Global mobility is a defining issue for the 21st century. Our project integrates the expertise of five faculty members - Vera Brunner-Sung, Jeffrey Cohen, Theodora Dragostinova, Yana Hashamova, and Robin Judd - working on global mobility from the perspectives of anthropology, history, literature, film/media studies, and filmmaking. Focusing on two main research questions, 'what does it mean to leave home' and 'how do communities accept newcomers,' we foster the exchange of ideas on campus, engage students in and outside the classroom, and forge connections with the wider community in...
Photographer Susan Meiselas has spent decades making history visible. Meiselas
doesn’t look–she sees–and her photographs remind us of the importance and power of
bearing witness to our world. Documenting strippers in New England carnivals, conflict
in Nicaragua and El Salvador, and the plight of...
Published 04/12/18
Alexandra Cuesta’s work combines experimental film traditions and documentary practices. She commences from the public sphere and explores poetic and subjective representations of reality. Social structures, instances of displacement, and cultural diasporas, are some of the recurring concerning...
Published 03/27/18