Archive for the ‘Women in the Northwest Initiative’ Category
‘Salmon is Everything’ sheds light on the fish kill that affected Native American life, spirituality: Oregon Daily Emerald
Salmon Is Everything
| May 19, 2011 8:00 pm | to | June 4, 2011 8:00 pm |
The Play: May 20 – June 4, 2011
Miller Theatre Complex
University of Oregon; Eugene, OR
UO Ticket office: (541) 346-4363
The story of the 2002 Fish Kill must be told again and again … and be remembered….
Klamath River
A community-based play about the Klamath River Watershed developed by members of the Karuk, Hupa, and Yurok tribes and others.
Salmon Is Everything was developed from interviews and personal stories and insights of Karuk, Hupa and Yurok people who were directly affected by the 2002 fish kill on the Klamath River. The script was developed by Theresa May, UO assistant professor of theatre arts, in collaboration with members of the Karuk, Hupa and Yurok communities. The play will be presented in University of Oregon’s Robinson Theatre May 20-June 4, 2011.
CSWS Research Matters, Winter 2011
Salmon, Women, and Rivers: Community-Based Performance Research by Theresa J. May, Assistant Professor, University of Oregon Department of Theatre Arts
Community-Based Theatre Around Native Issues
| May 20, 2011 | ||
| 7:00 pm | to | 8:00 pm |
Hope Theatre
1109 Old Campus Lane
University of Oregon campus
A pre-play lecture for Salmon Is Everything
Marcie Rendon, playwright and member of the White Earth Anishinabe Nation
Sponsored by the UO Center for the Study of Women in Society and Oregon Humanities Center’s Endowment for Public Outreach in the Arts, Sciences, and Humanities. Information: (541) 346-1789
Welfare Reform in a Time of Crisis
| February 9, 2010 | ||
| 3:00 pm | to | 5:00 pm |
Browsing Room, Knight Library
A moderated talk and book celebration with authors
Sandra Morgen, Joan Acker, and Jill Weigt
Join CSWS and the UO Department of Sociology in a discussion and celebration of the publication of Stretched Thin: Poor Families, Welfare Workers and Welfare Reform. The event will include 10-minute talks by the three authors, followed by a moderated Q & A session.
Published in December by Cornell University Press, the book is based on a three-year, multi-method study of welfare restructuring in Oregon. Stretched Thin gives an “on the ground” account of doing welfare reform from the perspectives of clients, agency workers, and administrators. The authors assess the outcomes and suggest new policies to deal with poverty and economic disparities.
The study, a project of the CSWS Women in the Northwest Research Initiative, was partially funded by CSWS, with other funds from the Oregon Department of Human Resources. Sandra Morgen is associate dean of the UO Graduate School, a professor of anthropology, and former director of CSWS. Joan Acker is professor emerita of the UO Department of Sociology and the first director of CSWS. UO graduate Jill Weigt is associate professor of sociology at California State University-San Marcos.
Sponsored by the Center for the Study of Women in Society and the UO Department of Sociology.
Stretched Thin—Book About Welfare Reform Written by UO Researchers Is Up for Prestigious Award
Authors Sandra Morgen (left), Joan Acker, and Jill Weigt.
A book about poor families and welfare written by three feminist scholars—an anthropologist and two sociologists—is a finalist for the prestigious C. Wright Mills Award from the Society for the Study of Social Problems. Stretched Thin: Poor Families, Welfare Work, and Welfare Reform was written by Sandra Morgen, Joan Acker, and Jill Weigt and published by Cornell University Press in December 2010.
Sandra Morgen is vice provost for Graduate Studies/associate dean of the UO Graduate School, professor of anthropology, and former director of the Center for the Study of Women in Society. Joan Acker is professor emerita of the UO Department of Sociology and the first director of CSWS. UO graduate Jill Weigt is associate professor of sociology at California State University-San Marcos. This book is based on a three-year, multi-method study of welfare restructuring in Oregon.
Stretched Thin gives an “on the ground” account of doing welfare reform from the perspectives of clients, agency workers, and administrators. The authors assess the outcomes and suggest new policies to deal with poverty and economic disparities. The study, a project of the CSWS Women in the Northwest Research Initiative, was partially funded by CSWS, with other funds from the Oregon Department of Human Resources.
The C. Wright Mills Award, established in 1964, is made annually and carries with it a stipend of $500 for the author(s) of the winning book. The 2010 award will be presented at the 61st Annual Meeting in Las Vegas, NV, August 19-21, 2011.