MSU Museum Studies Events

Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of American Racism

Wednesday, February 14, 2007

James Loewen
Author of Lies My Teacher Told Me and other books.

Public Lecture
2:30 p.m. Kiva, Erickson Hall
Michigan State University

Informal Lunch for students, faculty and others. (Time and location TBA)

Plans are still developing. Check back for more information.

Sponsors: American Studies

Fostering a Culture of Sustainability

Tuesday, November 14

Douglas Worts
Art Gallery of Ontario

4:00 p.m. Kellogg Conference Center
Michigan State University

Sustainability is based on interrelationships between individuals, communities, nations and the environmental systems of our planet and the ways in which human beings relate and adapt to the ever-changing reality of our world. Drawing on decades of work in this area, Douglas Worts will discuss the role of cultural and educational organizations in promoting critical and systematic changes in our societies and in our own lives.

Douglas Worts is an Interpretive Planner at the Art Gallery of Ontario, and has published and spoken extensively across North America. His research focuses on the relationship of culture to local, national and global sustainability with implications for museums.

Worts is a Fellow of Leadership for Environment and Development (LEAD) and co-editor of the current issue of Museums & Social Issues, which focuses on sustainability and will be available at the talk for a discounted price.

Sponsors: Office of Campus Sustainability; Kresge Art Museum; Sustainable Michigan Endowed Project; Canadian Studies Centre

Tuesday, October 3, 2006

Radical Trust: Engaging the Public
in Current Science through
the use of Social Technologies

Bryan Kennedy
Science Museum of Minnesota
6:00 p.m. 105 Kellogg Conference Center
Michigan State University

Bryan Kennedy, designer of the award-winning website Science Buzz (www.smm.org/buzz),
will discuss the potential of “social technologies” to engage people in thinking and talking
about current and emerging science.

The strengths of museums– such as authenticity, emotional engagementand repeat visitation,
make them ideal catalysts for on-line communities. Bryan will share ways the Science Buzz
and other museum sites have used Blogs, podcasts, RSS feeds, wikis, free-tagging,
open-source content management tools and other components of what has been
dubbed as Web 2.0.

He will also explore issues of quality and accuracy in visitor-createdcontent, models for the
management of on-line communities and how the audience may participate in Science Buzz.

VPLT and the AT&T Visiting Speaker Endowment
Science, Technology, Environment, and Public Policy Specialization
Writing in Digital Environments Research Center
Division of Science and Mathematics Education
Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, and Behavior Program
MATRIX- Center for Humane Arts, Letters & Social Sciences Online

The Museum Studies Program is a part of the College of Arts and Letters, Michigan State University.

For more information contact Dr. Kristine Morrissey at (517) 353-1943 / morriss8@msu.edu

All Museum Studies lectures are free and open to the public and presented in MSU campus facilities that are fully accessible to persons with disabilities.


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	Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of American Racism Wednesday, February 14, 2007 James Loewen Author of Lies My Teacher Told Me and other books. Public Lecture 2:30 p.m. Kiva, Erickson Hall Michigan State University Informal Lunch for students, faculty and others. (Time and location TBA) Plans are still developing. Check back for more information. Sponsors: American Studies Fostering a Culture of Sustainability Tuesday, November 14 Douglas Worts Art Gallery of Ontario 4:00 p.m. Kellogg Conference Center Michigan State University Sustainability is based on interrelationships between individuals, communities, nations and the environmental systems of our planet and the ways in which human beings relate and adapt to the ever-changing reality of our world. Drawing on decades of work in this area, Douglas Worts will discuss the role of cultural and educational organizations in promoting critical and systematic changes in our societies and in our own lives. Douglas Worts is an Interpretive Planner at the Art Gallery of Ontario, and has published and spoken extensively across North America. His research focuses on the relationship of culture to local, national and global sustainability with implications for museums. Worts is a Fellow of Leadership for Environment and Development (LEAD) and co-editor of the current issue of Museums & Social Issues, which focuses on sustainability and will be available at the talk for a discounted price. Sponsors: Office of Campus Sustainability; Kresge Art Museum; Sustainable Michigan Endowed Project; Canadian Studies Centre Tuesday, October 3, 2006 Radical Trust: Engaging the Public in Current Science through the use of Social Technologies Bryan Kennedy Science Museum of Minnesota 6:00 p.m. 105 Kellogg Conference Center Michigan State University Bryan Kennedy, designer of the award-winning website Science Buzz (www.smm.org/buzz), will discuss the potential of “social technologies” to engage people in thinking and talking about current and emerging science. The strengths of museums– such as authenticity, emotional engagementand repeat visitation, make them ideal catalysts for on-line communities. Bryan will share ways the Science Buzz and other museum sites have used Blogs, podcasts, RSS feeds, wikis, free-tagging, open-source content management tools and other components of what has been dubbed as Web 2.0. He will also explore issues of quality and accuracy in visitor-createdcontent, models for the management of on-line communities and how the audience may participate in Science Buzz. Sponsors: VPLT and the AT&T Visiting Speaker Endowment Science, Technology, Environment, and Public Policy Specialization Writing in Digital Environments Research Center Division of Science and Mathematics Education Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, and Behavior Program MATRIX- Center for Humane Arts, Letters & Social Sciences Online The Museum Studies Program is a part of the College of Arts and Letters, Michigan State University. For more information contact Dr. Kristine Morrissey at (517) 353-1943 / morriss8@msu.edu All Museum Studies lectures are free and open to the public and presented in MSU campus facilities that are fully accessible to persons with disabilities.