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X-WR-CALNAME:Distinguished Visiting Lecture Series with Dr. Robin Lakoff on
  "Narrative Control and the Human Project"
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DESCRIPTION:The Humanities Institute will continue its Distinguished Visiti
 ng Lecture Series\, "Narrative and Social Justice\," featuring a presentat
 ion by Dr. Robin Lakoff\, Professor Emerita of Linguistics at the Universi
 ty of California\, Berkeley. Dr. Lakoff's talk is on Wednesday\, September
  11 at 7:00 PM at POB 2.302. Her presentation is titled "Narrative Control
  and the Human Project\," which will explore how narrative is mobilized in
  the 2020 presidential campaign and political analysis.\n\nThis event is f
 ree and open to the public. RSVPs are appreciated but not required (https:
 //utexas.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_06amnoDIhuNJaiF).\n\nAbstract:\n\nThe p
 roblem of how to do the best we can for our species – what we might call
  “the human project” – by using language for the purpose of social c
 ohesion has been with us for millennia\, but never has it become both as d
 ifficult and as essential as it is for us today. Human beings are above al
 l a social species. We have survived and thrived for as long as we have be
 cause we are able to form groups and function within them. To the extent t
 hat we are successful in this group cohesion\, we do well\; otherwise\, we
  have often found ourselves in danger. Over the millennia in which we have
  existed\, we have developed many capacities that we use to achieve this r
 esult. Of them all\, language is arguably the most important. This year th
 e narrative is already much under discussion for the 2020 presidential cam
 paign. Where prior discussions of political narratives focused on the indi
 vidual’s personal story\, each seen as separate\, this year a lot of ana
 lysis has been concerned with the role of “narrative control” – whic
 h candidate can or will control the single “story” that ultimately eme
 rges as being “about” the campaign. What does this fight for narrative
  control tell us about how early 21st century Americans are constructing o
 ur roles as actors in the human project?
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LOCATION:Peter O'Donnell Jr. Building (POB)\, Avaya Auditorium (POB 2.302
SUMMARY:Distinguished Visiting Lecture Series with Dr. Robin Lakoff on "Nar
 rative Control and the Human Project"
URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.utexas.edu/event/distinguished_visiting_lect
 ure_series_with_dr_robin_lakoff_on_narrative_control_and_the_human_project
CATEGORIES:Academics
CATEGORIES:Arts & Humanities
CATEGORIES:Policy & Law
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