BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20251106T044145EST-8855cV2Go0@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20251106T094145Z DESCRIPTION:November 22nd\, 2022 from 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM\n\nin-person\, at 2001 ºÚÁÏÍø College Avenue\, Room 1203\n or online via ZOOM\n\nTaco lunch will be served at 11:30 p.m.\n\nRegistration\n\nJan van Esch Biography:\n \nJan van Esch is an Amsterdam-based multi-media artist whose practice spa ns performance\, drawing\, curation\, and social engagement. He holds Mast ers degrees in population health from Harvard University and Anthropology from Radboud University. Drawing on his education background in social and health sciences and over two decades of work in international development aid\, Jan’s work questions processes of ‘giving’ by delving into the subl iminal psychological motives involved in the powerplay between giver and r eceiver. For six years\, Jan was the managing director of cultural center ‘Nafasi Art Space’ in Dar es Salaam\, Tanzania. Through his socially engag ed art\, Jan has worked with several art collectives and institutions\, mo st recently as the community program curator with ZK/U Berlin at documenta fifteen\, one of world’s biggest returning exhibitions in contemporary art .\n\nJan is an Artist-in-Residence at the School of Population and Global Health for November. He has an open studio in room 1177 at 2001 ºÚÁÏÍø Col lege Avenue – feel free to stop by and say hello!\n\nAbstract:\n\nIn this talk\, Jan van Esch delves into the topic of giving in a development setti ng and particularly on the interplay of power that is staged between ‘give r’ and ‘receiver’ by established Western networks of ‘giving\,’. Jan uses examples of his artistic practices around second-hand or donated textiles to question the apparently ‘charitable’ or ‘altruistic’ impulses that unde rpin the work of international giving and aid organizations such as Humana and The Red Cross. His presentation will explore questions of how the act ions of non-for-profit and commercial second-hand clothing recycling deter mine relations within and between countries? What are some of the environm ental impacts of these programs for cities? How does the promotional image ry used by these companies and their actions reinforce cliché images of th e other and have an impact the (mental) health through the psychological p owerplay between the giver and receiver.\n DTSTART:20221122T163000Z DTEND:20221122T180000Z LOCATION:Online via ZOOM or in person\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 1G1\, Scho ol of Population and Global Health\, 2001 ºÚÁÏÍø College Ave. room 1203 SUMMARY:GHABH - the poison in the gift URL:/equity-ethics-policy/channels/event/ghabh-poison- gift-343570 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR