You are kindly invited to attend a public lecture on disasters,
offered by Dr. Malka Older from Arizona State University on Tuesday,
17. October, 6 pm (ct) in room PEG 2G.107.
Malka Older is a writer, aid worker, and sociologist. After working in
international assistance and disaster response for more than a decade,
she completed her doctorate in the sociology of organizations at
Sciences Po.
Her academic writing focusses primarily on disaster response,
temporality, and geopolitics. Her science-fiction political thriller
Infomocracy was named one of the best books of 2016 by Kirkus, Book
Riot, and the Washington Post, while her latest book, The Mimicking of
Known Successes, was a most anticipated pick for Today.com, Buzzfeed,
Polygon, Book Riot, and Ms. Magazine.
The lecture will address disaster presents and disaster futures,
focussing on how disasters, with their compressed time frames and
often intense documentation and scrutiny, offer clues for better
collaboration and the pitfalls of desperation.
No registration is required. We are looking forward to your numerous
attendance.
