Season 3 October 20-30th 2011


The Need to See and the Will not to Know — How we deal with catastrophes

Friday, October 28th   |   5:30pm   |   90 min   |   Discussion   |   NYU Cantor Film Center (theater 101)
Co-presented with The Institute for Public Knowledge
During one year leading French and American social scientists met several times in Lyon and New York to explore our cultural interest in knowing and not knowing about recent catastrophes and emerging threats to our climate, cities, and communities. They will share the result of their reflection.
Tickets: Free
The Need to See and the Will not to Know — How we deal with catastrophes

Craig Calhoun

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Jean-Pierre Dupuy

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Eric Klinenberg

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Michel Lussault

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Nicholas Mirzoeff

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Patrick Savidan

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