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Documentary Realism Between Cultures: Rey Chow
Presented by Penn Humanities Forum at University of Pennsylvania Museum- Harrison Auditorium February 17, 2012 New media technologies have given us unprecedented power to simulate, fabricate, and falsify, while casting doubt on any notion of objectively recording or documenting actual life. Why, then, is the present moment a time of unprecedented vigor and excitement among documentary-makers? Rey Chow, a renowned scholar of Asian-American film and literature, uses this question as her point of departure to discuss some new forms of documentary realism.
A program of the 2011-2012 Penn...
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Penn Humanities Forum |
02/17/12 |
University of Pennsylvania Museum- Harrison Auditorium, Philadelphia |
The Disaster Experts, Mastering Risk in Modern America
Presented by Penn Bookstore at Penn Bookstore February 22, 2012 Drexel University professor and historian Scott Gabriel Knowles leads a discussion on the hazards of modern American life and addresses what can be done to prevent large-scale disasters. Based on his new book, The Disaster Experts, Mastering Risk in Modern America.
This event is co-sponsored with the Penn Institute for Urban Research.
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Penn Bookstore |
02/22/12 |
Penn Bookstore, Philadelphia |
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Imagine Africa Lecture Series: Contemporary South African Performance
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University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (Penn Museum) |
02/28/12 |
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (Penn Museum), Philadelphia |
In Praise of Unreal Sounds: Carolyn Abbate
Presented by Penn Humanities Forum at University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (Penn Museum) February 29, 2012 The 1930s saw a flourishing of "operetta films" in France and Germany. These films attempted to use the conventions of opera within the new medium of sound film. The result was a curious aesthetic mélange in which narrative and visual kitsch coexisted with radical experiments in sound synchronization. Celebrated opera scholar Carolyn Abbate explains how, in the hands of directors like René Clair and Erik Charell, the operetta movie came to exemplify a kind of...
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Penn Humanities Forum |
02/29/12 |
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (Penn Museum), Philadelphia |
Global Tour of Junk Food
Presented by Geographical Society of Philadelphia March 20, 2012 Andrew Smith has written many books exploring the history of food. Enjoy his entertaining and humorous presentation on the global history of junk food while dining on a specially prepared three-course dinner—with a bit of junk food, of course!
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Geographical Society of Philadelphia |
03/20/12 |
Restaurant School at Walnut Hill College, Philadelphia |