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David Todd Lawrence's talk is in less than two weeks! Note the location change to the 18<span><sup>th</sup> Avenue Library 3<span><sup>rd</sup> Floor. </span></span></div>
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<b><span style="color:#0D0D0D; background:white">Failing to See: A Meditation on Ethnography</span></b></p>
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<span style="color:#0D0D0D; background:white">With David Todd Lawrence</span></p>
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<span style="color:#0D0D0D; background:white">Thursday, February 9<sup>th</sup></span></p>
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<span style="color:#0D0D0D; background:white">3 – 4:30 pm</span></p>
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<span style="color:#0D0D0D; background:white">Join us for a lecture by David Todd Lawrence, English professor at the University of St. Thomas. In this presentation, Dr. Lawrence will explore and consider the possibilities of an unsettled and decolonized ethnography
– one that surrenders rather than conquers, that opens up to rather than comprehends, that fails rather than succeeds.</span></p>
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<span style="color:#0D0D0D">David Todd Lawrence teaches African American literature and expressive culture, folklore studies, and cultural studies at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, MN. He is co-author of
<em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">When They Blew the Levee: Race, Politics, and Community in Pinhook, MO</span></em> (2018), winner of the 2019 Chicago Folklore Prize. An ethnographer, folklorist, and literary scholar – his work sits at the
intersection of identity, narrative, community, and culture. Dr. Lawrence is also co-creator of the
<em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">George Floyd and Anti-Racist Street Art Database</span></em> and co-director of the Urban Art Mapping research project.</span></p>
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<span style="color:#0D0D0D">Sponsored by the Center for Folklore Studies, the Center for the Study of Religion and the Humanities Institute. </span></p>
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<span style="color:#0D0D0D">For more information, follow this link: <a href="https://go.osu.edu/cfs_lawrence_ls" data-auth="NotApplicable">
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<p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt; line-height:13.5pt; background:white"><b><span style="color:#0D0D0D">Megan Moriarty</span></b><span style="color:#0D0D0D"></span></p>
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<p style="background:white; text-align:start"><b><span style="color:#0D0D0D">The Ohio State University</span></b><span style="color:#0D0D0D"></span></p>
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<p style="background:white; text-align:start"><span style="color:#0D0D0D">456 Hagerty Hall, 1775 College Road, Columbus, OH 43210</span></p>
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<p style="background:white; text-align:start"><span style="color:#0D0D0D">614-247-1650</span></p>
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