Free Lecture at the Library of Congress

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An historic electronic online archive of children's folk songs.
A public folklore project built by the children of the United States
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Folklore and Traditional Culture Instruction Into K-12 Education
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Folk music - sung during the days before there was a music
industry when the role of music was about your life -
about the life and times that most of us don't experience
anymore and when the music was sung because it helped
people through it and sustained them.

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The lecture is
Benjamin Botkin Folklife Lecture Series
Presented by the American Folklife Center
Library of Congress
Wednesday, April 5
6:30pm in Room 119
Thomas Jefferson Building

"The Folklore Behind Ecology, or
Why Scientists in Ecology Need Help from
Folklorists" Presented by Dr. Daniel B. Botkin
http://www.danielbbotkin.com

Dr. Botkin writes:

Our laws, policies, and the fundamental scientific ideas about nature derive
from ancient myths and modern folklore. We "save" endangered species and manage
our natural resources based on beliefs about a balance of nature that never
existed and is continually disproved by scientific observations, but strangely
still forms much of the basis of the science of ecology. This lecture will
address the speaker's view on how this came about, and why folklorists need to
open a dialogue with environmental scientists.

Daniel Botkin is a scientist who studies life from a planetary perspective, a
biologist who has helped solve major environmental issues, and a writer about
nature. A frequent public speaker, Botkin brings an unusual perspective to his
subject. His books and lectures show how our cultural legacy often dominates
our perceptions and beliefs about scientific solutions to environmental
problems. Botkin has been a professor at the University of California, Santa
Barbara, since 1979, and serves on the Board of Trustees of the American
Folklife Center. Daniel Botkin is the son of Benjamin A. Botkin.


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