Hattam, Victoria

LECTURES

Who Knows One! Profiling the Citizen/Client
Theresa Lang Community and Student Center
EVENT POSTPONED - NEW DATE AND TIME TO BE ANNOUNCED
Admission: $8; free to all students and New School faculty, staff, and alumni with ID

Following on the heels of the American presidential election, this panel discussion focuses on the techniques and implications of behavioral studies, corporate ethnography, political polls and profiling by which populations are defined and segmented into distinct target groups. The panel is moderated by Victoria Hattam, Chair and Associate Professor of Political Science at The New School for Social Research, and will bring together artists, academics and marketing experts. Hattam is noted for her research on American political economy and development and on the role of class, race and ethnicity in American politics. Additional speakers will be announced.