A panel discussion exploring narrative relationships will be a Common Reading Tuesdays tonight at 7 p.m. in Todd 130. The panel on “Who Tells Whose Story, and Who Decides Whether It’s True?” is open to the public.
John Streamas, panel organizer and associate professor of Critical Culture, Gender, and Race Studies, asks “Why does it matter that a privileged white woman wrote ‘The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks’? In an ideal world, it would not. But for most of American history, the stories of women, people of color, and the poor have been told by privileged whites.
“This panel examines the dangers of those unequal narrative relations, dangers that persist even today” in media, politics, higher education, and culture, he says.
Faculty panelists include moderator T.V. Reed, Streamas, David Warner, and Natali Magaña, a WSU undergraduate.
Faculty panelists include moderator T.V. Reed, Streamas, David Warner, and Natali Magaña, a WSU undergraduate.
This panel is part of the year-long Common Reading Tuesdays lecture series featuring faculty and guest experts who share information on topics raised in this year’s book. For more information on the Common Reading, visit http://commonreading.wsu.edu.