Events By Quarter
Children of All Ages
Chinese Lion Dance
Music Department's Music Bowl
Lion dancing is a beautiful and fun activity that brings Chinese cultural art to life. Rooted in traditional martial arts, the steps and movements are both challenging and playfully exciting. We will learn the acrobatic and musical skills used in this art from kung fu and lion dance expert, Mark Elefane.
Race Matters Series
Race and Necropolitics in the Age of Intelligent Machines
MCC Lounge
Humans have become skilled at developing machines that think and reason. Intelligent machines can already write novels, create poetry, and compose music. They are also being used to target and kill humans in warfare and to surveil suspect populations for law enforcement. As intelligent machines become more complex and powerful, they may well threaten the future of a human race or even redefine the architecture of racism. Will humans become one with intelligent machines? Will these machines threaten the very existence of human? Will a new race of machine-enhanced humans emerge to dominate the rest? Sylvester A. Johnson examines the challenges created by the rise of intelligent machines and their use in domains ranging from healthcare and education to warfare, religion and policing. Sylvester Johnson is Associate Professor of African American Studies & Religious Studies at Northwestern University.
Cup of Culture
De Nadie (No One)
MCC Theater
This documentary interviews a number of Central Americans, who tell their stories of their first hand journeys through Mexico's 'Vertical Border' to get to the U.S. The four thousand kilometers that the migrants must travel through Mexico is where they risk their money, lives, and health. These are sad tales from those at the bottom of globalism's human barrel; these migrants have truly been reduced to 'de nadie,' 'no one.” Post film Q&A with the Undocumented Student Services program. (80 min, Spanish w/ English subtitles, 2005)
Watch the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sLD9b5B4_c
Immigration, Identities, and Injustice
MCC Theater
With immigration as a critical theme in current presidential debates, the discourse around undocumented immigrants reduces issues facing complex communities while ignoring systemic injustices. A panel of UCSB faculty and advocates will highlight marginalized identities within the larger undocumented community and consider the debates about citizenship, enforcement, and immigration reform through a human rights lens. The panel will be moderated by Dr. William Robinson, professor of Sociology, Global Studies, and Latin American Studies at UCSB.
