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SUMMARY:“Disappearing Rooms: Contemporary Immigration Politics and Experimental
Research Methods”
DESCRIPTION:\nPresented by Michelle Castañeda\n\nMichelle Castañeda\, as
sistant professor of performance studies at New York University and auth
or of Disappearing Rooms: The Hidden Theaters of Immigration Law (Duke U
niversity Press\, 2023)\, will read sections of the book and provide his
torical insights into the contemporary state of heightened immigration e
nforcement. Delving into issues of labor\, the spectacle of exclusion\,
and the racial transposition of rightless states\, Castañeda will lay ou
t some of the legal infrastructures and performative practices that gave
rise to the contemporary deportation regime. After providing examples o
f the scenographic method developed in Disappearing Rooms\, Castañeda wi
ll lead participants in a broader conversation about experimental and in
terdisciplinary methods. How might we pursue an approach to research and
writing that derives organically from our subject matter?\n\nFor more d
etails: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/disappearing-rooms/
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Presented by Mi
chelle Castañeda
Michelle Castañeda, assistant professor of perfor
mance studies at New York University and author of Disappearing Room
s: The Hidden Theaters of Immigration Law (Duke University Press, 2
023), will read sections of the book and provide historical insights int
o the contemporary state of heightened immigration enforcement. Delving
into issues of labor, the spectacle of exclusion, and the racial transpo
sition of rightless states, Castañeda will lay out some of the legal inf
rastructures and performative practices that gave rise to the contempora
ry deportation regime. After providing examples of the scenographic meth
od developed in Disappearing Rooms, Castañeda will lead partici
pants in a broader conversation about experimental and interdisciplinary
methods. How might we pursue an approach to research and writing that d
erives organically from our subject matter?
For more deta
ils: https
://events.la.psu.edu/event/disappearing-rooms/
LOCATION:226 Burrowes Building
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