Archive for the ‘Science’ Category
Wednesday, August 6th, 2008
If the world’s global public health threats are going to be addressed seriously, the United States will have to take the lead. But does that mean the government in DC or American citizens … or both? (more…)
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Wednesday, August 6th, 2008
Former U.S. Congressman, co-chair of the 9/11 Commission and Iraq Study Group, and member of the War Powers Commission…. Lee Hamilton = The Statesman’s Statesman (more…)
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Tuesday, August 5th, 2008
Four perspectives on American global power: (1) America is rapidly declining to irrelevancy (thank goodness); (2) America is facing the rise of new wannabe empires, so has to accommodate them in cooperative institutions; (3) reports of America’s decline have been rmapant since before the US rose, and are still premature (thank goodness); (4) like it or not, for good or for ill the US will be Top Dog for a long time, but that shouldn’t distract us from figuring out how we here can help solve global problems. Guess which is Provocate’s preferred position? (more…)
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Sunday, August 3rd, 2008
How can we learn from the best wisdom the world’s cultures have to offer? Three works of African art from the IMA collection will frame this conversation. For example, the Songye people in Congo bring out a statue in times of crisis to inspire the community’s collective imagination. What equivalent “community power figures” might spark imaginative discussions about local challenges? Begin with an optional tour that highlights these art works. (more…)
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Sunday, August 3rd, 2008
A three-day symposium organized around the premise that narratives about cancer have influenced the way in which cancer is experienced in America. Prose, poetry, performance, and the visual arts constitute the range of narratives the symposium will explore. (more…)
Posted in Uncategorized, Events, Journalism, Poets, Novelists & writers, Health & Medicine, Technology, Science, Music & Motion, HIV/AIDS, Kids, Inter-cultural communication, Theatre, Humor, photography | No Comments »
Sunday, August 3rd, 2008
Where does imagination reside? Who or what is cultivating the practice of imagination? When are social, religious, and cultural boundaries appropriate? What is needed to unleash public imagination in ways that benefit our communities’ economic, social, and cultural health? These are just a few of the thought-provoking questions that will be explored across the city through performances, dance, panel discussions, exhibits, workshops, and more during the 2008 Spirit & Place Festival. (more…)
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Friday, August 1st, 2008
Adrienne Mayor is an independent scholar who investigates scientific realities embedded in myth and classical antiquity. (more…)
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Friday, August 1st, 2008
A panel of experts from the Indiana University Center for Bioethics and the Indiana University School of Medicine will provide a status report on predictive genetic technology and discuss where ethics, medicine, and science intersect — and where the future is taking us. (more…)
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Wednesday, July 30th, 2008
Hear about the outlook for Eli Lilly, courtesy of the Economic Club. (more…)
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Wednesday, July 30th, 2008
Johann Galtung is coming to Indy. The most influential living social scientist, he is the founder of the academic study of peace and conflict studies, a discipline now offered as a major or a minor on virtually every college in America and Europe. He’s the author of more than a hundred books and more than a thousand articles. He is reported to have served as a mediator in more than 40 internaitonal conflicts. Think of one degree of seperation: if an academic uses the word “peace,” either she has read Galtung or she studied withsomeone who read Galtung. But is it all just a “peace racket”? (more…)
