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DESCRIPTION:November 22nd\, 2022 from 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM\n\nin-person\, at
  2001 McGill 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 McGill 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
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LOCATION:Online via ZOOM or in person\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 1G1\, Scho
 ol of Population and Global Health\, 2001 McGill College Ave. room 1203
SUMMARY:GHABH - the poison in the gift
URL:https://www.mcgill.ca/channels/channels/event/ghabh-poison-gift-343570
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