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TEDxColumbiaUniversity

April 2018

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What Color is Guantánamo?

Colors are vital, and they are powerful. The way we associate them with people can be even more so. Through the discussion of art produced at Guantanamo Bay, Erin Thompson challenges her audience to ask what color things really are.

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This talk was presented to a local audience at TEDxColumbiaUniversity, an independent event.

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Colors are vital, and they are powerful. The way we associate them with people can be even more so. Through the discussion of art produced at Guantanamo Bay, Erin Thompson challenges her audience to ask what color things really are.

This talk was presented to a local audience at TEDxColumbiaUniversity, an independent event.

Read more about TEDx.

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