IAS Collaborative

Big River Continuum: River Sense Conversations Open House + Panel

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Big River Continuum: Cohort Conversations

It is one thing to know about a river, and yet another altogether to consider the river itself as a way of knowing. The Big River Continuum is a Mississippi-long artist residency exchange that amplifies the interconnectedness of cultures, research, water and land through collaboration between the multimedia artist KAREN GOULET (WHITE EARTH OJIBWE) from the Mississippi headwaters

Maidens, Matriarchs and Moneymakers: The Women of North Korea

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The images we see from North Korea often feature men: soldiers, scientists, bureaucrats and of course, Kim Jong Un. Less clear is the role women play in North Korea — at home, in the workplace and on the battlefield. Join the IAS Collaborative, Gender and Violence: Korea and Beyond on Friday, March 25 for a talk with journalist Jean H. Lee on women in everyday life in North Korea, the fog of propaganda, and on the challenges of carrying out research and reporting on the world’s most isolated nation.

Indigenous Peoples, Environmental Justice, and Planetary Health: Restoring our Waters and Lands

Dr. Melissa Nelson
Professor of Indigenous Sustainability
School of Sustainability, College of Global Futures
Arizona State University
Proud member of Turtle Mountain Band Chippewa Indians

Hosted by Dr. Jennifer Liang
University of Minnesota Duluth

Stewarding the Story: Tapping into the Power of Narrative—Your Own and Others’—to Envision and Create a Healthier Future

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“These stories urge us to not just think, but to do. What can we do to make things better? How should we begin?” ~Pam Bellck, Pulitzer Prize-winning health reporter