In and Out of Pollution: Emergent Forms of (In)visibility in Contemporary Iran

Department: Center for Persian Studies and Culture

Date and Time: May 9, 2014 | 9:00 AM-5:30 PM

Event Location: 3200 Humanities Gateway

Event Details


This collaborative workshop focuses on emergent cultural and scientific issues of contemporary Iran. In this workshop, participants consider a range of themes, in their writing, relevant to pollution as mediated by ecologies of war, Persian carpet, the construction of underclass, the cultural notions of the environment, governmental policies, and knowledge disputes over public data on pollution.

Open to the public. Please RSVP to Angelica Enriquez at enriquea@uci.edu by Wednesday, May 7, 2014.

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