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:78f3bbd8-3383-4070-abe6-992e8930ca3f.185443@calendar.missouristate.edu CREATED:20180205T174727Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180205T174727Z LOCATION:Plaster Student Union\, Robert W. Ballroom West SUMMARY:Public Affairs Conference - Sustaining cultural traditions: How th e past can illuminate the future DESCRIPTION:Panel Session\n\n\nHistory is littered with examples of coloni al appropriation of land and resources\, as well as the dominance and rep ression of local cultures. Cultural displacement can endanger important n ative intelligence as languages\, medicines and arts practices disappear through generations of disregard and disuse.To what extent have important cultural practices been lost that could enlighten and inform us about ho w to negotiate a future relationship with our planet? Traditions in Afric a\, South America and parts of Asia may contain important information tha t contributes to sustainability. Are there endangered local practices in our own back yard that might also provide important insights?\n\n\nPublic Affairs Conference held April 10-12\, 2018 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<html><head><title></title></head><body><p><s trong><a href="https://publicaffairs.missouristate.edu/conference/schedul e/539/sustaining-cultural-traditions-how-the-past-can-illuminate-the-futu re">Panel Session</a><br></strong></p>\n<p>History is littered with examp les of colonial appropriation of land and resources\, as well as the domi nance and repression of local cultures. Cultural displacement can endange r important native intelligence as languages\, medicines and arts practic es disappear through generations of disregard and disuse.<br><br>To what extent have important cultural practices been lost that could enlighten a nd inform us about how to negotiate a future relationship with our planet ? Traditions in Africa\, South America and parts of Asia may contain impo rtant information that contributes to sustainability. Are there endangere d local practices in our own back yard that might also provide important insights?</p>\n<p><a href="https://publicaffairs.missouristate.edu/confer ence/">Public Affairs Conference</a> held April 10-12\, 2018</p></body></ html> DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20180412T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20180412T161500 SEQUENCE:0 URL:https://publicaffairs.missouristate.edu/conference/schedule CATEGORIES:Public,Alumni,Current Students,Faculty,Future Students,Staff END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR