Carnivale, Tourism, and the Black Body

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Event Date: 
December 11, 2015
Event Time: 
6:30pm to 10:00pm
Location: 
Duderstadt Center (Media Union) - Video Studio
Event Accessibility : 
Automatic doors at entrances and elevators available.
Event Tags: 
cosponsored event
symposium

Featuring Lola Von Miramar and performance of a new piece developed during the symposium “Carnivale”.

6:30 pm Lola Von Miramar Rocks the House

7:30 pm  “Carnivale” Guest Artist/Faculty/Student Group performance

8:30 pm Reflection and Celebration

This performance event is part of the weeklong symposium, "Conjuring the Caribbean: How Sweet It Is." See more information at globaltheatremichigan.wordpress.com.

Join artists, scholars, and students in a five day exploration of Caribbean tourism, histories and gender identities. The symposiums calls for an interdisciplinary response to shifting imaginations about the power and potential of Caribbean studies viewed through the lens of a sugar-saturated past.

Co-sponsored by Center for the Humanities, Institute for Research on Women and Gender, Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Latina/o Studies, Center for World Performance and Department of African and African American Studies, Department of American Culture, School of Public Health, School of Music, Theatre & Dance.