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Spring 2021

Spring 2021 / UIC Lectures

Is Persistent Disagreement a Reason to Distrust?

April 9, 2021

David Godden (Dept. of Philosophy)4/16/2021, 12PM-1PMZoom Link: https://msu.zoom.us/j/98504663406Passcode: msuc4iPublic discourse, especially about policy, has increasingly become characterized by disagreement, polarization, incivility, and, ultimately, distrust among disagreers. Normally, disagreement is addressed through the…

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Spring 2021 / UIC Lectures

Epistemic exclusion and research biases: How scholarly elitism limits scholarly innovation and relevance

March 29, 2021

Positivist beliefs about valued research (that it is objective and biases are controlled) undergird false narratives about the neutrality of science, the utility of findings to all people, and the…

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Spring 2021 / UIC Lectures

Spartan Skin: Impressions From the Symbol of Campus Pride

March 29, 2021

Young Joon Kwak came to MSU to engage the campus community around issues of race, gender, and diversity with their artwork during the global Covid-19 pandemic. At a time when…

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Spring 2021 / UIC Lectures

Additional Training and Developmental Editing for Transdisciplinary Projects

March 29, 2021

Methodological clarity is important for successfully completing an interdisciplinary or transdisciplinary project. Developmental editing or training programs outside or adjacent to the University is one way to learn new writing…

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Spring 2021 / UIC Lectures

Acting and its Others: Labor’s Role in Defining Artistic Boundaries

March 29, 2021

In 1913, the founding members of Actors’ Equity Association (AEA) drew a clear line between the actors of the legitimate theatre that they sought to organize and other performers, conceived…

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