The Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change and the York University Geography Alumni Network (YUGAN) invite you to the YUGAN Annual Lecture on Tuesday, Nov 29 from 3-6pm ET at the Second Student Centre.
Join us for a fun afternoon gathering with friends old and new as we welcome a distinguished researcher to share their research and celebrate 60 years of Geography @ York!
The talk "Reimagining Capitalism? or Enacting Post-Capitalist Practices?" will be presented by Professor Katherine Gibson who a Professorial Research Fellow in the Institute for Culture and Society at Western Sydney University and the 2022 Gough Whitlam and Malcolm Fraser Visiting Professor of Australian Studies, Harvard University. A reception to follow.
About Kathy Gibson:
She is an economic geographer with an international reputation for innovative research on economic transformation and over 30 years’ experience of working with communities to build resilient economies. As J.K. Gibson-Graham, the collective authorial presence she shares with the late Julie Graham (Professor of Geography, University of Massachusetts Amherst), her books include The End of Capitalism (As We Knew It): A Feminist Critique of Political Economy (Blackwell 1996) and A Postcapitalist Politics (University of Minnesota Press, 2006). Her most recent books are Take Back the Economy: An Ethical Guide for Transforming Our Communities, co-authored with Jenny Cameron and Stephen Healy (University of Minnesota Press, 2013), Making Other Worlds Possible: Performing Diverse Economies, co-edited with Gerda Roelvink and Kevin St Martin (University of Minnesota Press, 2015), Manifesto For Living in the Anthropocene, co-edited with Deborah Bird Rose and Ruth Fincher (Punctum Press, 2015) and The Handbook of Diverse Economies (Edward Elgar, 2020) co-edited with Kelly Dombroski. She is a founding member of the Community Economies Collective.
Details
Date: Tuesday, November 29, 2022 | 3pm ET
Location: York University Second Student Centre - 15 Library Ln, North York, ON M3J 2S5
Tickets: FREE - walk-ins welcomed, but RSVPs appreciated
Event Schedule:
3:00-4:30pm ET - Lecture by Kathy Gibson
4:30-6:00pm ET - Reception - Refreshments and beverages will be provided.
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This event is sponsored by the York University Geography Alumni Network (YUGAN)
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