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"Trans as Risk: Risk Communication in Anti-Transgender Rhetoric" - Friday, December 10, 2:30-3:45, 3310 Union

William J. and Yvonne Hyde Colloquium Series Presents:

"Trans as Risk: Risk Communication in Anti-Transgender Rhetoric" by Dr. Louise Zamparutti

In early 2020, Idaho introduced the Fairness in Women’s Sports Act, banning transgender athletes from participating in sports. Mississippi, Tennessee, Arkansas, and Florida soon followed with similar bills. This presentation analyzes the rise of anti-trans rhetoric in multiple forms of public discourse. Dr. Louise Zamparutti integrates stasis theory with Kenneth Burke's concept of piety to show how transgender personhood is negated as trans is abstracted into a nonhuman agent and communicated as a risk to cisgender individuals and to a cisgender worldview.

Dr. Zamparutti concludes by proposing Burke’s theory of Perspective by Incongruity and S. Scott Graham's Functional Stasis Theory as launching points for more equitable deliberation that would energize the action of change in language and concept-association, dislodging pieties from their fixed pillars and revealing human potential for transformation.

Friday, December 10, 2021
2:30-3:45pm
3310 Union

Also available on Zoom: https://wisconsin-edu.zoom.us/j/92861028299

Mary Purdy is the first presenter in this semester's "Futures in Writing Speaker Series" - October 27th, 5:30pm, Centennial 1404 and on Zoom!

The first presenter for this semester’s Futures in Writing Speaker Series will join us this Wednesday (October 27^th) at 5:30!

Mary Purdy is a former UWL English major. She worked at Kohl’s corporate office as a Communications Specialist and is now pursuing a J.D. at Marquette Law School.

Wed. October 27, 2021
5:30 P.M. in Centennial 1404

Zoom link:

https://wisconsin-edu.zoom.us/my/uwlaxl

 

 

"The Poems of Joy Harjo: A Pre-Visit Celebration!" - Tuesday, Oct. 19, 7:00-8:00pm, 3130 Union.

"The Poems of Joy Harjo: A Pre-Visit Celebration!"

Poetry lovers! Join us for a casual evening reading and discussing the poems of Joy Harjo! No preparation necessary.

Sponsored by the UWL Literary and Cultural Studies Program and the English Department.

Tuesday, Oct. 19th
7:00-8:00pm
3130 Union

A Reading, Discussion, and Book Signing with U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo - Thursday, Oct. 21, 2021, 7 P.M. Centennial Hall, Room 1400

Joy Harjo flyer - Oct 21

The first Native American Poet Laureate of the United States, Joy Harjo is a member of the Mvskoke Nation and belongs to Oce Vpofv (Hickory Ground). She has published 14
books, produced seven award-winning albums, and earned countless awards and honors including a Guggenheim Fellowship and the Ruth Lilly Prize for Lifetime Achievement
from The Poetry Foundation. 

Sponsored by the Driftless Writing Center, the UWL English Department, the
College of Arts, Sciences, and Humanities and the Provost’s Office.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2021, 7 P.M.
CENTENNIAL HALL, ROOM 1400