Chicana/o Studies faculty Carolyn Pinedo-Turnovsky contributed to the session, “What documents constrain, narrate, or liberate subjecthood?” for the Bugs and Beasts Before the Law Colloquium organized by the Henry Art Gallery in 2020-2021. The colloquium was organized by Nina Bozicnik (Curator), Mita Mahato (Associate Curator), and Carolyn Pinedo-Turnovsky and it received funding from the Simpson Center for the Humanities.
Pinedo-Turnovsky’s talk scrutinized the power of the state that is manifested in documents which limits protections and rights for immigrants, particularly undocumented migrants, imposes social suffering and threatens their existence.
As a challenge to the state, Pinedo-Turnovsky discussed examples of diverse material forms that point to the possibilities for recovering their livelihood and reclaiming personhood. Invited contributors to this panel included Nicole Fleetwood (Rutgers University), Dan Berger (UW Bothell), Dan Paz (UW Seattle) and Alec Fisher (UW Seattle).
The session recording and written essays can be found here: https://bambitchell.henryart.org/what-documents-constrain-narrate-or-li…
Information about the conference proceedings can be found on the microsite: https://bambitchell.henryart.org/
Invited contributors to this panel also include Nicole Fleetwood (Rutgers University), Dan Berger (UW Bothell), Dan Paz (UW Seattle) ad Alec Fisher (UW Seattle). The session recording and written contributions by each panelist can be found here: https://bambitchell.henryart.org/what-documents-constrain-narrate-or-liberate-subjecthood/