The Vancouver Writers Fest in partnership with SFU Department of Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies and Arsenal Pulp Press present: Sarah Schulman in conversation with Douglas Todd
Date/Time: Jan 19 2017, 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm
Vancouver, CBC Studio 700Cost: Free
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The Vancouver Writers Fest in partnership with VPL presents: Incite
Mind-altering, metamorphic, twice-monthly. Free readings, interviews and discussions with authors who will change how you see the world.
Novelist, essayist, playwright and distinguished scholar Sarah Schulman offers an eye-opening and original perspective on the cultural phenomenon of blame and scapegoating, as explored in her acclaimed work, Conflict Is Not Abuse: Overstating Harm, Community Responsibility and the Duty of Repair.
Schulman asks us to think critically about our proclivity for choosing blame over personal accountability. From intimate relationships to police violence to geo-political conflicts, Schulman argues, our tendency to blame those who are different from us rather than reflect on our own actions results in injustice, exclusion, dehumanization, and restricts our ability to be compassionate. Poet Claudia Rankine wrote, “It’s impossible to be invested in the world and not be invested in this groundbreaking and challenging book.”
As we reflect back on 2016, and try to dream a better future for future generations, Schulman’s book should be required reading.
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