Monday, 04 Nov 2024
Climate, Communities, & Collaborative Action: Taking a Page from Shakespeare's Playbook
LAS Dean's Lecture The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Dean’s Lecture Series highlights faculty excellence in learning, discovery, and engagement in Iowa State’s most academically diverse college. Each semester, the dean invites LAS faculty of distinction to present lectures from their areas of expertise on topics of interest to the general public, designed to stimulate high-quality, intellectual discussion among faculty,...
Extractive Industry, Historic Disinvestment, and the Future of Rural Communities
Presenting her book, Pushed Out, this presentation focuses on what happens to rural communities when their traditional economic base collapses and new money comes in. This presentation offers Dover, Idaho, as a case study of transformation from a “thriving timber mill town†to an “economically depressed small town†to a “trendy second-home location†and discusses how Dover embodies the story and challenges of many other rural...