Maggie Lorenz: Executive Director, Wakaŋ Tipi Awaŋyankapi
Waziyatawin: Executive Director, Makoce Ikikcupi
Dr. Roxanne Biidabinokwe Gould: Associate Professor, Department of Education and Ruth A. Meyers Center for Indigenous Education, University of Minnesota Duluth

Welcome by Bianet Castellanos: Director, Institute for Advanced Study
Opening Ceremony by Sharon Day
PLEASE NOTE: Opening Ceremony will NOT be livestreamed.

Please join us for a symposium with the most recent cohort of Human in the Data MnDRIVE fellows.

Interested in becoming an IAS Faculty Fellow? Join us for an information session, where you’ll get in-depth information about the fellowships, tips on what makes a good application, and more.

FEATURING

Jennifer Gunn, Director, IAS
Susannah Smith, Managing Director, IAS

Join us at the 3rd annual Thinking Spatially symposium as we explore the topics of Politics and Polarization, a defining characteristic of today’s political climate. Geographic relationships may help to provide clarity in the factors related to political discourse. What are the drivers of polarization and how do they affect political perspectives? Can maps help us to interpret the divisiveness more efficiently?