BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 15.4//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Eastern Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Officials across all levels of government\, activists and the m edia have widely described the teardown of I-81 in Syracuse as a 'correcti on of historic mistakes\,' adding political and discursive weight to a cri tical infrastructure project. But what does that look like in practice? Wh at are the concrete outcomes of this commitment\, which has become the cal ling card of the project? This talk explores how and why this commitment c ame about\, delving into the conflicts\, compromises\, and negotiations ar ound the form that atonement would take. It argues that lofty\, wide-rangi ng discursive anchors take on specific articulations when policy is actual ly enacted\, revealing how those claims are contested\, flexible and negot iated by stakeholders with their own visions for the city. In Syracuse\, i t argues that the commitment to atonement is specifically centered on four planks: community outreach\, health\, jobs and funding\, revealing both t he limits and possibilities of integrating atonement into urban developmen t.Aditya Srinivasan is a doctoral candidate in the Social Sciences Ph.D. P rogram at Syracuse University. His award-winning interdisciplinary researc h examines how urban development and policy are shaped by narratives\, mat erial conditions\, culture\, expertise and public discourse. His doctoral research interrogates these themes through a study of the Interstate 81 hi ghway in Syracuse\, New York.This event is sponsored by PARCC and the Conf lict Management Center (CMC). DTEND:20261023T034500Z DTSTAMP:20261014T052217Z DTSTART:20261022T163000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Conversations in Conflict Studies: Correcting the Mistakes of the P ast on the I-81 Viaduct Project UID:RFCALITEM639275377375483364 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Officials across all levels of government\, activists and the media have widely described the teardown of I-81 in Syr acuse as a 'correction of historic mistakes\,' adding political and discur sive weight to a critical infrastructure project. But what does that look like in practice? What are the concrete outcomes of this commitment\, whic h has become the calling card of the project?

This talk explores ho w and why this commitment came about\, delving into the conflicts\, compro mises\, and negotiations around the form that atonement would take. It arg ues that lofty\, wide-ranging discursive anchors take on specific articula tions when policy is actually enacted\, revealing how those claims are con tested\, flexible and negotiated by stakeholders with their own visions fo r the city. In Syracuse\, it argues that the commitment to atonement is sp ecifically centered on four planks: community outreach\, health\, jobs and funding\, revealing both the limits and possibilities of integrating aton ement into urban development.

Aditya Srinivasan is a doctoral candid ate in the Social Sciences Ph.D. Program at Syracuse University. His award -winning interdisciplinary research examines how urban development and pol icy are shaped by narratives\, material conditions\, culture\, expertise a nd public discourse. His doctoral research interrogates these themes throu gh a study of the Interstate 81 highway in Syracuse\, New York.

This event is sponsored by PARCC and the Conflict Management Center (CMC).

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