Heritage Symposium ~ Oct 5-6

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DAY 1

THU, OCT 5 

1:30 PM: Registration and exhibition viewing

2:30 PM: Introduction and overview

2:45 PM: Myth and Rediscovery

• Kathleen Lynch (University of Cincinnati, Department of Classics) ~ The Heritage of Storytelling and Mythmaking: Connecting Past to Present
• Jeb Card (Miami University, Department of Anthropology) ~ Myth, Disruption and Heritage in Mesoamerica 
• Andrew Casper (Miami University, Department of Art) ~ Ancient Heritage Remembered: Representations of the Ruins of Rome 

4:30 PM: Keynote - Monumental Change: Recent Responses to Controversial Sculptures in America

• Erin L. Thompson (John Jay College, City University of New York) in discussion with Mary Rogero (Miami University Department of Architecture and Interior Design)

Followed by reception

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DAY 2

FRI, OCT  6

8:30 AM: Registration and exhibition viewing

9:30 AM: Welcoming remarks

9:40 AM: Miami University & Western College Heritage ~

• Jacqueline Johnson (Miami University, University Archivist and Principal Librarian) and
• Robert Keller (Retired, former Miami University Architect); History of the Freedom Summer Memorial on Western Campus; Charles Cellarius – Miami’s Architect

10:30 AM:  Revitalizing Heritage

• Jordan Fenton (Miami University, Department of Art)
• Performing Heritage in Nigeria: The Artistic Philosophy of the Ekpe Nkanda Masquerade 
• Jared Nally (Miami Tribe of Oklahoma and Myaamia Center at Miami University) ~ Culture as Living Memory: Picking up the Threads of Myaamia Weaving

11:30 AM: Future Pasts

Daniel R. Small (Artist / Filmmaker, Los Angeles) 

Future Pasts - The Radical Openness of AI in an Expanded Field

12:15 PM: Closing Remarks

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