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Flying University - Sciencewashing

  • All levels
  • 21 and older
  • $12
  • 21-A Clinton St, New York, NY
  • 2 hours

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  • $12
  • CAVEAT @ 21-A Clinton St, New York, NY 10002
  • 2 hours
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Flying University is a re-education in hidden histories. 
 
This talk series is named after the underground university in Russian-occupied Poland that taught subjects banned by the state-run schools. This rebel organization also educated women, who were barred from attending the official university, including Marie Curie. In that spirit, each Flying University talk highlights a piece of history that has been “conveniently forgotten”.  Lets set the record straight. 
 
This Month:  

Sciencewashing: How Science and the Pursuit of Knowledge Gentrify Cities

A talk by Steph Yin and Alexis Takahashi

 
There's greenwashing, pinkwashing and artwashing... is sciencewashing a thing too? Ideals like "progress" and the "quest for knowledge" are often used to justify science-driven development. But in reality not everybody benefits equally — and some are disproportionately harmed — in the pursuit of these abstract goals. Drawing from examples in New York, Los Angeles and Berlin, this talk will examine who wins and who loses when cities decide to embrace development and economic growth driven by science, research and tech. 

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