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This Wednesday evening, sprout asks “What should happen next in the rebuilding of Haiti, and how can we best support the reconstruction?”  As part of their ongoing dinner series, this event gathers linguists, puppeteers, and urbanists to unpack the history, politics, and contemporary issues within the recovery effort.

In addition to spaghetti served up by Boston’s Food Not Bombs, the lineup includes:

• Michel DeGraff is a linguist focusing on Creole and an Associate Professor at MIT. He will talking about political interests vying for influence in the reconstruction of Haiti; and present images from his recent trip there.
• The History of the Haitian Revolution is a toy theater performance written and directed by John Bell and performed by Trudi Cohen, Shaunalynn Duffy, Brooke Jarrett, Adam Schutzman, and Michael Romanyshyn. Originally performed as a part of Antiretrovirals and Water Refugees: A Living Newspaper on Haiti, this toy theater spectacle chronicles the history of the Haitian Revolution in miniature (battles, politics, and all), as a conflict of Enlightenment principles and 19th-century globalization.
• Cherie Miot Abbanat is a lecturer in MIT’s Department of Urban Studies and Planning. She will be talking about reconstruction efforts through the lens of an urban planner, exploring the politics of construction and rebuilding processes.

Dinner will be served at 7:30PM, performances begin at 8. The address is 339R Summer St., Somerville MA.

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