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16 March 2009, Monday Rightsizing Michigan's Prison Population Time: 4:00pm - 5:30pm Panel: Rightsizing Michigan's Prison Population: Policy-Driven Expansion and Reduction in an Era of Mass Incarceration Michigan Department of Corrections Directors Panel, 4-5:30 p.m., Weill Hall, 735 S. State , Annenberg Auditorium, Room 1120. This panel will look at the historic prison build-up in Michigan during the era of mass incarceration and current efforts to "right size" the state'™s prison population. Panelists are Patricia Caruso, director of the Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC, 2003-present); Robert Brown, Jr., former director of the MDOC (1984-91), with moderator Dennis Schrantz, deputy director of the MDOC. Sponsored by the Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy (CLOSUP), 647-4091. The Science of Capital Time: 4:00pm - 5:30pm Science, Technology, Medicine & Society Winter 2009 Speaker Series The Science of Capital Speaker: Stuart Kirsch, UM-Department of Anthropology Date: Monday, March 16, 4:00–5:30pm Location: Ehrlicher Room, 411 West Hall Abstract: This paper draws on recent critiques of scientific knowledge production by the tobacco and pharmaceutical industries—such as the promotion of uncertainty about harm and the scripting of research results—to examine how the mining industry packages and uses science to conceal its impacts and promote its interests. Comparisons across these very different industries—tobacco, which was long considered the outlier but might be better understood as the paradigm; pharmaceuticals, for which it has generally been assumed that ethical responsibilities for human health would prevent such problems from occurring; and mining, which has received relatively little public scrutiny—provide insight into how corporations produce and use science, and how this differs from other understandings of scientific knowledge production. This material is part of a book manuscript that examines how corporations respond to critique. About the speaker: Stuart Kirsch is associate professor of anthropology at the University of Michigan. His most recent book is Reverse Anthropology: Indigenous Analysis of Social and Environmental Relations (Stanford 2006). His current research project examines the mining industry’s response to indigenous and NGO opposition. For questions regarding this calendar, contact: Bonnie Roberts (734-647-4091) Licensed To: CLOSUP

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