VIRTUAL
Origin stories do work. Often shrouded in mystery and myth, they are meant to make people feel connection, belonging, and intimacy with the story told. Baseball's origin stories are filled with all these wonderful myths - from a 5-year-old Abner Doubleday inventing the game on the shores of Lake Otsego in Cooperstown, New York to the legendary called shot by Babe Ruth. In this presentation, Dr. Craig Fortier, Assistant Professor of Social Development Studies at Renison University College, unravels some of the myths of baseball's origins in America to expose the soft core of the American settler colonial project. How do we reconcile baseball's origins with current struggles against racist mascots and team monikers like those of the Cleveland and Atlanta baseball teams? This presentation will lead participants in a discussion on how we might unsettle baseball as we unsettle (North) America.
This program is presented in partnership with Renison University College.
This program will register on Eventbrite. Registrants will receive an e-mail 24 hours before the start of the program with an invitation to join.
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