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Between Petro-Magic and the Pedestrian

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THE ENVIRONMENT FORUM SPEAKER: Jennifer Wenzel, Columbia University Register for a Zoom link In this talk, Jennifer Wenzel suggests that the impasse of the present is determined not only by petro-magic—fairy-tale promises of wealth without work—but also...

Marcos Leitão De Almeida

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Marcos Leitão De Almeida received his PhD in African History from Northwestern University in 2020. His dissertation, “Speaking of Slavery: Slaving Strategies and Moral Imaginations in the Lower Congo (ca.1000 BCE–ca. 1850),” provides a detailed study of...

Gemma Rodrigues

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Gemma Rodrigues is a curator and historian of African art and material culture in a global perspective. Her most recent research explores the creation and uses of technology in 'peripheral' zones; interfaces among technology, art, and activist politics in...