Philosophy
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What is an Author?
Join CUNY Professor Jamie Warren for an Olio dedicated to analyzing and discussing Michel Foucault’s much-celebrated essay, “What is an Author?” We will learn about Foucault’s concept, “the author function” and its chilling role in the production of ideology and power. Hosted at a member's living room in Williamsburg. Address will be sent upon RSVP.
Can Time Heal Anything? Lee Mingwei and Dr. Lila Davachi
Rubin Museum 150 West 17th St., New YorkWhat lingers in your heart after a loved one is lost? And what can this teach us about the ephemerality of life? In his work The Letter Writing Project, part of the Rubin’s exhibition Measure Your Existence, artist Lee Mingwei invites visitors to pen a letter to a lost or absent loved one. The cathartic act of writing the unsaid is […]
CRISPR Film Screening: Human Nature
New York Academy of Sciences 250 Greenwich St Fl 40, New YorkFrom executive producer Dan Rather and director Adam Bolt, the co-writer and editor of the Oscar-winning film Inside Job, comes the story of the biggest tech revolution of the 21st Century. And it isn’t digital, it’s biological. A breakthrough called CRISPR has given us unprecedented control over the basic building blocks of life. It opens […]