Commencement 2016 Keynote Address | Hilton Als

Hilton Als, Martha Rosler and Esther Wojcicki all received Honorary degrees at Commencement 2016. Best known for his incisive theater reviews for The New Yorker, Hilton Als has been chief theater critic since 2013 and a contributor to the magazine since 1989. Through her work in photo-montage, video, installation and performance art, Martha Rosler has long focused on the public sphere and issues of everyday life. A leader in educational reform, Esther Wojcicki is passionate in her belief that young people respond best to learning from each other and through a smart use of digital resources

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In this paper I provide an interpretation of Kant’s conception of free speech. Free speech is understood as the kind of speech that is constitutive of interaction respectful of everybody’s right to freedom, and it requires what we with John Rawls may call ‘public reason’. Public reason so understood refers to how the public authority must reason in order to properly specify the political relation between citizens. My main aim is to give us some reasons for taking a renewed interest in Kant’s conception of free speech, including his account public reason. Kant’s position provides resources for dealing with many of the legal and political problems we currently struggle to analyze under this heading, such as the proper distinction between the sphere of justice and the sphere of ethics, hate speech, freedom of speech, defamation, and the public guarantee of reliable media and universal education

Kara Walker: Dust Jackets for the Niggerati

African-American artist Kara Walker (born 1969) has been acclaimed internationally for her candid investigations of race, sexuality and violence through the lens of reconceived historical tropes. This publication documents \u27Dust Jackets for the Niggerati –and Supporting Dissertations, Drawings Submitted Ruefully by Dr. Kara E. Walker\u27, a major series of graphite drawings and hand-printed texts on paper that grew out of Walker’s attempts to understand how interpersonal and geopolitical powers are asserted through the lives of individuals.https://corescholar.libraries.wright.edu/dlpp_all/1532/thumbnail.jp

Interrogating Identity

Interrogating definitions of race/ethnicity, cultural identity and difference in Britain, the United States and Canada, the authors discuss Eurocentric norms, colonialism, resistance and the politics of identity and cultural production in their respective historical and national contexts. Biographical notes. 38 bibl. ref

The Interrupted Life

This catalogue is a significant compendium of materials related to a thematic exhibition on "the politics and poetry surrounding issues of mortality." Work by 41 international artists is represented; also includes texts by 11 writers and interviews with 14 people of various backgrounds on the subject of death. 49 bibl. ref