Eben Kirksey

Anthropology

Title	Description	People	Date
Monstrosities and Metamorphosis in More-Than-Human Worlds	Metamorphosis is constantly taking place in the worlds of people and other animals. A freewheeling discussion featuring shape-shifting leopard men in Nigeria, gut microbes that shape the human condition, and circus freakshows.	David Pratten, Jamie Lorimer, Beth Greenhough, Eva Bredler, Eben Kirksey, Rosemarie Garland-Thomson	20 August, 2024
Keynote: Time traveling with Gregor Samsa, or what you can do with six legs	Professors Rosemarie Garland-Thomson and Eben Kirksey use Gregor's transformation in 'Metamorphosis' to muse on the everyday changes we all experience and their relations to disability, design justice and ableism.	Rosemarie Garland-Thomson, Eben Kirksey	7 August, 2024
CRISPR, Gene Editing, and Metamorphosis	Biotechnology is transforming the human condition. A molecular tool called CRISPR-Cas9 is being used to edit human DNA. Scientists will join influential disabled thinkers to discuss ethical issues hovering around gene editing.	Rosemarie Garland-Thomson, Nada Kubikova, Dagan Wells, Julia-Sophia Bellingrath, Eben Kirksey, Sarah Kane	26 July, 2024
Crude Sonics: Field Recordings from an Extractive Zone	Zsuzsanna Ihar leads us through field recordings captured in the marginal settlements of Baku, capital of Azerbaijan. She traces sounds that haunt, interrupt, and resist processes of gentrification, displacement, and capitalist profiteering.	Zsuzsanna Ihar, Eben Kirksey	2 October, 2023