Dana Walrath: Cultural Spaces, Comics, and Contested Memories

Published: Dec. 4, 2015, 7:45 p.m.

b'Dana Walrath is a medical anthropologist, author, and artist. Her first book, Aliceheimer\\u2019s, will be\\xa0published in the US by Penn State University Press. In this talk, titled \\u201cCultural Spaces, Comics, and Contested Memories\\u201d Dana desrcibes the ways medical anthropology and comic helped her to shape a new perspective about the experiences she was having with her mother Alice\\u2019s Alzheimer\\u2019s disease.\\xa0She also discusses her deepening this work by exploring her mother\\u2019s past in Armenia, and the legacy of the Armenia Genocide of 1915.\\xa0And she\\u2019ll sing. It\\u2019s a fantastic talk. Be sure to keep an eye on your screen as some of... Read More'