Diverse Dialogues

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Wednesday, March 20, 2019, 12:30 pm– 1 pm

This is a past event.

Negotiating the Divide: Disrupting Thought in the Age of Trump 
Presented by William De Herder and Center for Diversity and Inclusion.

Engaging in challenging conversations is an important component of the university experience and a valuable skill for our professional and personal lives. The emerging political context has presented additional tensions in public discourse. We experience these tensions in our interactions on social media, around family members and in the classroom through polarized arguments about the U.S. border, fraternity and sorority organizations, Confederate statues and gun control to name a few. The field of cultural studies offers insights and tools for navigating and negotiating within this challenging political landscape.

This Diversity Dialogue session introduces concepts such as complexity, contingency and contextuality to help communicators engage in productive conversations in a deeply divided political climate. Through applying these concepts, this dialogue encourages participants to gain critical distance and open new spaces for conversation.

The Diverse Dialogues series aims to provide opportunities for students, faculty and staff to have conversations about relevant issues of equity, diversity, inclusion, social justice and much more. Be part of crucial campus conversations, help to highlight underrepresented voices, elevate the social justice work being done by our Michigan Tech community, and engage and learn from difficult diversity and inclusion issues that affect us all. If you’re part of the dialogue, you’re part of the solution.

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