(AIDS Action Series). Theodore Kerr. “THIS COULD BE AN AIDS MEMORIAL: Public Memory in an Ongoing Crisis”

In anticipation of panels from the AIDS Memorial Quilt coming to Bowdoin College, AIDS public intellectual Theodore (ted) Kerr will present a lively and engaging talk on AIDS, memory, and possibility. Specifically, Kerr will offer a brief history of AIDS memorials, an expansive way to think about what counts as an AIDS memorial, and an invitation to consider the limits and possibilities of AIDS memorials within a new era of crisis.The audience will be encouraged to share their thoughts and questions.

BIO
Theodore (Ted) Kerr is an interdisciplinary scholar, educator, writer, and cultural organizer whose work examines HIV/AIDS, social movements, public memory, and community-based knowledge production through the lenses of art, activism, and collective storytelling. He has curated exhibitions for the National Libraries of Medicine and the One Institute, collected oral histories for the Smithsonian and the New York City Trans Oral History project. He co-authored the book, We Are Having This Conversation, with Alexandra Juhasz and founded the international collective, What Would an HIV Doula Do?