Havens Center - University of Wisconsin-Madison Sociology Dep't http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/havenscenter/audio/audio.htm Recordings from Visiting Scholars Program and other Havens Center eventsRecordings from Visiting Scholars Program and other Havens Center events en-us Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 License Havens Center info@havenscenter.org Havens Center Lecture by Bill Gamson William A. Gamson is a Professor of Sociology and co-directs the Media Research and Action Project (MRAP) at Boston College. He is the author of Talking Politics (1992) and TheStrategy of Social Protest (2nd edition, 1990) among other books and articles on political discourse, the mass-media and social movements. He is a past president of the American Sociological Association. http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/havenscenter/VSP/2006fall/gamson/Thinking about Elephants_ Toward a Dialogue with George Lakoff 1.mp3 Tuesday November 7 2006 1:30:00 framing lakoff sociology Havens Center Lecture by Harriet Friedmann Harriet Friedmann is Professor of Sociology and Fellow of the Centre for International Studies, University of Toronto. Her research over thirty years has explored many aspects of food and agriculture, mainly through the historical framework of “food regimes.” These include the structure of family farms, international political economy of food and agriculture, agricultural policy from local to national, regional and international, changing patterns of trade and specialization, diasporic cuisines, agronomies and food practices, and international trade rivalries and institutions. Her current research is on the politics of certification and standards both globally and locally. Globally, how do new institutions and practices use “quality” standards to contest the restructuring of transnational and local agrofood relations? Locally, how can we understand creativity in local food networks and institutions, particularly in Toronto? She was recently a Fellow of the Agrarian Studies Program at Yale University, of All Souls College Oxford, and the Rockefeller Centre in Bellagio, Italy. http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/havenscenter/VSP/2006fall/friedmann/Shooting%20Star%20of%20Codex%20Alimentarius%201.mp3 Wednesday October 11 2006 1:30:00 food globalization local ISO eurepgap codex alimentarius fao standards agriculture Havens Center Lecture by Harriet Friedmann Harriet Friedmann is Professor of Sociology and Fellow of the Centre for International Studies, University of Toronto. Her research over thirty years has explored many aspects of food and agriculture, mainly through the historical framework of “food regimes.” These include the structure of family farms, international political economy of food and agriculture, agricultural policy from local to national, regional and international, changing patterns of trade and specialization, diasporic cuisines, agronomies and food practices, and international trade rivalries and institutions. Her current research is on the politics of certification and standards both globally and locally. Globally, how do new institutions and practices use “quality” standards to contest the restructuring of transnational and local agrofood relations? Locally, how can we understand creativity in local food networks and institutions, particularly in Toronto? She was recently a Fellow of the Agrarian Studies Program at Yale University, of All Souls College Oxford, and the Rockefeller Centre in Bellagio, Italy. http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/havenscenter/VSP/2006fall/friedmann/Scaling%20up--Food%20system%20organizing%20in%20Toronto%20Ontario.mp3 Tuesday October 10 2006 1:30:00 food globalization local toronto ontario tfpc standards agriculture antipoverty Havens Center Lecture by Howard Zinn If Howard Zinn is right that, “Dissent is the highest form of patriotism,” then Zinn himself is undoubtedly one of America’s greatest patriots. On October 5th, 2006, Howard Zinn comes to Madison, Wisconsin’s historic Orpheum Theatre to receive the Havens Center’s Award for Lifetime Contribution to Critical Scholarship. http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/havenscenter/VSP/2006fall/The%20Uses%20of%20History%20and%20the%20War%20on%20Terrorism.mp3 Thursday October 5 2006 1:30:00 terrorism history war Havens Center Lecture by Ernst Fehr Ernst Fehr is Director of the Institute for Empirical Research in Economics at the University of Zurich, Switzerland. Professor Fehr is also a Fellow at the Collegium Helveticum, Affiliated Faculty Member of the Department of Economics at MIT, Director of the Ludwig Boltzman Institute for the Analysis of Economic Growth, Vice President of the European Economic Association, and a Fellow with the Centre for Economic Policy Research, the CESifo Group, and the Institute for the Study of Labor. He is the author of nearly 100 articles and three books, including Economic Theory of Self-Management and Profit-Sharing (1988), Foundations of Human Sociality: Economic Experiments and Ethnographic Evidence from Fifteen Small Scale Societies (2004), and most recently, Moral Sentiments and Material Interests (2005, with Robert Boyd, Samual Bowles and Herbert