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The role of social media in protests, concepts of privilege and protest in sports, and ways protesters can be most effective will be discussed by a trio of experts at the 麻豆影院 next month.

The event, titled 鈥淏eyond #Protest,鈥� features three experts and is scheduled for听Wednesday, Nov. 1, at noon in听Old Main Chapel听on the CU 麻豆影院 campus.听Each faculty member will speak for about 15 minutes and then answer questions. The panelists are:

• Nicholas Villanueva, director of critical sports studies and lecturer in ethnic studies
• Lorecia Kaifa-Aliya Roland, associate professor of anthropology
• Mathieu Desan, assistant professor of sociology

Roland plans to discuss social media's role in facilitating a broad range of protest movements, including the NFL controversy about players 鈥渢aking a knee鈥� during the national anthem, Charlottesville, and the counter-movements to each. 鈥淚 will raise these issues to highlight the distinction between 鈥榩rotesting against鈥� and 鈥榤obilizing for鈥� in order to enact tangible change.鈥�

Villanueva will discuss privilege and protest in sport, he said, adding: 鈥淪port is a microcosm of U.S. society, where the ideals of sport are听conflated with a national identity, and ignores that sport is an arena of white privilege.鈥�

Desan will discuss 鈥渉ow (not) to think about the effectiveness of protests, particularly in the context of the rise of the far right.鈥�

The event is free and open to the public and is sponsored by the听听(CARTSS) and the College of Arts and Sciences.听

The Social Sciences Today Forum, a series during the school year, is designed to help the public gain broader perspectives and deeper understanding of human society and how individuals relate to the community and one another.听This forum brings the knowledge and expertise of social-sciences faculty to the greater community and allows the community to ask questions of leading scholars.听

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