Title: Public Transportation and the Idiocy of Urban Life Abstract: Drawing on research conducted in California’s East Bay, this talk argues for linking fights over public transportation to ongoing debates on the “right to the city.” It suggests that debates … Read more

Corene Maytas, Geography, University of Florida Title: On the Edge – Identifying and Measuring Tropical Cyclone Rain Fields Abstract: Geographers measure space, and with that comes the challenge of first delineating the space. In this presentation I will discuss how I … Read more

Title: Technology as a keyword Abstract While for centuries technology referred to a systematic study of the ‘practical arts’ – typically a kind of book or technical manual –its usage has expanded dramatically so that today we think nothing of … Read more

The Age of Discovery: Knowledge and the Postcolonial Politics of Land Management in Mozambique   A talk by   Wendy Wolford Department of Development Sociology, Cornell University