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‘Rhythms of the Land,’ a multimedia documentary film, was screened during the 2023 Earth Month events at The New School. Present at the event was the director, Dr. Gail Myers, filmmaker and cultural anthropologist. The event was curated and moderated by Mike Harrington, Director of Sustainability Engagement, and Dr. Kristin Retnolds, Chair of Food Studies in the Schools for Public Engagement.
Read MoreOn April 14, 2022, the Tishman Center collaborated with the New School’s Food Studies program to host “Listen Up! Understanding Food Justice and Environmental Justice through Music” as part of our Earth Week events and Food Studies’ “Critical Food Studies and Social Justice” series.
Read MoreDuring the Month of April, the Tishman Center will be hosting, co-sponsoring and promoting Earth Week events. Our theme this year is: Art, Design, Democracy: Tools to Achieve Climate Justice. We will have a number of events featuring musicians, chefs, artists, planners and academics who will share their experiences, art, music and more to help us think of creative and engaging ways to get closer to a more just and safe world. You can register for all events below and we will have a number of social media activities and things to share with attendees.
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Read MoreOn October 26th, 2020, Dr. Laura-Anne Minkoff-Zern, Associate Professor and Program Director of Food Studies at Syracuse University, spoke about her recent book “The New American Farmer: Immigration, Race, and the Struggle for Sustainability'' (MIT Press, 2019) in on an online talk hosted by the Food Studies Program at The New School. The event was organized in connection with faculty member Kristin Reynolds’ Food and the Environment course, and there were more than 120 participants from across the United States in attendance. In this short piece, we include a brief summary of the book’s key arguments and reflect on its relevance for the study of food and sustainability.
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