Politics of Commoning the City."
October 26 - Discussion of indigenous municipalities in Bolivia in preparation for John Cameron's visit, led by Nancy Postero
November 9 - John Cameron (International Development Studies, Dalhousie) "Saying No to Indigenous Autonomy in Bolivia: Pragmatism, Hybridity and Alternative Modernities at the Grassroots."
November 16 - Marik Shtern (Sociology, UCSD post-doctoral visiting scholar) "Between the Wall and the Mall: Israelis and Palestinians in post-Oslo Jerusalem" (10am)
November 30 - Discussion of art, literature and urban spaces - "Of Other Cities: Heterotopic Sociality" - led by Ameeth Vijay (9am)
Winter Schedule
January 11 - Discussion in preparation for Austin Zeiderman's visit, led by Kevan Malone (UCSD History) and featuring Skype call with Eli Elinoff (Victoria University of Wellington)
January 25 - Austin Zeiderman (Dept of Geography and Environment, London School of Economics) "In the Wake of Logistics: On Time, Race, and Labor in Colombia"
February 7: Art and Gentrification Exhibit, co-sponsored by Institute of Arts and Humanities
February 15 - Discussion in preparation for Abidin Kusno's visit, featuring discussion and presentation by Christina Schwenkel(UC Riverside)
February 15 - Davarian Baldwin (Trinity College) 2pm - UniverCities. How Higher Education is Transforming Urban America. Co-sponsored event with Black Studies Project.
February 22 - Abidin Kusno (Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University) "Notes on Semi-Urbanism"
March 1 - Discussion in preparation for Fiona McLaughlin's visit, led by Sharon Rose (UCSD Linguistics), featuring presentation by Suzanne Scheld (CSU Northridge)
March 15 - Fiona McLaughlin (Linguistics & Languages, Literatures & Cultures, U. of Florida) "Urban language in urban theory: Dakar Wolof as infrastructure" - CANCELLED
March 15 - Discussion in preparation for AbduMaliq Simone's visit
Spring Schedule
April 5 - Discussion in preparation for Brodwyn Fischer's visit, led By Matt Vitz (UCSD History), featuring presentation by Emilio de Antuñano (UCSD)
April 12 - AbdouMaliq Simone (Urban Institute, University of Sheffield) "Improvised Lives: Rhythms of Endurance for an Urban South."
April 26 - Brodwyn Fisher (University of Chicago, History) "Relational Power and the Modern Urban Form in Recife, Brazil"
May 10 - Joint event with Urban Studies & Planning group. Time & Location TBA.
May 31 - Discussion in preparation for Ananya Roy's visit.
June 7 - Ananya Roy (UCLA, Urban Planning and Social Welfare, Dept. of Geography) "At the Limits of Urban Theory: Racial Banishment in the Contemporary American Metropolis"
