Join the Center for Applied Liberal Arts tomorrow March 7th at La Casa Italiana for a screening of The Night Porter. This 1974 Italian erotic psychological drama was co-written and directed by Liliana Cavani and stars Charlotte Rampling and Dirk Bogarde.
RSVP here
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On Thursday, March 9th, the Center for Global Affairs is hosting “From Trolling to Trafficking: Cyber-Sexism and Social Media”, a special panel discussion about the intersection of gender and power online. More information below. RSVP here
From Trolling to Trafficking: Cyber-Sexism and Social Media
Thursday, March 9, 6:30–7:45 p.m.
Cosponsored by the MSGA Transnational Security Committee and the MSGA Gender Working Group
The online space has emerged as one in which sexism and gender-based violence is openly expressed. This can take the form of “”revenge porn” and threats of violence and rape directed to women online, to the use of the dark web for human trafficking networks. Less obvious but insidious are gender biases embedded in algorithms for filtering images or posts—these filters have been shown to perpetuate negative messages about women or false news about female public figures. Law enforcement has lagged in understanding and combating the role of digital media in enabling gender-based violence and crime. Social media platforms have dragged their feet in addressed embedded gender biases in their news and other filters. How has the online space contributed to sexism and violence against women and how can law enforcement agencies and other communities most effectively respond to these threats? How have women active in social media fought back?
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Finally, check out CALA’s Spring and Summer 2017 courses:
Arts – studio art, art history & architecture, arts administration,appraisal studies, art business
Design – 3D design and fabrication, graphic design, interior design, digital effects, business of photography
Film – filmmaking and producing
Humanities – film studies, history, literature, philosophy & religion, theater, music, acting, communication, New York City metropolitan studies
Interpreting – simultaneous, consecutive, medical
Languages – Spanish, Arabic, Swedish, and more
Publishing – editing, book publishing, magazine and website publishing
Translation – legal, transcreation, literary media
Writing – professional writing, journalism, creative nonfiction, fiction & poetry, writing for screen and stage