Featuring Dr. Deborah Thomas, the R. Jean Brownlee Professor of Anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania. 

What does it meant to think with the body? To know through the body? To transcend the body? We often speak about “embodied knowledge” as though we are agreed as to its meaning and its processes. During this seminar, we will explore the possibilities (and histories) of knowledge that is gleaned and transmitted in and through bodily expressions as part of a longer lineage of multi-modal and sensory ethnography. Participants should be prepared to read and analyze texts, but also to move together (and separately), to write creatively, to make sounds, and to generally be open to alternative modes of research. 

Each morning of the seminar, Monday through Thursday, from 10am-12pm we will hold an event—workshop, lecture, colloquia—in the Humanities Center space (602 CL), followed by a catered lunch. Participants should be prepared to read and analyze texts, but also to move together (and separately), to write creatively, to make sounds, and to generally be open to alternative modes of research. We'll be convening in person in 602 CL; if you're not able to attend one or more sessions, be in touch with us about attending via Zoom. Contact: CE Mackenzie, humctr@pitt.edu

Join us for this week-long seminar, beginning April 28 through May 1, 10am-12pm. Lunch will be catered. Please register.