Gintis). http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/havenscenter/VSP/2006fall/fehr/The%20Neural%20mechanisms%20of%20altruistic%20behavior%20and%20norm%20compliance.mp3 Tuesday September 26 2006 1:19:00 neuroscience game theory sociology economics philosophy Havens Center Lecture by Mustapha Barghouthi Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi is a leading human rights activist in the non-violent struggle to end the Israeli occupation of Palestine. A medical doctor, he is an outspoken advocate for the development of Palestinian civil society and grassroots democracy and an organizer of international solidarity presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. He founded and served for twenty- five years as President of the Palestinian Medical Relief Society, leaving that post to run for Palestinian President in 2005. He remains on the Board of Directors. In 2002, Dr. Barghouthi co-founded Al Mubadara (the Palestinian National Initiative) along with Edward Said, Haider Abdel-Shafi and Ibrahim Dakak, and currently serves as its Secretary General. An alternative to both the autocracy and corruption of the governing Fatah party and the fundamentalism of groups like Hamas, Al Mubadara aims to build the institutional framework of Palestinian civil society and promote the principles of internal democracy and good governance. It tries to strengthen ties between Palestinians everywhere, to mobilise mass non-violence and international solidarity as the preferred means of resisting the Israeli Occupation, and to make the Palestinian story visible in the international news media. In 2006, Dr. Barghouthi was elected to the Palestinian Parliament as an independent candidate. Biography Born in Jerusalem in 1954, Dr. Barghouthi trained as a medical doctor in the former Soviet Union, with postgraduate work in Jerusalem and at Stanford University. Dr. Barghouthi has led the introduction of modern concepts of health care in Palestine. From 1978 till 1988, he worked at Jerusalem’s Maqassed Hospital in neurosurgery, internal medicine, cardiology, and ultimately as Chief Physician of Primary Healthcare Clinics. In 1979, Dr. Barghouthi co-founded the Palestinian Medical Relief Society (PMRS), a non-profit NGO of which he was later elected President. PMRS aims to provide Palestinians, particularly vulnerable groups such as women, children, the elderly, the disabled, and those living in isolated areas, with essential healthcare services. PMRS today is one of the largest providers of primary healthcare services throughout the Palestinian Territory, with a staff of 380 health professionals and 38,000 volunteers. It currently works in 495 Palestinian cities, villages and refugee camps, providing services to 1.3 million Palestinians each year. The PMRS has pioneered the development of healthcare models such as the Community-Based Rehabilitation program, aimed at providing rehabilitation services to disabled persons and facilitating their integration into their communities. The PMRS has also been at the forefront of efforts to target the most vulnerable sectors of Palestinian society, through its Women’s and Child Health services. At the height of the first Intifada in 1989, Dr. Barghouthi co-founded the Health Development Information and Policy Institute (HDIP), a health policy think-tank. HDIP also houses the Palestine Monitor, a clearing-house for the 95-member Palestinian NGO Network (PNGO). Launched at the beginning of the current Intifada, the Palestine Monitor conveys the viewpoints of Palestinian civil society to the press and international community. Its website acts as one of the key information sources on the conflict, with more than 1.5 million hits per month. http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/havenscenter/VSP/2006spring/barghouthi2.mp3 Tuesday April 26 2006 1:30:00 barghouthi barghouti palestine israel said almubudara hdip democracy hamas Havens Center Lecture by Mustapha Barghouthi Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi is a leading human rights activist in the non-violent struggle to end the Israeli occupation of Palestine. A medical doctor, he is an outspoken advocate for the development of Palestinian civil society and grassroots democracy and an organizer of international solidarity presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. He founded and served for twenty- five years as President of the Palestinian Medical Relief Society, leaving that post to run for Palestinian President in 2005. He remains on the Board of Directors. In 2002, Dr. Barghouthi co-founded Al Mubadara (the Palestinian National Initiative) along with Edward Said, Haider Abdel-Shafi and Ibrahim Dakak, and currently serves as its Secretary General. An alternative to both the autocracy and corruption of the governing Fatah party and the fundamentalism of groups like Hamas, Al Mubadara aims to build the institutional framework of Palestinian civil society and promote the principles of internal democracy and good governance. It tries to strengthen ties between Palestinians everywhere, to mobilise mass non-violence and international solidarity as the preferred means of resisting the Israeli Occupation, and to make the Palestinian story visible in the international news media. In 2006, Dr. Barghouthi was elected to the Palestinian Parliament as an independent candidate. Biography Born in