Saturday, December 4, 2021 The Symposium is an inter-college event where Res College students openly discuss the topics explored within each college’s respective theme.
Every student will give either a Presentation or a Poster, either as a group or as an individual project. Every student will also be an audience member for their peers.
At Registration, you will receive a name tag with your schedule on it. The Symposium is organized into two, concurrent, sessions: Session I: 1:40 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. & Session II: 3:10 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Schedule overview is as follows:
12:30pm: Student and Moderator Registration, Holmes Hall Lobby 1pm: Opening Speaker, Shirah Moffatt-Darko ’18, Social Justice College, Trout Auditorium 1:40 - 3pm: Poster Session in Holmes Hall Lobby & Formal Presentations in Holmes Hall Classrooms 3:10pm - 4:30pm: Poster Session in Holmes Hall Lobby & Formal Presentations in Holmes Hall Classrooms 4:40 - 5pm: Plenary Party in Holmes Hall Lobby
This presentation introduces and further analyzes the various controversies associated with the Vietnam War Wall Memorial and its construction in the early 1980's. The controversies focus specifically on Maya Lin, the lead architect of the project, and her personal background, and the representation of the war itself. Most of the many critical critiques are comprised of veterans and architects who perceive Lin as an unfit candidate for the representation of such a contentious war.
