2019 Events
Gang Life in Two Cities: An Insider's Journey
Date: October 1, 2019
Presented by Dr. Robert J. Durán
Researching the emergence and criminalization of Latino youth groups, Dr. Durán explains the paradigm of how gangs form and persist even against violent suppression. Combining data from 145 different interviews with gang members, law enforcement officers, prosecutors, other relevant individuals as well as his own experiences. Dr. Durán highlights different solutions to racial oppression that change the condition of gang life.
Dr. Durán is an associate professor of Sociology in the College of Liberal Arts at Texas A&M University. Gang Life in Two Cities: An Insider's Journey is his first book.
Date: Tuesday, October 1st, 5:30-7:45pm
Location: Wasatch Facility, 14425 Bitterbrush Lane, Draper UT 84020
Public Space, Homelessness and Justice
Exploring traditional and critical views of public space
Date: September 18, 2019
Presented by Dr. Jeffrey Neal Rose
The work of critical social theorists note that there can be no justice if there is not a space in which that justice can be attained. This lesson will explore traditional and critical perspectives of public space, noting that public spaces are spaces of contestation, diversity, and ultimately, a more justly formed social polity. Using direct examples from ethnographic research conducted with individuals facing unsheltered homelessness while living in a public park, this lesson will challenge participants to reconsider public spaces with which they commonly interact to re-envision a more democratic public sphere that encourages open political discourse and critical community interaction.
Location: Timpanogos Facility, 14425 Bitterbrush Lane, Draper UT 84020
RSVP by September 1: upep@utah.edu