Jerusalem in 1954, Dr. Barghouthi trained as a medical doctor in the former Soviet Union, with postgraduate work in Jerusalem and at Stanford University. Dr. Barghouthi has led the introduction of modern concepts of health care in Palestine. From 1978 till 1988, he worked at Jerusalem’s Maqassed Hospital in neurosurgery, internal medicine, cardiology, and ultimately as Chief Physician of Primary Healthcare Clinics. In 1979, Dr. Barghouthi co-founded the Palestinian Medical Relief Society (PMRS), a non-profit NGO of which he was later elected President. PMRS aims to provide Palestinians, particularly vulnerable groups such as women, children, the elderly, the disabled, and those living in isolated areas, with essential healthcare services. PMRS today is one of the largest providers of primary healthcare services throughout the Palestinian Territory, with a staff of 380 health professionals and 38,000 volunteers. It currently works in 495 Palestinian cities, villages and refugee camps, providing services to 1.3 million Palestinians each year. The PMRS has pioneered the development of healthcare models such as the Community-Based Rehabilitation program, aimed at providing rehabilitation services to disabled persons and facilitating their integration into their communities. The PMRS has also been at the forefront of efforts to target the most vulnerable sectors of Palestinian society, through its Women’s and Child Health services. At the height of the first Intifada in 1989, Dr. Barghouthi co-founded the Health Development Information and Policy Institute (HDIP), a health policy think-tank. HDIP also houses the Palestine Monitor, a clearing-house for the 95-member Palestinian NGO Network (PNGO). Launched at the beginning of the current Intifada, the Palestine Monitor conveys the viewpoints of Palestinian civil society to the press and international community. Its website acts as one of the key information sources on the conflict, with more than 1.5 million hits per month. http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/havenscenter/VSP/2006spring/barghouthi.mp3 Tuesday April 25 2006 1:30:00 barghouthi barghouti palestine israel said almubudara hdip democracy hamas Havens Center Lecture by Gregory Wilpert Gregory Wilpert is a German-American freelance writer, sociologist (Ph.D., 1994, Brandeis University), and internationally recognized analyst of Venezuelan politics who has been living and working in Venezuela since 2000. A former Fulbright scholar, Mr. Wilpert has taught at the Central University of Venezuela and since April 2002 has been writing about Venezuelan affairs for a wide variety of publications. His articles have appeared in New Left Review, NACLA Report on the Americas, Socialism and Democracy, and Z Magazine. He currently edits the well known webzine Venezuelanalysis.com, and is completing a book on The History and Policies of the Chávez Presidency, to be published by Verso Books in the summer of 2006. http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/havenscenter/VSP/2006spring/wilpert2.mp3 Wednesday April 12 2006 1:30:00 venezuela hugo chavez Havens Center Lecture by Gregory Wilpert Gregory Wilpert is a German-American freelance writer, sociologist (Ph.D., 1994, Brandeis University), and internationally recognized analyst of Venezuelan politics who has been living and working in Venezuela since 2000. A former Fulbright scholar, Mr. Wilpert has taught at the Central University of Venezuela and since April 2002 has been writing about Venezuelan affairs for a wide variety of publications. His articles have appeared in New Left Review, NACLA Report on the Americas, Socialism and Democracy, and Z Magazine. He currently edits the well known webzine Venezuelanalysis.com, and is completing a book on The History and Policies of the Chávez Presidency, to be published by Verso Books in the summer of 2006. http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/havenscenter/VSP/2006spring/wilpert1.mp3 Tuesday April 11 2006 1:30:00 venezuela hugo chavez Havens Center Lecture by Maria Hadjipavlou Maria Hadjipavlou is Assistant Professor of Political Science in the Department of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Cyprus. As a scholar practitioner, Professor Hadjipavlou has been promoting peace across the divide in Cyprus for many decades. She has facilitated and designed numerous conflict resolution workshops among different social groups from both communities. She is a founding member and president of the Cyprus Peace Center and a founder of the first international Cypriot Women's NGO, "Hands Across the Divide." She is also a consultant and member of expert teams at the Council of Europe on issues of inter-cultural dialogue and equality between men and women, and a trainer for KEGME (Mediterranean Women's Studies Center) in Athens, Greece. She has published widely in the areas of conflict resolution, the Cyprus conflict, women and peace, and ethnic stereotypes. She has recently coordinated a pioneer research project funded by the European Union on "Women in All Cypriot Communities" and a book has been published on these finding in English, Greek and Turkish. http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/havenscenter/VSP/2006spring/hadjipavlou2.mp3 Tuesday March 29 2006 1:19:00 cyprus gender citizenship turkey greece