BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Missouri State University/Calendar of Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Chicago BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:20070311T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU TZNAME:CDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 DTSTART:20071104T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU TZNAME:CST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:b5a86249-cb11-42db-94bd-9f1f5b9fa8d4.208108@calendar.missouristate.edu CREATED:20200811T145901Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200811T145901Z LOCATION: SUMMARY:Hearing the Past – Preserving the Future DESCRIPTION:Missouri State University invites you to attend the 17th annua l Public Affairs Conference as a live virtual event Sept. 29-Oct. 1\, 202 0! This year's public affairs theme is The Power of Voice. \n\n\nLinks to all live webinar events will be listed on the Public Affairs Conference schedule website.\n\n\nCultural heritage is seen in a variety of ways\, t hrough the arts\, archaeology\, folklore\, agriculture\, religion and oth er traditions. It is the food we eat\, the clothes we wear\, the religion we practice and the skills we learn. When a society’s heritage and narra tives are ignored\, the wisdom of ancestors is lost\, and future innovati ons may be compromised. In the field of science\, there is increasing wor k to preserve native practices\, such as growing heritage crops and using traditional farming methods to counter the effects of extinction and los s of biodiversity. In what ways can other disciplines collaborate to pres erve cultures? How may citizens use their voices to represent and safegua rd their own history and that of their community? To what extent might ou r shared cultural heritage promote the sense of unity we long for? X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<html><head><title></title></head><body><p>Mi ssouri State University invites you to attend the 17th annual Public Affa irs Conference as a live virtual event Sept. 29-Oct. 1\, 2020! This year' s public affairs theme is&nbsp\;<a href="https://publicaffairs.missourist ate.edu/the-power-of-voice.htm">The Power of Voice</a>.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>Li nks to all live webinar events will be listed on the&nbsp\;<a href="https ://publicaffairs.missouristate.edu/schedule">Public Affairs Conference sc hedule website</a>.</p>\n<p>Cultural heritage is seen in a variety of way s\, through the arts\, archaeology\, folklore\, agriculture\, religion an d other traditions. It is the food we eat\, the clothes we wear\, the rel igion we practice and the skills we learn. When a society’s heritage and narratives are ignored\, the wisdom of ancestors is lost\, and future inn ovations may be compromised. In the field of science\, there is increasin g work to preserve native practices\, such as growing heritage crops and using traditional farming methods to counter the effects of extinction an d loss of biodiversity. In what ways can other disciplines collaborate to preserve cultures? How may citizens use their voices to represent and sa feguard their own history and that of their community? To what extent mig ht our shared cultural heritage promote the sense of unity we long for?</ p></body></html> DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20201001T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20201001T115000 SEQUENCE:0 URL:https://publicaffairs.missouristate.edu/conference/ CATEGORIES:Public,Alumni,Current Students,Faculty,Future Students,Staff END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR