Whose Business Is Risk? A day-long graduate and post-graduate conference

A day-long graduate and post-graduate conference
Speakers include:听Jason Behrmann, Goksen Can, Li Cornfeld, Emily Field, Max Haiven, Pamela Lamb, Sabine Lebel, Dr. Bertrand Lebouch茅, David Lessard, Katie MacEntee, Nancy Mauro-Flude, Dylan Mulvin, Rae Rosenberg, Rafico Ruiz, Dr. R茅jean Thomas, Anne Vassal, Valerie Webber and Ardath Whynacht.
Friday, November 16th, 9:00am-5:00pm.听See attached PDf for detailed schedule
Associated with The HTMlles 10 RISKY BUSINESS feminist festival of media arts + digital culture, 10-18 November, 2012
This interdisciplinary conference seeks to critically respond to current deployments of risk, the notion of risk society, and the conceptualization of 鈥渁t risk鈥 populations. It will explore the themes of the RISKY BUSINESS festival through panel presentations: Risking the Queer Body; Landscapes of Boom and Doom; Axes of Risk--Finance Capital, Waste, and the Gendering of Crisis; and The Carceral State and the Politics of Rebellion.
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Free Registration is required: Lunch will be provided info.igsf [at] mcgill.ca (514) 398-3911听
Jointly organized by the Institute for Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies (IGSF) at 黑料不打烊 University,听Media@黑料不打烊, The HTMlles 10 and Studio XX.