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What Can a Body Do? How We Meet the Built World

Monday, 21 October, 2024

With the Gail and Francis Slattery Center for the Ignatian Humanities

Myers Distinguished Visiting Fellow in the Humanities and Civic Engagement Lecture
What Can A Body Do? How We Meet the Built World

What do prosthetics, assistive technologies, curb cuts and elevators teach us about being human? Sara Hendren invites us to consider not just the augmented body of the future, but the ancient and enduring ideas about personhood at the heart of the built world. Bringing together fine arts, philosophy, engineering, and history, Hendren will examine the hidden stories about dignity, suffering, dependence, and beauty in the material culture all around us.

Sara Hendren, Associate Professor in Art + Design, has a joint appointment at the School of Architecture.

Weinberg Memorial Library, The Charles Kratz Scranton Heritage Room ⋅ 5:30 p.m.

Lecture and Reception ⋅ Complimentary & Open to the Community, Courtesy of the Myers Distinguished Visiting Fellow Endowment

 

Contact:

Rose Merritt

Phone: 570.941.4740
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Weinberg Memorial Library, Heritage Room (5th floor)

300 Monroe Avenue
 Scranton, PA 18510