Friday, March 9, 2012
Excavation, Accumulation, and Preservation in the African Landscape
Description:
AN INTERDISCIPLINARY COLLABORATIVE SYMPOSIUM OF WORKING PAPERS
Free and open to the public.
Keynote, Friday, March 9, 7:00 pm: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC.
Symposium, Saturday, March 10 (10am-6pm) and Sunday, March 11 (10am-1pm): 1140 Plant Sciences Building, University of Maryland, College Park
This event was funded by a Smithsonian Institution-University of Maryland Seed Grant. It brings together diverse perspectives of the complex relationships between Africans and the land that frames their days. Scholars in art history, anthropology, American studies, ecology, geography, landscape architecture, and soil science have joined forces for this multidisciplinary event.
RSVP: Anthony Stellaccio stellaccioa@si.edu.
{Will appear in FYI on Mar 9, 2012
Start Time:
7:00 PM
End Time:
1:00 PM
Room:
1140
Common Location Name:
Plant Sciences
Web Address:
hirshhorn.si.edu/calendar/event.asp?key=4&subkey=1038
Other Contact Information:
D. Diana Cortez
PSLA
+1 301 405 4359
dcortez@umd.edu
www.psla.umd.edu
