Oregon Humanities

Free Statewide Community Discussions This Winter

Conversation Project programs cover topics such as racial diversity in Oregon, land use, and decision making in a democracy.

14 November 2011 | Permalink

Communities around the state have year-round access to free discussions through the Conversation Project, a program of Oregon Humanities that connects Oregonians with public scholars and provocative ideas.

The 2011–12 Conversation Project lineup features 26 programs that span diverse topics, including the use of natural resources, the history of Black people in Oregon, gender in pop music, censorship, the Civil War, decision making in a democracy, and volunteerism in America. Programs scheduled from October 31, 2011, to February 27, 2012, are listed below by county. For more information about each program and to view the full events calendar, please visit oregonhumanities.org.

Clatsop
• White Out?: The Future of Racial Diversity in Oregon, by Emily Drew (1/19/12 at 7 p.m. at the Judge Guy Boyington Building, 857 Commercial St., Astoria)
• From Print to Pixels: The Act of Reading in the Digital Age, by Mark Allen Cunningham (1/21/12 at 2 p.m. at the Astoria Public Library, 450 10th St., Astoria)

Columbia
• From Print to Pixels: The Act of Reading in the Digital Age, by Mark Allen Cunningham (2/11/12 at 1 p.m. at the Scappoose Public Library, 52469 SE 2nd St., Scappoose)

Curry
• American Character: The Power of Individualism and Volunteerism, by Prakash Chenjeri and Daniel Morris (12/17/11 at 11 a.m. at the Curry Public Library, 94341 3rd St., Gold Beach)

Deschutes
• Science Friction: Controversies and Decision Making in a Democracy, by Prakash Chenjeri and Charles Welden (12/10/11 at 2 p.m. at Deschutes Public Library, 507 NW Wall St, Bend)
• Your Land, My Land: Using and Preserving Oregon’s Natural Resources, by Veronica Dujon (1/19/12 at 6:30 p.m. at the Tower Theatre, 835 NW Wall St, Bend)
• White Out?: The Future of Racial Diversity in Oregon, by Emily Drew (2/9/12 at 6:30 p.m. at Central Oregon Community College, Wille Hall, Campus Center, 2600 NW College Way, Bend)
• Brother Against Brother: Pragmatism, Civility and the Civil War, by David Sumner (2/15/12 at 6 p.m. at Bend Public Library, 601 NW Wall St., Bend)
• Why Aren’t There More Black People in Oregon?: A Hidden History, by Walidah Imarisha (2/27/12 at 6:30 p.m. at Central Oregon Community College, Wille Hall, Campus Center, 2600 NW College Way, Bend)

Douglas
• Debating Fairly: Civility, Disagreement, and Democracy, by Prakash Chenjeri and Daniel Morris (11/18/11 at 7 p.m. at Douglas County Central Library, 1409 NE Diamond Lake Blvd, Roseburg)
• Science Friction: Controversies and Decision Making in a Democracy, by Prakash Chenjeri and Charles Welden (2/10/12 at 7 p.m. at Douglas County Central Library, 1409 NE Diamond Lake Blvd, Roseburg)

Josephine
• A City’s Center: Rethinking Downtown, by Nan Laurence (1/20/12 at 5:30 p.m. at Grants Pass Museum of Art, 229 SW G St., Grants Pass)

Lake
• A City’s Center: Rethinking Downtown, by Nan Laurence (2/22/12 at 6 p.m. at Hunters Hot Springs – Community Room, 18088 Highway 395, Lakeview)

Multnomah
• Life after War: Photography and Oral Histories of Coming Home, by James Lommasson, (1/12/12 at 7 p.m. at Newspace Center for Photography, 1632 SE 10th Ave., Portland)
• S/he-bop: Making Sense of Gender in American Pop Music, by Sarah E. Dougher (11/14/11 at 7 p.m. at Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center, 5340 N Interstate, Portland)
• Your Land, My Land: Using and Preserving Oregon’s Natural Resources, by Veronica Dujon (11/20/11 at 2 p.m. at Multnomah County Central Library, 801 SW 10th Ave., Portland)
• White Out?: The Future of Racial Diversity in Oregon, by Emily Drew (1/18/12 at 6:30 p.m at Belmont Branch Library, 1038 SE Cesar E Chavez Blvd., Portland)
• Why Aren’t There More Black People in Oregon?: A Hidden History, by Walidah Imarisha (1/22/12 at 2 p.m. at Hollywood Branch Library, 4040 NE Tillamook St., Portland)
• Yesterday’s News: The New Economics of Local Information, by Michael Andersen (2/11/12 at 10:30 a.m. at OASIS Education Center, 621 SW 5th Ave., Macy’s, 4th Floor, Portland)

Tillamook
• S/he-bop: Making Sense of Gender in American Pop Music, by Sarah E. Dougher (1/14/12 at 1 p.m. at Tillamook County Pioneer Museum, 2106 2nd St., Tillamook)

Washington
• The Ties that Bind: Interweaving Domestic and Civic Life, by Wendy Willis (1/12/12 at 6:30 p.m. at Sherwood Public Library, 22560 SW Pine St., Sherwood)
• To Cut or Not to Cut: Censorship in Literature, by Pancho Savery (1/18/12 at 7 p.m. at Tigard Public Library, 13500 SW Hall Blvd., Tigard)
• From Print to Pixels: The Act of Reading in the Digital Age, by Mark Allen Cunningham (1/28/12 at 2 p.m. at Tigard Public Library, 13500 SW Hall Blvd., Tigard)
• Yesterday’s News: The New Economics of Local Information, by Michael Andersen (2/6/12 at 7 p.m. at Tigard Public Library, 13500 SW Hall Blvd., Tigard)

For more information, contact Annie Kaffen, Program Coordinator at (503) 241-0543/(800) 735-0543 ext. 116, or by e-mail.