Upcoming events

WEDNESDAY APRIL 21

Tapped: The Movie
New York, NY
Columbia University, Cowin Center at Teacher's College (between 120/121 st and Broadway)
Bottle Exchange: 4 PM - Trade in a plastic water bottle for a Klean Kanteen for the first 100 people there!
Screening: 5 PM

Is access to clean drinking water a basic human right, or a commodity that should be
bought and sold like any other article of commerce? Stephanie Soechtig's debut feature is an unflinching examination of the big business of bottled water.

From the producers of Who Killed the Electric Car and I.O.U.S.A., this timely
documentary is a behind-the-scenes look into the unregulated and unseen world of an
industry that aims to privatize and sell back the one resource that ought never to become a commodity: our water.

From the plastic production to the ocean in which so many of these bottles end up, this
inspiring documentary trails the path of the bottled water industry and the communities
which were the unwitting chips on the table. A powerful portrait of the lives affected by
the bottled water industry, this revelatory film features those caught at the intersection of big business and the public's right to water.

Tapped is a story of how one person really can make a difference. Each section of the
film tells the story of a David and Goliath battle in which a regular person, like you or
me, goes up against a big corporation in order to initiate change in the world, and
people should walk away from this film knowing that they can make a difference.

Tapped: The Movie
New York, NY
Columbia University, Cowin Center at Teacher's College (between 120/121 st and Broadway)
Bottle Exchange: 4 PM - Trade in a plastic water bottle for a Klean Kanteen for the first 100 people there!
Screening: 5 PM

To learn more, visit http://www.tappedthefilm.com/

FRIDAY APRIL 23

The Center for African Education and the African Studies Working Group are excited to stage a 3-part event, co-sponsored by the Teachers College Office of the Vice President for Diversity and Community Affairs.

Student Writing Workshop
Friday, April 23rd, 12-2:30pm
Private Dining Room
Grace Dodge Hall

Representations of Africa
Panel discussion & reception
Thursday, April 29th, 7:00-9:30pm
Grace Dodge Hall 179

The goal of this event is to explore how Africa is represented in a number of
different spheres including fiction, academic writing, journalism, and. the
impact of these representations on public opinion of the continent.

This initiative endeavors to promote new knowledge, tolerance, and respect for
the diversity of linguistic, racial and ethnic differences that exist in Africa and
diasporic communities around the world and invites participants to critically
engage with representations of Africa.
For further information, please consult the Center website
http://www.tc.columbia.edu/centers/cae/

FRIDAY APRIL 23

'COMMITTING ANTHROPOLOGY'

April 23rd, 2010

10:00 am to 5pm
The New School
Wolff Conference Room
6 E. 16th Street
Rooms. 906/913

For more information please visit: http://commitanthro.wordpress.com/
Contact: commitanthro@gmail.com

Admission:
Free and open to the public. But please come early - seating will be limited.

The New School for Social Research Anthropology Department is pleased to announce our annual graduate student conference 'Committing Anthropology.' We have assembled an exceptional collection of speakers and participants to discuss the field of contemporary anthropology. Panelists include:

Stephen J. Collier, The New School

Didier Fassin, Institute for Advanced Study

Allen Feldman, NYU

Nicolas Langlitz, The New School

Neni Panourgia, Columbia University

Elizabeth Povinelli, Columbia University

Rayna Rapp, NYU

Sharika Thiranagama, The New School

Miriam Ticktin, The New School

Moderating these panels will be faculty members from The New School's Department of Anthropology. Our moderators include:
Hugh Raffles
Vyjayanthi Rao
Janet Roitman
Ann L. Stoler

THURSDAY APRIL 29-MAY 1

Rethinking Racial Capitalism Conference

FRIDAY APRIL 30- MAY 1

Building an African Presence Conference
Committee on Global Thought
http://cgt.columbia.edu/events/building_african_presence/