Christopher Alton, Mdes Candidate in Design Studies, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University Practices of enclosure and geographies of spatial autonomy...
The Canada Program Weatherhead Center for International Affairs Center for Government and International Studies 1727 Cambridge Street Cambridge, MA 02138
Bowie Vernon Room (K262) WCFIA CGIS Knafel 1737 Cambridge Street
CANADA PROGRAM SEMINAR
Dispelling Terror in the Tamil Diaspora: the Case of Toronto JENNIFER HYNDMAN Centre for Refugee Studies, York University
Research funded by Public Safety Canada assumes that some diasporas based in Canada 'import conflict' from their countries of origin. We take issue with the concept of 'imported conflict' in relation to diasporas, as it produces immigrant members as potential threats to Canada's security. Our research with members of the Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora in Toronto traces the impact of acute violence in Sri Lanka during 2009, in particular the killing of civilians and other war crimes committed by Sri Lankan government troops and the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE, or Tamil Tigers) that left tens of thousands of Tamil civilians dead and hundreds of thousands displaced. How, if at all, were these acts of violence translated into the diaspora based in Toronto? ... Read more about Dispelling Terror in the Tamil Diaspora: The Case of Toronto
Belfer Case Study Room (SO20) CGIS South Building 1730 Cambridge Street
CANADA PROGRAM PANEL
Why Geography Matters
Alison Mountz, Harvard University Peter K. Bol, Harvard University Tim Cresswell, Northeastern University Mona Domash, Dartmouth University Richard Wright, Dartmough University
Have you ever wondered why there is geospatial analysis at Harvard and yet you can’t seem to find many geography classes on campus? Have you wondered why Americans don’t study much geography? This panel will explore why geography matters, to scholarship and intellectual debates, in politics, policy-making, culture, history, humanities, and higher education. Come to learn the history of what happened to geography at Harvard, current initiatives on campus and in the discipline more broadly. Panelists will discuss why and how geography matters, now more than ever.
