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Casar Public Lecture: The Fierce Battle For The 2024 Us Presidency: Race, Gender, And The Power Of Identity Politics, The Prince Alwaleed Center For American Studies And Research Casar Oct 2025

Casar Public Lecture: The Fierce Battle For The 2024 Us Presidency: Race, Gender, And The Power Of Identity Politics, The Prince Alwaleed Center For American Studies And Research Casar

Performances, Events, and Presentations

In light of the upcoming 2024 US Elections, we hosted this lecture on SUNDAY OCTOBER 27TH - 1-2 pm titled: "The Fierce Battle for the 2024 US Presidency: Race, Gender, and the Power of Identity Politics." Speakers: CASAR guest speaker Dr. Sherri McFarland - moderated by CASAR Assistant to Director and Adjunct Faculty Yasmeen El-Ghazaly. Dr. Sherri Lynn McFarland's academic and professional careers demonstrate her passionate desire to contribute to the economic, social, and political progress of African and Middle Eastern North African (MENA) countries and their diasporic communities. Her keen interest in the people of these regions led her …


From Cradle To The Cell, Sean (S.M.) Steele Sep 2024

From Cradle To The Cell, Sean (S.M.) Steele

Writing Beyond the Prison Living Archive

memoir


Simone's Reflections, Simone Khanyi Hadebe, Melisa Achoko Allela, Movement Lab Jan 2024

Simone's Reflections, Simone Khanyi Hadebe, Melisa Achoko Allela, Movement Lab

Student Reflections

No abstract provided.


Billie's Reflections, Billie Wynn, Melisa Achoko Allela, Movement Lab Jan 2024

Billie's Reflections, Billie Wynn, Melisa Achoko Allela, Movement Lab

Student Reflections

No abstract provided.


Taira's Reflections, Taira Schurman, Melisa Achoko Allela, Movement Lab Jan 2024

Taira's Reflections, Taira Schurman, Melisa Achoko Allela, Movement Lab

Student Reflections

No abstract provided.


Sagian's Reflections, Sagian Shaw, Melisa Achoko Allela, Movement Lab Jan 2024

Sagian's Reflections, Sagian Shaw, Melisa Achoko Allela, Movement Lab

Student Reflections

No abstract provided.


Rise, Ning Yen, Omar Abdelhamid, Erin Xi, Nicole Xu Jan 2024

Rise, Ning Yen, Omar Abdelhamid, Erin Xi, Nicole Xu

Group Presentations

No abstract provided.


Raul's Reflections, Raul Falcon, Melisa Achoko Allela, Movement Lab Jan 2024

Raul's Reflections, Raul Falcon, Melisa Achoko Allela, Movement Lab

Student Reflections

No abstract provided.


Fatma's Promise, Husna Abubakar, Simone Khanyi Hadebe, Clarissa Guzman Jan 2024

Fatma's Promise, Husna Abubakar, Simone Khanyi Hadebe, Clarissa Guzman

Group Presentations

No abstract provided.


Skeleton Man, Billie Wynn, Sagian Shaw, Taira Schurman Jan 2024

Skeleton Man, Billie Wynn, Sagian Shaw, Taira Schurman

Group Presentations

No abstract provided.


Wendigo, Raul Falcon, Zoe Gilmore Jan 2024

Wendigo, Raul Falcon, Zoe Gilmore

Group Presentations

No abstract provided.


Motion Capture For Orature | Wintersession 2024 Syllabus, Melisa Achoko Allela, Movement Lab Jan 2024

Motion Capture For Orature | Wintersession 2024 Syllabus, Melisa Achoko Allela, Movement Lab

Course Materials

This winter session course invites students to explore motion capture through the lens of traditional oral storytelling practices. Students will actively identify the unique and distinguishing features of orature, and leverage their own cultural backgrounds, personal perspectives, and idiosyncrasies to create motion capture data that can be used in crafting an immersive digital retelling of a folktale.


Session 3 | The Oral Storyteller, Melisa Achoko Allela, Movement Lab Jan 2024

Session 3 | The Oral Storyteller, Melisa Achoko Allela, Movement Lab

Course Materials

Presentation for the Motion Capture and Orature course offered during the 2024 Wintersession.


Songa: A Mocap Database, Melisa Achoko Allela, Movement Lab Jan 2024

Songa: A Mocap Database, Melisa Achoko Allela, Movement Lab

Course Materials

No abstract provided.


