anthropology
Conversations from the Edge:
Vanishing Cultures and the Ethnosphere Project
Wade Davis and Chris Rainier with Mark Gonnerman
Monday, October 2, 2006 | 7:30 - 9:00pm | Kresge Auditorium | Free and Open to All
In Light at the Edge of the World: A Journey through the Realm of Vanishing Cultures, Wade Davis coined the term ethnosphere
to remind people that cultural diversity is as important to human
sustenance as the diverse life forms that make up the biosphere.
Related Themes: anthropology, culture, ethnosphere, exploration
Director's Notes
Post by Mark Gonnerman
Thursday, 12 November, 2009
New Art+Invention Speaker Series
The Aurora Forum is pleased to join with Stanford Lively Arts and the Stanford Institute on Creativity and the Arts to present a series of conversations on "Art+Invention" with artists who are in residence or visiting the Stanford Campus. Our guests in this series are people who contribute to and illuminate various cultures, expand awareness through new technologies, and probe philosophical questions that are at the heart of humanistic inquiry. This will be fun! Click here for an overview of this exciting new venture.
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