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School for Advanced Research • lectures.sarweb.org The following lectures take place at the New Mexico History Museum Auditorium, at 6:30 pm (use the Washington Avenue entrance, behind the Palace of the Governors): Davíd Carrasco, October 7, 2010 • Daniel Hoffman, November 4, 2010 • Kristin Dowell, March 10, 2011 • Doug Gann, April 14, 2011 • The following lecture takes place at The Lensic, Santa Fe’s Performing Arts Center, in downtown Santa Fe, at 6:30 pm: Doug Schwartz, May 19, 2011 • Lectures are free for SAR Members and $5 for non-members. The School for Advanced Research (SAR) is a nonprofit center that provides a dynamic environment for the advanced study and communication of knowledge about human culture, evolution, history, and creative expression. SAR draws upon its century-deep roots in the American Southwest, anthropology, and indigenous arts to present programs, publications, and initiatives that impart the learning of social scientists, humanists, and artists to inform the thoughts and actions of scholars, artists, educators, and the interested public. Membership in SAR is your entry into a world of ideas and insights into cutting-edge topics about the human experience. Basic benefits include: Free admission to Membership Lectures • Free admission to tours of the Indian Arts Research Center and • historic campus 20% discount on all SAR Press publications and SAR merchandise • Advance notice of lectures, monthly SPARKS talks, colloquia, and • special events Opportunities to participate in SAR field trips • Annual Review: Creativity and Research at SAR • , an annual publication on SAR’s activities Monthly email newsletter • Loan privileges at SAR’s Catherine McElvain Library • Higher membership levels receive additional benefits. The SAR field trip program offers members specially organized excursions to places off the beaten path and behind the scenes. Expert guides lead adventures ranging from half-day to several days. Good food, catered by SAR Guest Services or served at fabulous restaurants along the way, always adds to the fun and excitement. 2010–2011 Membership Lectures—The Visual & the Virtual: Rendering Humanity Visible To become a member, contact the SAR Membership Office at (505) 954-7230, by email at [email protected], or on the web at members.sarweb.org School for Advanced Research SAR 2010–2011 Membership Lectures The Visual & the Virtual: Rendering Humanity Visible School for Advanced Research Membership Division Post Office Box 2188 Santa Fe, New Mexico 87504-2188 Nonprofit Organization US Postage PAID Santa Fe, NM Permit #104 SAR 2010–2011 Membership Lectures—The Visual & the Virtual: Rendering Humanity Visible Interested in other SAR talks? Sparks—Off-Beat Topics on Southwest History, Anthropology, and Art Find out more at www.sparks.sarweb.org IARC Speaker Series—Getting Back to Basics: Practice and Process in Native Collections Care Find out more at www.speakerseries.sarweb.org WILLIAM H. DONNER FOUNDATION, INC. THE 2010-2011_Lecture_Calendar_11x17.indd 1 8/20/2010 3:50:55 PM
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The following lectures take place at the New Mexico History Museum Auditorium, at 6:30 pm (use the Washington Avenue entrance, behind the Palace of the Governors):
Davíd Carrasco, October 7, 2010 •Daniel Hoffman, November 4, 2010 •Kristin Dowell, March 10, 2011 •Doug Gann, April 14, 2011 •
The following lecture takes place at The Lensic, Santa Fe’s Performing Arts Center, in downtown Santa Fe, at 6:30 pm:
Doug Schwartz, May 19, 2011 •
Lectures are free for SAR Members and $5 for non-members.
The School for Advanced Research (SAR)isanonprofitcenter that provides a dynamic environment for the advanced study and communication of knowledge about human culture, evolution, history, and creative expression. SAR draws upon its century-deep roots in the American
Southwest, anthropology, and indigenous arts to present programs, publications, and initiatives that impart the learning of social scientists, humanists, and artists to inform the thoughts and actions of scholars, artists,
educators, and the interested public.
Membership in SAR is your entry into a world of ideas and insights into cutting-edgetopicsaboutthehumanexperience.Basicbenefitsinclude:
Free admission to Membership Lectures •Free admission to tours of the Indian Arts Research Center and •historic campus20% discount on all SAR Press publications and SAR merchandise •Advance notice of lectures, monthly SPARKS talks, colloquia, and •special eventsOpportunitiestoparticipateinSARfieldtrips •Annual Review: Creativity and Research at SAR •, an annual publication on SAR’s activitiesMonthly email newsletter •Loan privileges at SAR’s Catherine McElvain Library •
Highermembershiplevelsreceiveadditionalbenefits.
The SAR field trip program offers members specially organized excursions to places off the beaten path and behind the scenes. Expert guides lead adventures ranging from half-day to several days. Good food, catered by SAR Guest Services or served at fabulous restaurants along the way, always adds to the fun and excitement.
