Wednesday, March 19, 2014
7:00pm
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Janet Kaufmann's "The Fantasy of the Clip Art Farm" and Factory Farming in Michigan
(Conferences / Seminars / Lectures)
A community conversation with:
Janet Kauffman, author of Trespassing
Arthur Versluis, Chair of Religious Studies at MSU and author of Island Farm
Craig Harris, MSU, Department of Sociology
Wynne Wright, MSU, Department of Sociology, Department of Community Sustainability
Kauffman's Trespassing: Dirt Stories and Field Notes (Wayne State, 2006) as a whole and "The Fantasy of the Clip Art Farm" depicts the realities of food production in post-Industrial rural Michigan. In particular, she focuses on the meat industry and the environmental and sociological after-effects of farming on rural communities. The essay that will start the discussion at this event more directly addresses the space between the bucolic image still associated with American farming and the vastly different realities of the industry. The other panelists will provide commentary and reflection from their own areas of expertise.
Cosponsored by the Humanities Innovation Center 3.0 in the College of Arts and Letters.
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517-884-0901
