November 30, 2020 Join us for two presentations that examine Beringia and Alaska as a contextual framework to explore the dynamic relationships between humans, cetaceans, oceans, and landscapes within the slippery milieu of icy geographies. View the Video Presenters
October 7, 2020 Join us for two presentations that examine how museums and cultural institutions in Greenland and Maine are revisiting their permanent collections to begin new dialogues and experiences that address processes of decolonization, representation and ethics. Dr. Darren Ranco, Professor of Anthropology and Chair of Native American Programs at the University of Maine, …
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July 28, 2020 Join us for two presentations that examine how the North—variously conceived as the Arctic, Canada, and even upstate New York and northern New England—was a “topography of the imagination”: visually stunning and emotionally powerful but also marked with personal and cultural values. Dr. Donna Cassidy presents a talk that suggests the dual, …
April 29, 2020 In response to uncertain times during the beginning of the pandemic, we changed this already scheduled in-person event to a virtual environment. This became our new ‘normal’ way of presenting the series of events we titled, MNAI Convenes. Join us to learn more about how artists and scientists shape public perception of …
