Events

Next Colloquium

Friday, October 30, 3:30 p.m.
Smith 304
Reception to follow in Smith 409

Between Anatamo- and Bio-politics:  Geographies of Sexual Health in Wartime Seattle

Larry Knopp
Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences
University of Washington-Tacoma

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Michael Brown
Department of Geography
University of Washington-Seattle

We offer an intersectional analysis of public-health governmentality and its constitutive elements during a moral panic around venereal-disease in Seattle, Washington during World War II. Tracing how norms of gender, sexuality, race and class were instilled through urban public health practices, we highlight the importance of the local state’s spatial ontologies and imaginations in connecting the two spatial scales of governmentality: anatamo-politics and bio-politics. By doing this, we extend current work on governmentality in geography. We conclude that geographical imaginations and ontological framings by the local state -- particularly public health authorities -- are important aspects of the control of populations and construction of identities.

Future Colloquiua

Nov 6-8, 2009
UBC-UW Geography Doctoral Students

Nov 13, 2009
Juanita Sundberg

Nov 20, 2009
Katharyne Mitchell

Dec 11, 2009
Steven Gardiner

Jan 15, 2010
Chris Murray

Jan 29, 2010
Mona Domosh

Feb 5, 2010
Sallie Marston and JP Jones III

Feb 26, 2010
Susan Craddock

Mar 12, 2010
Scott Prudham

Apr 2, 2010
Phillip Thurtle

Apr 23, 2010
Maria Elena Garcia

Apr 30, 2010
Geoff Mann

May 21, 2010
Jenna Lloyd


Coffee Hour

Students, Faculty and Staff are all welcome.
Mondays, 10:15 AM - 10:30 AM.
Smith 409

First Wednesdays

Special workshops for undergraduates are presented the first Wednesday of each month at 11:30, Smith 409. Upcoming events include:

Wed., 10/7, Undergraduate Welcome Pizza party

Wed, 11/4, Applying to Graduate School

Wed., Dec. 2, Relaxation Workshop: Tips to survive the stress of exams & finals.

Wed., Jan. 6, Geography Librarian Amanda Hornby: Research tips and best practices

Geography Faculty Meetings

Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2:30, Smith 409

Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2:30, Smith 409

Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2:30, Smith 409

Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2:30, Smith 409







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