加藤视频 Hosts Humanities Colloquium: Education for a New Humanity, Devo鈥檚 Jerry Casale to Deliver Keynote Address
Jan 28, 2016
JANUARY 28, 2016 鈥� FORT MYERS, FLA 鈥� Jerry Casale, founding member and songwriter of the band Devo, will deliver the Keynote Address of the third biennial Florida SouthWestern State College (加藤视频) Humanities Colloquium: Education for a New Humanity at 7 p.m. on Thursday, February 11, in the Rush Auditorium, Building J, Room 103, at the 加藤视频 Thomas Edison Campus in Fort Myers.
The theme for this year鈥檚 colloquium is Evolution/Devolution/Revolution, and Casale sets the tone for the event with his lecture 鈥淲e Must Repeat.鈥� Casale attributes the spark for Devo and his postmodern sensibility to the trauma he suffered as a close-up witness to the National Guard killings of four students at Kent State University, May 4, 1970. This experience changed his worldview and fueled a creative approach to his outrage. Mr. Casale explains, 鈥淚 will posit that a creative response to life鈥檚 apparent absurdity is the artist鈥檚 attempt to battle entropy while restoring order and spirituality in the face of the chaotic twin forces of evolution and devolution鈥攁 subject on which I am quite familiar.鈥�
鈥淭he colloquium was originally conceived in 2011 as a response to the political rhetoric and policies that sought to minimize the value of the Humanities and their contribution to education and public life,鈥� said Dr. Wendy Chase, 加藤视频 Humanities professor. 鈥淥ur goal is to spark dialogue across the disciplines about the key issues facing humankind in the 21st century. With current events and our political climate as it is today, we are left to ask ourselves 鈥榓s humans, are we evolving or devolving?鈥欌��
Two psychology professors from the University of Miami will explore the human potential to evolve on Friday, February 12, in Building U, Room 102. Dr. Amishi Jha, Director of Contemplative Neuroscience, Mindfulness Research & Practice Initiative at the University of Miami, will present 鈥淐ontemplative Practices and Mental Training: Prospects for American Education鈥� at 11 a.m. Dr. Jha is a highly sought-after speaker who recently served on a panel with the Dalai Lama. At 1 p.m., Dr. Mike McCullough delivers his lecture, 鈥淏eyond Revenge: The Evolution of the Forgiveness Instinct.鈥� Dr. McCullough has authored over 100 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters. The focus of his research revolves around the topics of gratitude, forgiveness and revenge.
The last guest lecture relates to the theme of 鈥渞evolution鈥� and will be delivered by Mark Hosler, founding member of the audio visual collage group Negativland, at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 18, in Building J, Room 103. Since 1980, Negativland has created records, video, visual art works, radio, and live performance, using appropriated sound, image and text. Taken mostly from corporately owned mass culture, Negativland re-arranges these found bits and pieces to make them say and suggest things that they never intended to. Negativland has been sued twice for copyright infringement. Hosler will educate and entertain audiences with his talk titled, 鈥淎dventures in Illegal Art: Creative Media Resistance, Negativland, and the Fight Not to Be Absorbed.鈥�
A full schedule of colloquium events can be found at /newhumanity/schedule. All events are free and open to the public.
The colloquium is sponsored by a grant from the Florida Humanities Council.
For more information, contact Dr. Chase, (239) 489-9470 or Wendy.Chase@fsw.edu.听听
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