2010–2011 Membership Lectures—The Visual & the Virtual: Rendering Humanity Visible
To become a member, contact the SAR Membership Office at (505) 954-7230, by email at [email protected], or on the web at members.sarweb.org
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Interested in other SAR talks?
Sparks—Off-Beat Topics on Southwest History, Anthropology, and ArtFind out more at www.sparks.sarweb.org
IARC Speaker Series—Getting Back to Basics: Practice and Process in Native Collections CareFind out more at www.speakerseries.sarweb.org
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October 7, 6:30 pm, NMHM Auditorium—Davíd CarrascoCave, City, and Eagles Nest: Rediscovered Mexican Codex
Dr. David Carrasco, historian of religions, presents an illustrated lecture on a recently recovered early 16th century Mexican Codex. Painted by native Mexican artists, the codex narrates their sacred history and unique cosmology. Using a variety of interpretive methods, including infra-red and ultra-violet photography, Dr. Carrasco uncovers the many-layered, complex symbolic and visual work of indigenous artists struggling to depict their world in the early decades of Spanish colonialism.
Sponsored by Betty and Luke Vortman; Starline Printing; C.T. and Susie Herman
November 4, 6:30 pm, NMHM Auditorium—Daniel HoffmanAfrica’s Diamond Mines and the Contradictions of Visual Anthropology
For Dr. Daniel Hoffman, the anthropologist with a camera, the diamond minesofWestAfricapresentdefinitecontradictions.DeepintheWest African rainforest, mines on the Sierra Leone and Liberia border are politically volatile, dangerous landscapes. Yet the mines are also strangely beautiful, where the vibrant forest canopy, the hues of yellow mud, and the poetics of laboring bodies create striking visual portraits of postcolonial Africa. What does it mean to be a visual anthropologist today—simultaneously a witness, an archivist, and an artist, roles that are frequently contradictory and challenging to reconcile?
Sponsored by Verve Gallery of Photography
March 10, 6:30 pm, NMHM Auditorium—Kristin DowellBreaking New Cinematic Ground: Aboriginal Canadian Experimental Videos
Dr. Kristin Dowell presents a multimedia look at the rise of experimental video production among a younger generation of Aboriginal media artistswhoseunconventionalapproachisredefiningAboriginalmediapractice in Canada. Her talk explores the innovative ways in which these media artists address Native identity, relationships to land, and the importanceofNativelanguagesintheirfilmsandvideos.TheeveningincludesseveralshortfilmsbyfilmmakersKevinBurtonandHelenHaig-Brown, rising stars in Aboriginal media in Canada. Sponsored by Flora Crichton Lecture Fund; Santa Fe Audio Visual
April 14, 6:30 pm, NMHM Auditorium—Doug GannArchaeological Virtual Reality: Building the True Digital Museum
The past 20 years have provided a wealth of tools for visualizing and interacting with digital representations of the past, but with this windfall of creative tools comes an increased need to understand how virtual reality can shape, confuse, or misinform our understanding of the past. Doug Gann takes a critical look at the evolution of virtual archaeology, examining the techniques used to virtually share archaeological research with the public. These issues will be discussed in the context of the Center for Desert Archaeology’s effort to build a true virtual museum.
Sponsored by Walter Burke Catering
May 19, 6:30 pm, Lensic—Doug SchwartzThe Big Pueblo at Arroyo Hondo and the Intriguing Stories It Tells
Around A.D. 1300, a great new pueblo of 1,000 rooms emerged at Arroyo Hondo, just south of what is now Santa Fe. There were good timesatthepueblo,followedbydifficultperiodsofdrought,famine,andconflict.Inavisualextravaganza,Dr.DougSchwartzwilladdressthemystery of these times, the violent impact they had on its people, their lives, and eventually why the Big Pueblo came to an inglorious end. Yet, its legacy lived on through the many other great pueblos discovered by the Spanish when they explored this ancient land.
Sponsored by Karen Walker Real Estate; William H. Donner Foundation; Daniels Insurance, Inc.; Carole Ely and Robert Wickham, AV Systems; Garcia Street Books
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Image credits—This side, left to right: Detail of The Mapa de Cuahtinchan No. 2, photograph by Castro Mainou; Sierra Leone, photograph by Daniel Hoffman; Tsilhqot’in Cowboy on Horseback,filmstillfromThe Cave (2009), courtesy Rugged Media; Site tour of Homolovi IV – Virtual Reality Cave Environment, courtesy of Douglas Gann; Arroyo Hondo, photograph by Doug Schwartz. Front: Woman of the Spirit World,filmstillfromThe Cave (2009), courtesy Rugged Media. Inside: Summer Sunset Over The SAR Boardroom, 2010, photograph by Jason S. Ordaz.
Includes pre-lecture viewing of 3-D photographs prepared by SAR photographer Jason S. Ordaz
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