Community Invited to 'What Can A Body Do? How We Meet the Built World'

What do prosthetics, assistive technologies, curb cuts and elevators teach us about being human?
Sara Hendren invites us to consider not just the augmented body of the future, but the ancient and enduring ideas about personhood at the heart of the built world.

Bringing together fine arts, philosophy, engineering, and history, Hendren will examine the hidden stories about dignity, suffering, dependence and beauty in the material culture all around us.

On Monday, Oct. 21, the Schemel Forum will partner with the Gail and Francis Slattery Center for the Ignatian Humanities for a presentation on "What Can a Body Do? How We Meet the Built World" by Hendren, associate professor in Art and Design with a joint appointment in the School of Architecture, at Northeastern University.

Myers Distinguished Visiting Fellow in the Humanities and Civic Engagement Lecture will take place at the Weinberg Memorial Library, The Charles Kratz Scranton Heritage Room at 5:30 p.m., followed by a reception. The lecture and reception are complimentary and open to the community, courtesy of the Myers Distinguished Visiting Fellow Endowment

For details, visit https://www.scranton.edu/academics/wml/schemel/collaborative.shtml