Thursday, October 1st, 2020 A Thousand Cuts: On Media, Policing, and Authoritarian Brutality

DateTimeLocation
Thursday, October 1, 20208:00PM - 10:00PMOnline Event, Online Event

Description

Following an online screening of Ramona Diaz’s film A Thousand Cuts (2020), please join us for a panel featuring Maria Ressa (Rappler), Jinee Lokaneeta (Drew University), Gina Dent (UCSC), moderated by Neferti Tadiar (Barnard College). A Thousand Cuts focuses on the current effects of Rodrigo Duterte’s infamous “war on drugs” and the shutting down of independent news outlets as well as the arrest, detention, threats and humiliation of journalists, including Maria Ressa. This post-screening panel focuses on policing, state violence, and how the media and ideological landscapes enable populism and authoritarianism across the Philippines, U.S. and India. The discussion also serves as the staging ground for transnational forms of creativity, solidarity, and resistance.

Contact

Dasha Kuznetsova (asian.institute@utoronto.ca)

Speakers

Maria Angelita Ressa
Speaker
a Filipino-American journalist and author, best known for co-founding Rappler as its chief executive officer

Jinee Lokaneeta
Speaker
Professor in Political Science and International Relations, Drew University

Gina Dent
Speaker
Associate Professor of Feminist Studies, History of Consciousness, and Legal Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz

Neferti Xina M. Tadiar
Moderator
Professor of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Barnard College and Director of the Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity, Columbia University.

Sponsors

Dr. David Chu Program in Asia Pacific Studies

Cornell Southeast Asia Program

Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Department, Barnard College

Global Asias Faculty Collaborative, Rutgers University

Rutgers Global

UCLA Department of Asian American Studies

UCLA Asian American Studies Center

UCLA Center for Southeast Asian Studies

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