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The Humanities Festival's keynote address took place on Friday at Babeville. Photo: Nancy J. Parisi
Maki Tanigaki (left), assistant to the director of the Humanities Institute, and keynoter Matt Taibbi pose together. Photo: Nancy J. Parisi
David Castillo (left), professor in the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, and director of the Humanities Institute, and keynoter Matt Taibbi pose together before the keynote speech. Photo: Nancy J. Parisi
Humanities Institute Director David Castillo gives opening remarks before the keynote speech. Photo: Nancy J. Parisi
Matt Taibbi delivers the keynote speech. Taibbi is a National Magazine Award-winning columnist and author of the forthcoming book “Hate Inc.: Why Today’s Media Makes Us Despise One Another.” Photo: Nancy J. Parisi
Matt Taibbi delivers his keynote speech. Taibbi co-founded the Buffalo-based alternative weekly “The Beast” 2002. Photo: Nancy J. Parisi
Matt Taibbi responds to a question from Q&A moderator Geoff Kelly of Investigative Post. Photo: Nancy J. Parisi
Saturday's program at SUNY Buffalo State started with a panel discussion of the current state of of the media in this time of rising fake news and declining local news. Humanities Director David Castillo (far right) introduces the panel: from left, Geoff Kelly of Investigative Post, Maki Becker of The Buffalo News, festival keynoter Matt Taibbi and moderator Elizabeth Licata of Buffalo Spree. Photo: Douglas Levere
Matt Taibbi makes a point during the panel discussion, titled "Don't Stop the Presses!" Photo: Douglas Levere
In the session "New Forms of Democracy, Power and Representation," panelist Kristin Ksaiazek leads participants through an interactive exercise. Photo: Douglas Levere
In the "New Forms of Democracy, Power and Representation" session, participants greet each other after separating into groups based on their answers to specific questions. Photo: Douglas Levere
Ariel Nereson (kneeling, far left) led the session "Dancing Democracy: Empathy Rehearsals in Contemporary Performance." Photo: Douglas Levere
Participants work on developing gestures that represent a particular idea or phrase. Photo: Douglas Levere
Shonnie Finnegan (left), retired university archivist, and Stacy Hubbard, associate professor of English, work together during the "#TimesUp Hollywood! Or is it?" session. Photo: Douglas Levere
The closing reception featured live music and refreshments. Photo: Nancy J. Parisi
The Performance Truck served up live performances, tarot readings, art therapy and more at the closing reception. Photo: Nancy J. Parisi
The annual Buffalo Humanities Festival tackled the theme of "Democracy" at numerous events that took place Sept. 19-21 at various locations throughout the community. Photos: Douglas Levere and Nancy J. Parisi
Published September 25, 2019 This content is archived.