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MEDIA CONTACT: Kate Perry katie.perry@rochester.edu
585.275.2671
October 11, 2007
TIME, DATE, AND PLACE: 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 24, in the Welles-Brown Room of the Rush Rhees Library on the University of Rochester's River Campus
ADMISSION: Free and open to the public
In "Deadly Cycles and Crippling Powerlessness: Vernacular Social Science in the Community Economic Development Movement of Newark, N.J., 1966-1980," Julia Rabig, a Center for the Study of African-American Politics post doctoral fellow, will explore the strategies used by various anti-poverty organizations in Newark to democratize expertise around social work, city planning, and architecture. In the process, these groups alternately challenged and reproduced predominant social scientific theories about the causes and psychological consequences of poverty.
The lecture is part of the Frederick Douglass Institute's Work in Progress Seminar Series. The series is multi-disciplinary, touching upon Africa and its Diaspora. The seminars offer graduate students and faculty working in the broad area of African and African-American Studies an environment to present and discuss their ongoing research.
FOR MORE INFORMATION: Visit www.rochester.edu/College/AAS/events.show.php
The University of Rochester (www.rochester.edu) is one of the nation's leading private universities. Located in Rochester, N.Y., the University gives students exceptional opportunities for interdisciplinary study and close collaboration with faculty through its unique cluster-based curriculum. Its College of Arts, Sciences, and Engineering is complemented by the Eastman School of Music, Simon School of Business, Warner School of Education, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, Schools of Medicine and Nursing, and the Memorial Art Gallery.
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