Session 1 | Orature: Setting The Foundation, Melisa Achoko Allela, Movement Lab Jan 2024

Session 1 | Orature: Setting The Foundation, Melisa Achoko Allela, Movement Lab

Course Materials

Presentation for the Motion Capture and Orature course offered during the 2024 Wintersession.


Session 2 | Oral Storytelling Space / Place / Time, Melisa Achoko Allela, Movement Lab Jan 2024

Session 2 | Oral Storytelling Space / Place / Time, Melisa Achoko Allela, Movement Lab

Course Materials

Presentation for the Motion Capture and Orature course offered during the 2024 Wintersession.


Session 4 | The Talking Cloth As Prop, Melisa Achoko Allela, Movement Lab Jan 2024

Session 4 | The Talking Cloth As Prop, Melisa Achoko Allela, Movement Lab

Course Materials

Presentation for the Motion Capture and Orature course offered during the 2024 Wintersession.


Session 5 | Oral Storytelling Props And Costume, Melisa Achoko Allela, Movement Lab Jan 2024

Session 5 | Oral Storytelling Props And Costume, Melisa Achoko Allela, Movement Lab

Course Materials

Presentation for the Motion Capture and Orature course offered during the 2024 Wintersession.


Session 6 | Motion Capture For The Storytelling Performance, Melisa Achoko Allela, Movement Lab Jan 2024

Session 6 | Motion Capture For The Storytelling Performance, Melisa Achoko Allela, Movement Lab

Course Materials

Presentation for the Motion Capture and Orature course offered during the 2024 Wintersession.


Session 7 | Audience Role And Interaction, Melisa Achoko Allela, Movement Lab Jan 2024

Session 7 | Audience Role And Interaction, Melisa Achoko Allela, Movement Lab

Course Materials

Presentation for the Motion Capture and Orature course offered during the 2024 Wintersession.


Session 8 | Non-Verbal Storytelling: Facial Expressions, Melisa Achoko Allela, Movement Lab Jan 2024

Session 8 | Non-Verbal Storytelling: Facial Expressions, Melisa Achoko Allela, Movement Lab

Course Materials

Presentation for the Motion Capture and Orature course offered during the 2024 Wintersession.


Session 9 | Digital Immersion & Presence In Oral Storytelling: Being There, Melisa Achoko Allela, Movement Lab Jan 2024

Session 9 | Digital Immersion & Presence In Oral Storytelling: Being There, Melisa Achoko Allela, Movement Lab

Course Materials

Presentation for the Motion Capture and Orature course offered during the 2024 Wintersession.


Social Justice Autobiography, James Jones Jan 2024

Social Justice Autobiography, James Jones

Writing Beyond the Prison Living Archive

Social Justice autobiography on Civil rights; Muslim; social justice; racial hypocrisy; freedom


Social Justice Autobiography, Javar Hollins Jan 2024

Social Justice Autobiography, Javar Hollins

Writing Beyond the Prison Living Archive

Social Justice essay on Jim Crow South; crack epidemic; inter-racial cooperation


Imagine!, Gerard Lawless Jan 2024

Imagine!, Gerard Lawless

Writing Beyond the Prison Living Archive

Essay on imagination and freedom.


Her Story In Black (Matters), Kavan Garrison Jan 2024

Her Story In Black (Matters), Kavan Garrison

Writing Beyond the Prison Living Archive

Novel on US Politics; Healthcare; COVID; Families/Children of the Incarceratd; Lawyers; Mental Health; Immigration; Prison life (gangs, violence, medical care/neglect); Rehabilitation; Activism/Reform


Stockholme Syndrome, Fontaine Baker Jan 2024

Stockholme Syndrome, Fontaine Baker

Writing Beyond the Prison Living Archive

Poem on Poetry; Education; Transformation


Lost In Time, Keefus Flax Jan 2024

Lost In Time, Keefus Flax

Writing Beyond the Prison Living Archive

Poem on Prison life; Despair; Popular culture (music)


Social Justice Autobiography, Chanelle Burnett Jan 2024

Social Justice Autobiography, Chanelle Burnett

Writing Beyond the Prison Living Archive

Social Justice Autobiography on: Women prisoners; Humane treatment; Social Justice; Health care; Criminal Justice; Rehabilitation; Reform; Hypocrisy


All For Nothing, Marina K. Leyba Jan 2024

All For Nothing, Marina K. Leyba

Writing Beyond the Prison Living Archive

Poem on self-realization