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Slow Seminar- Apichatpong’s Cemetery of Splendor

seacoast Slow Seminar

SEACoast is happy to invite you to our last event of the Winter quarter!

This is an online movie party. We will be watching Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s 2015 movie, Cemetery of Splendor (trailer), on March 3, Thursday, 5-8pm PST. We plan to use the last 50 minutes for discussion, and we are delighted to have Natalie Ng, PhD candidate in Anthropology at UCSC, to start us off with some thoughts.

If you plan to attend, please fill out this form. The Zoom link will be sent out at least an hour before the event. When you arrive at the Zoom meeting, you will be given a URL and a passcode to access the film.
This event requires no preparation. We hope to see you there!

 

Muse Mentor- Cultural Studies Colloquium by Engseng Ho

seacoast Muse/Mentor Visit

We are thrilled to have Engseng Ho, Professor of Cultural Anthropology at Duke University and the Muhammad Alagil Distinguished Visiting Professor of Arabia Asia Studies at National University of Singapore, as this year’s SEACoast Muse/Mentor. Professor Ho will give a talk on Wednesday, Feb 23, 12:15-1:30pm, PST.

Dubai and Singapore: Asian Diasporics, Global Logistics, Company Rule

Dubai and Singapore are emblematic of the contemporary global moment, embodying dizzying success, frenetic excess, spectacular crash. Are they global cities or port-states? Are they Asian nations or corporations descended from the East India Companies that became colonial governments? Their iconic status today as global cities is not simply a function of globalization, but can be understood in terms of dynamic currents that shape and reshape places in the Indian Ocean, the original Asian venue of an international economy. Dubai and Singapore are two tiny places that have seen success because they have understood those currents, and acted in accordance with changes in their dynamics. What are these dynamics – their constants over the long term, and their recent shifts?

This event is co-sponsored by the UCSC Center for Cultural Studies. Please use this link to RSVP or visit the Cultural Studies website for more information. We hope you will join us!

Field Exercise- Fire Ecology Walk with Andrew Mathews

seacoast Field Exercise

Happy Imlek/Lunar New Year!

It has been almost two years since SEACoast hosted an in-person event. We are excited to announce that for those living in the surrounding area, we are currently planning for a Field Exercise with the Landscape Lab on Feb 12, Saturday, 12pm PST, for a walk in the woods with an attention to the post-firelandscape. Andrew Mathews (UCSC Anthropology), our very own SEACoast Board Member, has generously agreed to be our mentor/guide for this event. This is an incredibly rare opportunity to explore the forest around us with an expert like Andrew.

Depending on the evolving COVID-19 situation, this event is subject to last-minute rescheduling or cancellation. However, if you are interested in joining us at this point and/or want to receive follow-up emails, please fill out this form so we can have a better sense about the size of the group.

Special Event- Storying the Lives of Sulu’s Oysters

seacoast Special Event
Welcome to SEACoast Center’s first event in 2022!

On January 6, 2022, Thursday, 5-7pm PST, Prof. Anthony D. Medrano (Environmental Studies, Yale-NUS) will explore the global life of the Sulu Sea through a history of human-oyster interactions and how these interactions revealed–and transformed–the ecological value of Philippine waters and the place of these storied waters within today’s Coral Triangle.

*SEATS ARE LIMITED* for this special event. Please fill out this form as soon as possible if you are interested in joining us.

Participants will receive a Zoom link at least 30 minutes before the event. For more information, please see the attached flyer or email seacoast@ucsc.edu

We hope you have a lovely holiday season.

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