SAMEE/SUSTAINABLE ACTS: MOTHER EARTH’S EMBRACE
PRESENTS A ROUNDTABLE CONVERSATION
LIQUID NETWORKS…YET ANOTHER INTERSECTION FOR THE ARTS AND SCIENCES
SEPTEMBER 17, THURSDAY, NOON – 1:30 PM
UMN Environmental Studies Building
INSTITUTE ON THE ENVIRONMENT, ROOM #380
1954 Buford Avenue, St Paul Campus
According to Steven Johnson, author of Where Good Ideas Come From, liquid networks connects people and ideas. Based on Johnson’s study as an idea evolves and expands it enters into chance encounters with initially unrelated bits and pieces which collide to produce amazing new perceptions—likened to neural networks. Great ideas, he contends, do not happen in isolation. He found that most breakthroughs, be it scientific or artistic, are not in isolation but at a café, coffee house or weekly meeting where many participate and exchange, re-contextualize ideas while interacting with one another. Together we converse to refine and combine our thoughts and experiments which stimulate ways toward a breakthrough.
SAMEE is the conduit for this exciting program. SAMEE is an inspirational example of a Liquid Network where the arts and sciences intersect to discover ways to understand and further the sustainability of Mother Earth. In this roundtable conversation, we will attempt a definition of the term Liquid Networks, offer examples, and discuss how Liquid Networks can create community in service for sustainable living and learning.
Faculty:
Roslye Ultan, UMN/MLS Faculty; SAMEE, Curator: Moderator
Susan Ziel, JD, MPH, BSN, Health Care Consultant/Integrity Health Strategies
Joel Carter, MD, Pain & Palliative Medicine/Park Nicollet Health Services
Teddie Potter, PhD, MS, RN, Clinical Associate Professor UMN School of Nursing
