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SUMMARY:Philosophy Symposium: On Growth Policy\, Wildlife & the Environment
DESCRIPTION:What We’ll Explore\nIn this mini-symposium facilitated by community philosopher Marisa Diaz-Waian we’ll talk with guest panelists and authors Christopher Preston & Robert Frodeman about growth policy and development\, wildlife\, and the environment. The symposium is in collaboration with the Lewis & Clark Library (as part of their NEA Big Reads grant programming)\, and will be structured in a way that allows ample time for community Q & A\, as well as an opportunity to mingle with the authors/scholars after the community conversation. \nWhen\nWednesday\, October 1st from 5:30pm-8pm \n5:30pm-7:15pm – Community Conversation and 7:15pm-8pm – Book signing & author mingle \nWhere\nLewis & Clark Library (in the Large Community Room) \nRSVP\nWhile an RSVP is not required\, it’s very helpful for us in terms of logistical planning (e.g.\, how many chairs to set out\, if important information about the program or venue needs to be communicated\, etc.).  With this in mind\, we’re including an RSVP link here if you are so inclined.  \nYes\, I want to come! \nCost\nFREE (Donations appreciated) \nOther\n*Books will be available for purchase from the authors.  Book signing & author mingle after the community conversation.  \n​ \n\n\n\n\nMake a Donation HereInvest in community by investing in philosophyOur philosophy activities are FREE to the community. While donations are never expected\, they are always appreciated and help to keep programs like these going. Donations help to cover activity leader honorariums\, implementation\, and resource archiving\, and more!  If you would like to make a tax-deductible contribution you can do so by clicking here.  For those facing more challenging financial circumstances\, we ask that you please try to “pay it forward” with acts of kindness for your neighbors and community. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGuest Scholars\nChrsitopher Preston is a an award-winning author\, environmental philosopher\, public speaker\, and clean energy enthusiast based in Missoula\, Montana. A Professor of Philosophy at the University of Montana\, his areas of specialty include environmental philosophy\, climate ethics\, the ethics of emerging technologies\, rewilding\, and feminist philosophy. A native of England – who has studied and worked in Colorado\, Alaska\, Oregon\, Washington DC\, and South Carolina – his life in the US is oriented in many ways around the power of wild landscapes. In addition to being a professor\, Christopher has worked as a commercial fisherman\, a tool librarian\, and a backcountry Park Service Ranger. Christopher has published extensively on climate engineering\, synthetic biology\, and the new epoch of the Anthropocene\, and finds significance in both the new\, and the traditional\, wild. Christopher’s writings have appeared in The Atlantic\, Smithsonian\, Discover\, Orion\, Slate\, the Wall Street Journal\, The Conversation\, Salon\, The BBC\, Yale E360 and other outlets. His books and journal articles explore technology\, wildlife\, climate change\, justice\, and numerous other topics that bear on how we live. His most recent book\, Tenacious Beasts\, won the 2024 High Plains Book Award for non-fiction and was included in The New Yorker’s ‘Best Books of 2023.’ It probes the mystery of wildlife back from the brink and asks what they have to teach.  \n\nRobert Frodeman writes on environmental philosophy and public policy\, the philosophy of science and technology\, and the future of the university. A graduate of St Louis University (history and philosophy\, 1981)\, holder of a PhD in Philosophy (Penn State\, 1988) and a MS in Geology (climate science\, CU-Boulder\, 1996)\, Frodeman is the author or editor of 15 books and more than 150 articles\, and has been awarded more than 5 million dollars in grants. Founding Director of the Center for the Study of Interdisciplinarity at the University of North Texas (2008)\, he has also held academic positions at the University of Colorado and the Colorado School of Mines\, and ran the Socrates Untenured series at the journal Issues in Science and Technology from 2017 – 2021. In the fall of 2023 Frodeman was a Fulbright Fellow at the Institute of Advanced Studies at the University of Turku\, Finland\, where he conducted research on the future of the university. His most recent publications include his co-edited books A Watershed Moment: The American West in the Age of Limits (2024) and Field Philosophy: Different Places\, Different Cultures (forthcoming 2024).​ \n\n\n\n\nCommunity Sponsors & PartnersThank you to our community sponsors & partners Doubletree by Hilton Downtown Helena and the Lewis & Clark Library.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNational Endowment for the Arts This symposium is in collaboraton with the Lewis & Clark Library by way of a Big Read grant award they receieved from the National Endowment for the Arts. The NEA Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest. To find out more about how National Endowment for the Arts grants impact individuals and communities\, visit www.arts.gov
URL:https://merlinccc.org/calendar-event/philosophy-symposium-growth-policy-wildlife-environment/
LOCATION:Lewis & Clark Library (Large Community Room)\, 120 S. Last Chance Gulch\, Helena\, Montana\, 59601\, United States
CATEGORIES:Philosophy Symposiums
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ORGANIZER;CN="Marisa Diaz-Waian":MAILTO:marisa@merlinccc.org
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