Dr. Sujatha Fernandes Professor of Political Economy & Sociology, University of Sydney

Monday, April 23, 2018 3:30PM-5:30PM

Merrill Cultural Center

Dr.  Fernandes  discusses  her  most  recent  book  Curated  Stories:  The  Uses  and  Misuses  of  Storytelling.  This  book  seeks  to  understand  the  rise  of  this  storytelling  culture  alongside  a  broader  shift  to  neoliberal  free  market  economies.  The  book  shows  how  in  the  turn  to  free  market  orders,  stories  have  been  reconfigured  to  promote  liberal  and  neoliberal  self-­‐making  and  are  restructured  as  easily  digestible  soundbites  mobilized  toward  utilitarian  ends.      

Distinguished  Speaker  Series  ***********  Storytelling  and    the  Fight  for    

Migrant  Rights  

Latin  American  &  Latino  Studies  Department  

Co-­‐Sponsors:  Center  for  Emerging  Worlds,  Chicano  Latino  Research  Center,  Colleges  9  &  10,  Cowell  College,  Critical  Race  and  Ethnic  Studies,  Feminist  Studies,  Kresge  College,  Merrill  College,  Politics,  Sociology,  Oakes  College