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Why Is “Primitivism” So Hard to Shake?

Reid Hall Faculty Visitor Zoë Strother spent several weeks in Paris studying the French edition of Leni Riefenstahl’s controversial photobook of the Nuba peoples and researching the restitution of African objects at the Musée du Quai Branly.

As conflict zones become harder to access and frontline workers are increasingly targeted, a group of leading journalists, humanitarians, and researchers gathered at the Frontlines conference to trace these developments, share field testimony, and discuss how they can adapt to this new era of warfare.

This expert panel, hosted in partnership with the Columbia University School of Professional Studies, is part of the AI Imperative series

For Columbia medical student Emmie Gocke, her research experience on intercultural health models in the south of Chile has been as much about listening and learning as it has been about academic inquiry.

Today, Oct. 28, give to Columbia Global and power the students, scholars, faculty, and partners turning ideas into action.

Columbia Global Emerging Scholar Dilan Bozgan presented her anthropological research on the cross-border circulations, representations and women’s networks in the Global South.

Reid Hall Faculty Visitor Zoë Strother spent several weeks in Paris studying the French edition of Leni Riefenstahl’s controversial photobook of the Nuba peoples and researching the restitution of African objects at the Musée du Quai Branly.

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