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Notice of Upcoming Panel Discussion- ‘A Rust Belt Requiem?’
March 5
6-8pm
FREE (rustbeltrequiem@gmail.com to register)
Cambell Conference Room,
The Munk Centre
1 Devonshire Place
A Rust Belt Requiem? proposes an exciting and integrative discussion on the factory town – past, present and future. Consisting of a panel of four distinguished speakers, and supported by an array of video and photographical work, the symposium will offer a melding of theoretical and practice-based reflections on various issues surrounding the deindustrialization of these communities.
Moderator Robert Lewis, one of Canada’s leading historical geographers of industrialization, will lead a conversation between Brett Story, a documentary filmmaker currently working on a project about occupational cancer in Sarnia, Ont.; Steven High, Professor of History at Concordia and the author of Industrial Sunset; Charles Waldheim, a leading theorist of landscape architecture and Associate Dean at the Daniels school of Architecture, Landscape and Design; and John Fetterman, the dynamic Mayor of an eroding steel town near Pittsburgh.
An extensive Q & A period will follow the presentations. Audience participation is actively encouraged. An intermingling of various disciplines and practices – both within the academy and beyond – will provide the context to interrogate a diversity of issues. The reception at Massey College will give audience members a chance to meet the panellists and continue conversations in an informal setting.
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March 5
6-8pm
FREE (rustbeltrequiem@gmail.com to register)
Cambell Conference Room,
The Munk Centre
1 Devonshire Place
A Rust Belt Requiem? proposes an exciting and integrative discussion on the factory town – past, present and future. Consisting of a panel of four distinguished speakers, and supported by an array of video and photographical work, the symposium will offer a melding of theoretical and practice-based reflections on various issues surrounding the deindustrialization of these communities.
Moderator Robert Lewis, one of Canada’s leading historical geographers of industrialization, will lead a conversation between Brett Story, a documentary filmmaker currently working on a project about occupational cancer in Sarnia, Ont.; Steven High, Professor of History at Concordia and the author of Industrial Sunset; Charles Waldheim, a leading theorist of landscape architecture and Associate Dean at the Daniels school of Architecture, Landscape and Design; and John Fetterman, the dynamic Mayor of an eroding steel town near Pittsburgh.
An extensive Q & A period will follow the presentations. Audience participation is actively encouraged. An intermingling of various disciplines and practices – both within the academy and beyond – will provide the context to interrogate a diversity of issues. The reception at Massey College will give audience members a chance to meet the panellists and continue conversations in an informal setting.
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=51928528583