politicalscience sociology Havens Center Lecture by Maria Hadjipavlou Maria Hadjipavlou is Assistant Professor of Political Science in the Department of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Cyprus. As a scholar practitioner, Professor Hadjipavlou has been promoting peace across the divide in Cyprus for many decades. She has facilitated and designed numerous conflict resolution workshops among different social groups from both communities. She is a founding member and president of the Cyprus Peace Center and a founder of the first international Cypriot Women's NGO, "Hands Across the Divide." She is also a consultant and member of expert teams at the Council of Europe on issues of inter-cultural dialogue and equality between men and women, and a trainer for KEGME (Mediterranean Women's Studies Center) in Athens, Greece. She has published widely in the areas of conflict resolution, the Cyprus conflict, women and peace, and ethnic stereotypes. She has recently coordinated a pioneer research project funded by the European Union on "Women in All Cypriot Communities" and a book has been published on these finding in English, Greek and Turkish. http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/havenscenter/VSP/2006spring/hadjipavlou1.mp3 Tuesday March 28 2006 1:19:00 cyprus gender citizenship turkey greece politicalscience sociology Havens Center Lecture by Margie Mendell and Nancy Neamtan Marguerite Mendell (Ph.D., Economics, McGill University) is Associate Professor in the School of Community and Public Affairs and Director of the Karl Polanyi Institute of Political Economy at Concordia University, Montreal, Canada. Professor Mendell's research and teaching focuses on the social economy in Quebec, alternative investment strategies, comparative community economic development, comparative public policy, history of economic thought, and economic democracy and governance, among others. She has published widely in these areas. Nancy Neamtan is President and Executive Director of the Chantier de l'économie sociale, a non-profit organisation administered by 28 representatives of various networks of social enterprises (cooperatives and non-profits), local development organisations and social movements. The mission of the Chantier de l'économie sociale, a Quebec-wide organisation, is the promotion and development of the social economy. For the past 20 years, Ms. Neamtan has been involved in a diversity of organizations devoted to community economic development and labour force development and training. http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/havenscenter/VSP/Fall2005/MendellNeamtan/mendell_neamtan2.mp3 Wed. December 6, 2005 1:07:00 socialeconomy quebec Havens Center Lecture by Margie Mendell and Nancy Neamtan Marguerite Mendell (Ph.D., Economics, McGill University) is Associate Professor in the School of Community and Public Affairs and Director of the Karl Polanyi Institute of Political Economy at Concordia University, Montreal, Canada. Professor Mendell's research and teaching focuses on the social economy in Quebec, alternative investment strategies, comparative community economic development, comparative public policy, history of economic thought, and economic democracy and governance, among others. She has published widely in these areas. Nancy Neamtan is President and Executive Director of the Chantier de l'économie sociale, a non-profit organisation administered by 28 representatives of various networks of social enterprises (cooperatives and non-profits), local development organisations and social movements. The mission of the Chantier de l'économie sociale, a Quebec-wide organisation, is the promotion and development of the social economy. For the past 20 years, Ms. Neamtan has been involved in a diversity of organizations devoted to community economic development and labour force development and training. http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/havenscenter/VSP/Fall2005/MendellNeamtan/mendell_neamtan1.mp3 Tues. December 5, 2005 1:25:00 socialeconomy quebec Havens Center Lecture, song, and discussion with Si Kahn and Elizabeth Minnich Si Kahn has worked for 40 years as a civil rights, labor, and community organizer. He is executive director of Grassroots Leadership, a 25-year old progressive non-profit organization that works to abolish for-profit private prisons, jails, and detention centers. He is the author of How People Get Power, Organizing: A Guide for Grassroots Leaders, and most recently The Fox in the Henhouse: How Privatization Threatens Democracy (with Elizabeth Minnich). A songwriter and musician, Kahn is releasing his 15th CD Blood From Stones concurrently with The Fox in the Henhouse. Elizabeth Minnich (Ph.D., Philosophy, New School University) is Senior Fellow at the Association of American Colleges and Universities. She has worked for 40 years as a university professor and administrator, author, speaker, workshop leader, consultant, and scribe. A feminist philosopher, she has lectured at over 150 colleges and universities and is the author of Transforming Knowledge (Temple, 1990) and The Fox in the Henhouse. http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/havenscenter/VSP/Fall2005/KahnMinnich/kahn-minnich.mp3 Tues. November 29, 2005 1:25:00 neoliberalism privatization democracy academic