Palamountain Hall Gannett Auditorium
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Environmental Studies
Dr. Carolyn Finney: The N Word: Nature, Revisted (An Imagined Conversation with John Muir)
Gannett Auditorium, Thursday Oct 27, 6:30 pm
Please join the ESS Program for our annual keynote lecture. Carolyn Finney, Ph.D. and Artist-in-Residence at Middlebury College, will perform her “work in progress” entitled The N Word: Nature, Revisited (An Imagined Conversation with John Muir) for this year’s ESS Keynote talk. Dr. Finney is a storyteller, author, and cultural geographer who is deeply interested in issues related to identity, difference, creativity, and resilience. The aim of her work is to develop greater cultural competency within environmental organizations and institutions, challenge media outlets on their representation of difference, and increase awareness of how privilege shapes who gets to speak to environmental issues and determine policy and action. Her talk is open to the public. Local environmental and conservation groups will have informational tables set up in advance of the performance.