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End the War on Black People the Urgency of Reparations
Panelist: Dr. Michael Ralph Dr. Vasuki Nesiah Dr. Michael Funk Moderators Kayla Merriwether Dylan Brown
Africa~Diaspora Forum: Peter Hulme
Location: King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center Room 342E 53 Washington Square S, New YorkIn the 1920s in New York the jazz cabaret was seen as offering what the writer Eric Walrond called “Africa undraped”, and its sound was the tom-tom. This talk will explore the period’s fascination with that instrument and with what it might signify, focusing on two texts entitled Tom-Tom, both of which offer to associate contemporary Harlem with “Africa”, in one or another of its manifestations.
Book Launch: Order without Design: How Markets Shape Cities, By Alain Bertaud
Location: New York University 14A Washington Mews, New York, NY 10003 14A Washington Mews, New YorkOverview: Join us on Tuesday, December 10 at 5:30pm for the launch of Alain Bertaud’s new book from MIT Press, Order without Design: How Markets Shape Cities. In it, Bertaud argues that operational urban planning can be improved by the application of the tools of urban economics to the design of regulations and infrastructure. Drawing on five decades […]