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The Mantle and CONTEXTS Journal teamed up on March 26, 2010 to present six emerging voices from the next generation of intellectuals, writers, artists and critics. The event took place at The New School University. Below is a list of the participants, the topics of their discussions, and their bios, followed by a two-part video of the event.
The Emerging Voices
Eric Anthamatten: Pedagogy of the condemned: on teaching philosophy in prisons.
Eric is currently a Ph.D. Candidate at the New School for Social Research in New York City. His work focuses on philosophy, education, and social justice, more specifically on issues surrounding education in marginal, non-traditional, and non-academic settings: the prison, adult education, the homeless. Eric received an M.A. in Philosophy from Texas A&M University as well as a Bachelor of Science in Political Science and a minor in electronic music. He has taught philosophy since 2001 at various institutions in Texas and New York, ranging from community colleges to small privates schools, from major public universities to maximum security prisons in rural Texas. He is also an instructor of martial arts in Manhattan, where he teaches students ranging from age three to sixty-three, a pedagogical scene that he sees as continuous with his philosophical work.
Alison Desir: On Dominicans of Haitian descent living in the DR, and some of the complications this presents.
Alison is currently pursuing an M.A. in Latin American and Caribbean Regional Studies at Columbia University. Her current thesis research concerns the construction of race and policy in the Dominican Republic. This summer, she will spend a month there performing participant observation in a batey, investigating how race and issues of citizenship inform the daily lives of the Dominico-Haitian population. Alison has traveled widely in recent years, Korea, Guatemala, Greece, Colombia, Haiti, and Ghana, to name a few. When Alison is not traveling, she enjoys singing and writing.
Corinne Goldenberg: On reclaiming the film review in the name of social and political critique.
Aside from blogging for The Mantle (Ms. Smith Goes to Bollywood), Corinne has a B.A. in Women and Gender Studies with a concentration in Cultural and Ethnic Studies from Smith College and a M.A. in International Affairs from the New School, where she dually concentrated in Media and Cultural Studies and International Development. She has had the privilege of living and studying in some of the best film cities in the world—Paris, Bombay, New York. She explores the ways through which political forces interact with art and culture, particularly focusing on modes of intercultural communication, for better or for worse. She is most interested in how film industries represent national identity, particularly its process of ascribing “authenticity,” and how the resulting signification affects international relations.
Tanushree Isaacman: Recalling her travels in Nicaragua via public transportation, she finds it's the journey, not the destination, that matters.
Tanushree is a Master’s Candidate in the Graduate Program in International Affairs at The New School. Born in Bangladesh and raised in the United Kingdom and the United States, she decided to continue the trend and go abroad after undergraduate studies in Biology & Society at Cornell University. She worked as a community health educator in Cinco Pinos, Nicaragua for two years teaching adolescents about health and learning how to ride a donkey. She is interested in the economics of inequality and equality. More specifically, she is passionate about learning about heterodox policies and institutions that attempt to bridge the increasing gap between the rich and the poor.
Sarah D. Schulman: On digitally created artwork.
Sarah is the graphic artist-in-residence for The Mantle. She holds a B.A. in Journalism from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and an M.A. in Media Studies from The New School. In addition to graphic design, she works as a freelance digital video editor and likes knitting and comic books.
Aarti Virani: Fifty years after her family's migration, Aarti finds home can be many places.
Aarti was born and raised in Kobe, Japan and came to the U.S. approximately seven years ago, where she completed a joint degree in journalism and international relations at Syracuse University. At the moment, she is a master’s student at GPIA, wrapping up her final semester. She has previously interned at an arts non-profit, worked as an editorial assistant for a trade publication covering the international television business, and has just delved into the daunting world of freelance journalism. Aarti is particularly interested in issues concerning Third Culture Kids (like herself), the South Asian diaspora and exploring connections between popular culture and national identity. She is a regular contributor to the features section of New York’s daily Metro newspaper and was recently published in The Wall Street Journal’s “New Global Indian” column. She currently resides in Hoboken, NJ.
