From shapingsf-talks at lists.artsandmedia.net Tue May 1 18:13:16 2007 From: shapingsf-talks at lists.artsandmedia.net (shapingsf-talks@lists.artsandmedia.net) Date: Tue May 1 18:33:23 2007 Subject: Tomorrow night's Talk Message-ID: <234837310705011813p395ef32bwe8875a0eaff486b@mail.gmail.com> Wednesday, May 2, 8pm at CounterPULSE, 1310 Mission at 9th... >From Enclosures to Industrial Fast-Food: Immigration and Work and Agriculture.... Immigration is as old as history, but major population shifts don't begin until common lands become enclosed in the late feudal period. Today the process continues with the replacement of subsistence agriculture in the global south with agribusiness export crops. Loss of land starts the movement of populations into cities, eventually leading to migration across borders too... When people leave home they take their favorite foods with them. Over the past century waves of immigrants have brought with them many different kinds of foods to California, which slowly have merged into components of "California Cuisine"... Ironically--perhaps tragically--the folks who are immigrants these days very often find themselves working in the fields for agribusiness (even the newly organic businesses) OR in the restaurants and hotels of SF, often in kitchens and food service sector... *video clips:* 1) occupation strike in Paris at a McDonalds by largely African immigrant workers; 2) scene from Peter Watkins' movie "La Commune" wherein a group of Algerians sits around a table talking about immigration and capital--in 1871! *Speakers; Grey Kolevzon, Chris Carlsson, and Glenda Drew* -- All my mail is going through this gmail account now. www.chriscarlsson.com My blog: www.lipmagazine.org/ccarlsson Spring Talks: http://www.counterpulse.org/springtalks.shtml www.shapingsf.org www.processedworld.com www.fullenjoymentbooks.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://gdc.groupd.com/pipermail/shapingsf-talks/attachments/20070501/a58d59fd/attachment.html From carlsson.chris at gmail.com Fri May 25 10:59:00 2007 From: carlsson.chris at gmail.com (Chris Carlsson) Date: Fri May 25 11:00:34 2007 Subject: Last Talk til September this Wed. Message-ID: <234837310705251059k6135b152o193773e1589017c8@mail.gmail.com> Shaping San Francisco talks *Butterflies in the City* Despite the revolutionary ecological changes on the San Francisco peninsula over the last 240 years, the city abounds with spectacular native biodiversity, including a couple of dozen species of butterflies. Like many insects, butterfly species have co-evolved with specific plants in an ecological co-evolutionary dance over millions of years. The Franciscan bioregion is home to several locally endemic species, such as the mission blue, which only lives on coastal bedrock ridgetops. A subset of our native butterflies have adapted to some non-native plants, including some invasive weeds. Join us for an exhilarating and beautiful ride through this fascinating subject. Barbara Deutsch, Deirdre Elmansoumi, Mia Monroe, Liam O'Brien, Summer Lindszey and Dr. John Hafernik. *Wednesday, May 30th, 2007, 8 PM* *Counterpulse, 1310 Mission Street @ 9th, SF* -- All my mail is going through this gmail account now. www.chriscarlsson.com My blog: www.lipmagazine.org/ccarlsson Spring Talks: http://www.counterpulse.org/springtalks.shtml www.shapingsf.org www.processedworld.com www.fullenjoymentbooks.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://gdc.groupd.com/pipermail/shapingsf-talks/attachments/20070525/423c4f0d/attachment.html