Thurs May 28 12pm Register for Zoom Link
As we watch in horror the daily meltdowns at the White House COVID-19 press briefings and lament the lack of leadership in other parts of the world, eyes around the globe have turned to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo as an exemplar of competent leadership. His PowerPoint presentations — part pandemic primer, part pep talk, part placation — have won much praise and admiration, inspiring tributes, memes, and parodies. In this talk we’ll examine how Cuomo deploys the slidedeck as a rhetorical device and political tool, projecting a reassuring image of managerial order while also distracting from his missteps.Presented by Shannon Mattern, Professor of Anthropology.
Prep reading: University of Chicago: Flattening the Curve: Visualization and Pandemic Knowledge
In The Current Moment: Perspectives from the Social Sciences and Humanities, 11 professors from The New School for Social Research share their own in-depth analyses on how a variety of contemporary social, political, economic, cultural and ethical problems have been amplified by the pandemic. Presented by The New School for Social Research.