The Red Desert: Among Dead Volcanoes and Living Dunes Video Presentations

friday, september 28, 2007

  • Introduction and acknowledgement of contributors and donors by Susan Moldenhauer, UW Art Museum Director
  • Art Talk by photographer Martin Stupich
  • Panel Discussion with Martin Stupich, Annie Proulx, Dudley Gardner, and Charles Ferguson
  • Wendy Bredehoft, moderator
  • Afternoon Session Introduction, Susan Moldenhauer, UW Art Museum Director
  • Dr. Ken Driese, Remote Sensing Scientist, Wyoming Geographic Information Science Center, University of Wyoming
    • Through the Eyes of Map Makers: A Cartographic Perspective
  • Rod Garnett, Professor of Music, University of Wyoming
    • Place and Sound
  • Dr. Robert R. Kelly, Professor and Head of Anthropology, University of Wyoming
    • Who First Saw the Red Desert?
  • Joy Owen, Field Director, Wyoming Wildlife Federation
  • Session Introduction, Wendy Bredehoft, UW Art Museum Education Curator
  • Panel Discussion
    • Uniqueness within a varied, high desert landscape
  • Melinda Harm Benson, lecturer and research scientist for the Haub School and Ruckelshaus Institute of Environment and Natural Resources
    • Law on the Landscape: how policy choices and legal designations shape the meaning of place
  • Dr. Jeffery A. Lockwood, Professor of Natural Sciencies & Humanities, University of Wyoming
    • Islands of Life: The Wonders of Insect Diversity in the Red Desert
  • Frieda Knobloch, Associate Professor, American Studies, University of Wyoming
    • Stoming Grounds
  • B. Ronald Frost, Professor of Geology, University of Wyoming
    • The Geologic History Recorded in the Red Desert Landscape
  • Karen King, Independent Consultant
  • Q&A with Speakers
    • Contemporary American Indian Thoughts on the Red Desert
  • Q&A with Speakers

Saturday, September 29, 2007

  • Session Introduction by Susan Moldenhauer, UW Art Museum Director
  • Marc A. Moffett, Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Wyoming
    • Valuing the Wasteland
  • Gary Beauvais, Director, Wyoming Natural Diversity Database, University of Wyoming
    • Terrible vigilance - Red Desert wildlife and the imperative of space
  • H.L. Hix, Director of Creative Writing MFA Program, University of Wyoming
    • An Open Letter
  • Carol Long, Volunteer, Wyoming Outdoor Council
    • The Red Desert in 1974, and now in 2007. Experience of a family in the Desert.
  • Bryce R. Reece, Executive Vice President, Wyoming Wool Growers Association
    • Thriving Where Others Fail and Fall - The Long-Standing Importance of the Red Desert to Wyoming's Sheep Industry
  • Q&A with Speakers
  • Linda Lillegraven, Artist
    • Red Desert Glimpses
  • Russel Tanner, Kyak Marook Heritage Research, LLC
    • Stories from the Old People: Anthropological Perspectives on Rock Art in the Red Desert.
  • William A. Reiners, Professor, Department of Botany, University of Wyoming
    • Boar's Tusk: A Locus of Flux
  • Erik Molvar, Executive Director, Biodiversity Conservation Alliance
    • Special Values of the northwestern Red Desert: From Wildlife to Wilderness
  • Q&A with Speakers
  • Session Introduction by Susan Moldenhauer, UW Art Museum Director
  • Margaret Wilson, Assistant Professor, Theatre & Dance, University of Wyoming
    • In and out of balance - a matter of scale
  • Charles Ferguson, Geologist
    • Grand Teton to Grand Canyon, Latest Miocene through Pilocene course of the Green River in the central Rocky Mountain, USA
  • Sharon A. Long, Forensic Anthropologist
    • Red Desert: Archaic Period Death
  • John Mionczynski, Wildlife Biology/Natural Historian/Scientist/Musician
    • Wanderings in the Desert
  • Q&A and Closing Remarks
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