Levin College Forum Events

El Chocó, Columbia: Struggle for Cultural and Environmental Survival
An integrated exhibit of photographs and texts by Steve Cagan
Opening Reception and Lecture

Cagan exhibit Thursday, February 12, 2009
4:00 to 6:00 p.m.
Thomas F. Campbell, Ph.D. Exhibition Gallery
Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs
Glickman-Miller Hall
1717 Euclid Avenue

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About the Exhibit

Photographer and writer Steve Cagan's new exhibit features the rain forest area of El Chocó, Columbia and the special river-based Afro-Columbian and indigenous cultures there. it documents the communities' resistance to threats to their forest and their cultures from the violence of the civil war and pressures of rapidly expanding lumbering and mining.

Agenda

4:00-5:30 p.m. Reception
5:30-6:30 p.m. Steve Cagan "Photographic Communication Across Cultural Boundaries: Some Ethical Consideration"

The Exhibit

The Exhibit runs from February 1 to March 31, 2009. Gallery hours are 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Saturday.

Steve Cagan has exhibited his photographs locally, nationally and internationally. His reviews and critical writings have been published in a variety of journals and books. He has received Fullbright Fellowships to support his teaching and photography in El Salvador and Columbia.

Registration

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