The School for Advanced Research (SAR) is pleased to announce the next event in our third annual Creative Thought Forum Series. Archaeologist Ruth Van Dyke presents Chaco Landscapes: Sensory and Political Engagements with Place. In her talk she shares insights into past and present social, political, and sensorial relationships across the greater Chaco landscape. 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.
“Aging in place” is a common phrase meaning that older people prefer to age (most frequently through the end of their lives) in their homes, in spaces that represent their lives, and ideally close to family and friends. This white paper is the result of a salon held at the School for Advanced Research (SAR) that took place on June 6, 2019, in Santa Fe, New Mexico, which was generously sponsored by the Ethel-Jane Westfeldt Bunting Foundation.
The School for Advanced Research is pleased to announce the third annual Creative Thought Forum series. Across lectures and conversation-style salons, SAR and community partners invite our 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.”
New York Times best-selling author Nicholas Carr presents “Minds in the Net: The Journey from Page to Screen” as this year’s Creative Thought Forum annual president’s lecture. Carr addresses how digital media shapes our thoughts and perceptions, as well as the ways we communicate. To put this into context, he draws a contrast with the media technology that the computer screen has supplanted: the printed page.
Committed to preserving heirloom seeds and traditional forms of Indigenous food preparation, Anthropologist Elizabeth Hoover (Mohawk/Mi’kmaq) has dedicated the last decade to exploring Native American food practices and environmental justice. In a recent interview in...
The School for Advanced Research (SAR) is pleased to host anthropologist Elizabeth Hoover for an exploration of seed sovereignty and how issues like global climate change are influencing farming and food practices in Native American communities. Drawing on extensive visits to thirty-nine Native American food and farming heritage projects—including several in New Mexico—and formal and informal interviews with chefs, farm owners, growers, and community members, Hoover’s current work will serve as one of the first comprehensive multi-site ethnographies of the Native American food sovereignty movement.
Creative Thought Forum speakers preview their upcoming lecture in an interview with Mary Charlotte Domandi. Anna Sofaer and colleagues share stories about how the use of LiDAR technology and 3D modeling are revealing evidence of roads and structures throughout the Four-Corners area.
On a recent Saturday afternoon, Coffee and Culture radio host, Richard Eeds,highlighted SAR’s history, programs, and upcoming events including the sold-out lecture with archaeoastronomer Anna Sofaer scheduled for January 24, 2019.
The School for Advanced Research (SAR) is pleased to share exciting new developments on one of North America’s most influential archeological sites in the next Creative Thought Forum lecture. Anna Sofaer and her collaborators at the Solstice Project, Richard Friedman and Robert Weiner, present Chacoan Astronomy, Cosmography, Roads, and Ritual Power: Insights into the Chaco World Using New Technologies, Thursday, January 24, 2018, from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the James A. Little Theater, Santa Fe.
How do traditional practices interact with innovative thinking? This question will be the focus of the School for Advanced Research’s upcoming Creative Thought Forum lecture series. Starting this September, SAR hosts five significant scholars whose projects,...
Jason Garcia. Photo by Dakota Mase, courtesy Jason Garcia SAR Artists Live with clay artist and printmaker Jason Garcia (Santa Clara Pueblo) will take place Monday, September 28 at 6:00 p.m. MDT. Jump behind-the-scenes and[...]
REGISTER FOR THIS COURSE HERE The fall 2020 SAR In-Depth courses are all taught online so participants can join from anywhere. These courses offer one of the most unique ways to engage with leading scholars[...]
REGISTER HERE Alina R. Méndez is Assistant Professor, American Ethnic Studies, University of Washington, and SAR’s 2020 Mellon fellow. The Bracero Program, a binational labor agreement between Mexico and the United States, placed approximately two million[...]
REGISTER FOR THIS COURSE HERE The fall 2020 SAR In-Depth courses are all taught online so participants can join from anywhere. These courses offer one of the most unique ways to engage with leading scholars[...]
President’s Circle Virtual Happy Hour “Why has COVID-19 disproportionately affected Latino communities?” with Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo As members of the President’s Circle, Founders’ Society, and Legacy Circle, you are cordially invited to attend a Virtual Happy[...]
REGISTER FOR THIS COURSE HERE The fall 2020 SAR In-Depth courses are all taught online so participants can join from anywhere. These courses offer one of the most unique ways to engage with leading scholars[...]
Join us online for a presentation with Leah Salgado, deputy director of IllumiNative. Stay for the live Q&A with Salgado and SAR president, Michael F. Brown as well as associate professor of history and Latino[...]
REGISTER HERE Robert Caldwell is Assistant Professor, School of Arts and Sciences, SOWELA Technical Community College, and SAR’s 2020 Katrin H. Lamon fellow. Maps of American Indian homelands, languages, and culture elements have profoundly shaped[...]
