2019-2020 Lecture Series The Future of Work
Now in its third season, the 2019-2020 Creative Thought Forum invites SAR members and the public to explore our understanding of where humanity is going in a new age of technological and cultural shifts under the thematic umbrella of “The Future of Work.”
In a world increasingly dominated by automation and artificial intelligence, what kinds of jobs will be left for humans? If, as some experts are predicting, nearly half of the positions currently held by American workers are at risk of being made obsolete in the next few decades, how will our institutions and communities adapt, and what role does cultural heritage play in the ongoing conversations about our shared future?
As a member of our Founders’ Society, you are invited to attend one of our lecture dinners of your choice. Space is limited and will be considered on a first come, first served basis. Please only register your interest for one of the next three lectures. There will be a special invitation for the President’s Lecture dinner.
Chaco Landscapes: Sensory and Political Engagements with Place
Linda S. Cordell Lecture
Speaker: Ruth Van Dyke
Dinner date: Thursday February 13, 2020 // 8:00 p.m.
Dinner location: Rio Chama Steakhouse
414 Old Santa Fe Trail, Santa Fe
Click here to register your interest for this dinner.
Archaeologist Ruth Van Dyke shares insights into social, political, and sensorial relationships across the greater Chaco landscape, past and present. She explores how archaeologists can work together with Native peoples to influence the public understanding of contemporary economic/extractive projects, including those in northwest New Mexico. Read more about the lecture here.
This lecture is sponsored by New Mexico Bank and Trust, Daniels Insurance, Santa Fe Dining, Dan Merians UBS Financial Services, First National 1870, KSFR 101.1 FM and Shiprock Santa Fe.
Turning the Lens: Brazil’s Kayapo Communities’ Use of the Warrior Image
Speaker: Glenn Shepard
Dinner date: Thursday, March 26, 2020 // 8:00 p.m.
Dinner location: Rio Chama Steakhouse
414 Old Santa Fe Trail, Santa Fe
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Glenn Shepard is the ethnology curator at the Goeldi Museum in Belém do Pará, Brazil. Shepard, an ethnobotanist and anthropologist, presents on work by Kayapo communities who use their warrior image and outside power symbols to combat—via film and new media approaches—the rise of mining and logging projects on Indigenous lands. Read more about the lecture here.
This lecture is sponsored by: Shiprock Santa Fe, Santa Fe Dining, First National 1870, and Walter Burke Catering.
What It Takes to Solve America’s IT Skills Gap
Speaker: Ankur Gopal
Dinner date: Thursday April 9, 2020 // 8:00 p.m.
Dinner location: Rio Chama Steakhouse
414 Old Santa Fe Trail, Santa Fe
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Ankur Gopal is the founder of Interapt, an award-winning IT services firm that implements innovative technologies and develops IT workforce training. Interapt’s IT apprenticeship models are being implemented across the nation. Their team is now leading a ten-year plan to help Kentuckians build a sustainable technology ecosystem. His talk explores how families traditionally linked to coal-mining culture are grappling with the need for changing skills in the twenty-first century and the impact of economic inequality on access to training and education. Read more about the lecture here.
This lecture is sponsored by: Descartes Labs, Shiprock Santa Fe, and Dan Merians UBS Financial Services.
ANNUAL PRESIDENT’S LECTURE
Why Things Are the Way They Are
Speaker: Robert Krulwich
Date: Thursday May 28, 2020 // 8:00 p.m.
Dinner location: at home of Kimberley and Scott Sheffield
Special invitations will be sent to attend this dinner.
Co-host of NPR’s Radiolab, Robert Krulwich is one of the most original and widely listened to broadcasters in the world. His series, Radiolab, explores “big ideas” and the mysteries of science and life through visceral storytelling. In his talk, Krulwich draws from decades of experience as a special correspondent for ABC News; his regular contributions to Nightline, ABC News Tonight, and Good Morning America; and his role as host and executive editor of PBS’s documentary series NOVA scienceNOW to share insights on where technology can take us and why communities trust the sources they do when it comes to information about potential futures. Read more about the lecture here.
This lecture is sponsored by: Michele Cook and John Camp, Kimberley and Scott Sheffield, and Descartes Labs.
Presented in partnership with Creative Santa Fe.