Who's Laughing? The Politics of Humor

Women's and Gender Studies event on the politics of humor.

Saturday, April 5 @ 9:30AM

Jokes, satire, parody, and comedic performance can be powerful tools for challenging the status quo or for conforming to it. They have the potential to transform discourse, yet it is in these forms that our most troubling and violently disfiguring assumptions about gender, race, class, and sexual orientation can find their longest life. "Humor" can both enable and disable speech; it is available to some and prohibited for others. April 5 will include panels, presentations, cartoons, and performances that address these and other questions about the politics of humor.

Location:	Stata Center, MIT: room 32-123, 32 Vassar Street, Cambridge, MA, 02139
Price:	Free
More Info:	Click here
Tickets:	Click here 617-324-2085
Contact:	gcws@mit.edu
Directions:	DIRECTIONS, PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AND PARKING The conference will take place on the 1st floor of the MIT Stata Center. The Stata Center is located at 32 Vassar Street in Kendall Square, Cambridge. Parking in select campus lots is free after 5 PM on weekdays and all day on Saturday and Sunday at MIT. If you are planning on driving, the closest free lot is the Hayward Lot which is located along Hayward St. between Amherst St. and Main St. in Kendall Square. Here is a link to the HAYWARD LOT on the campus map to get you oriented: http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?selection=P5&Parking=go To get to the Stata Center from the Hayward Lot, walk up Main Street until you hit the intersection of Vassar St. and Main. The Stata Center will be on your left. If the Hayward Lot happens to be full, here is a link to other free public lots on the weekends. Please print or refer to this site before you arrive to be sure you have a back-up plan. Kendall Square can be busy on the weekends. Metered parking is also available throughout the square however so there will be several options at your disposal. Other free lots & corresponding campus maps: Hayward Lot: http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?selection=P5&Parking=go N10 Lot: http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?selection=P14&Parking=go Windsor Lot: http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?selection=P19&Parking=go Tang Center Lot (E51): http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?selection=E51&Buildings=go If you are taking the T, take the red line to Kendall Square, and walk up Main Street (away from the river). The Stata Center is the angular brick and metal building on the corner of Main Street and Vassar Street. There are several different entrances to the Stata Center. If you enter from Main Street and Vassar, walk past the Information desk and down a long corridor to the middle. The registration table for the conference will be in front of room 32-123, which is also where the keynote panels will be taking place. If you enter from the East Lot, walk past the Forbes Cafe and down the same long corridor to 32-123. Directional arrows and signs will be stationed at each entrance to help you along.
Accessibility & Accommodations:	Conference site is handicapped accessible.