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NATIVE CULTURE AND WESTERN SCIENCE FOCUS OF LECTURES

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

February 1, 1996

Fairbanks, Alaska ó Keepers of the Treasures Alaska Executive Director Ellen Bielawski is the spotlight lecturer in a series of presentations this spring sponsored by UAFís Department of Philosophy and Humanities. The lectures are free and open to the public.

Bielawski, a research associate at Canadaís Arctic Institute of North America, is project director at Keepers of the Treasures overseeing implementation of the Native American Graves Repatriation Act. The law passed by Congress in 1990 requires federally funded museums to return Native artifacts to Native groups which request them.

Bielawskiís research interests include the philosophy of science, including perception, cognition and artificial intelligence. Her lecture in March is titled, ìHow We Know What We Know ó Knowledge and Reality in Native Cultures and Western Scientific Culture, î and is funded in part through the Alaska Humanities Forum and the National Endowment for the Humanities.

According to UAF Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Humanities Norman Swazo, the spring lectures will provide opportunities to learn about the humanities from a variety of perspectives. All lectures begin at 7 p.m.

Schedule

Feb. 5, 303 Gruening Catherine Zuelsdorf ìIntroduction to Expressive Therapiesî

Feb. 26, 303 Gruening Walter Benesch ìBuddhism and Skepticismî

March 4, 303 Gruening Angayuqaq Oscar Kawagley ìYupiaq Worldviews: A Pathway to Ecology and Spiritî

March 25, 303 Gruening Ellen Bielawski ìHow We know What We Knowî

April 8, 303 Gruening Judith Kleinfeld ìPeople Going North: Ethical Choicesî

April 29, 303 Gruening Michael Krause, Larry ìImpending Catastrophe in the Kaplan, Patrica Kwachka the Linguistic World- Panel Lorena Williams Discussionî

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CONTACT: Dr. Norman Swazo, Department of Philosophy and Humanities, 474-7398. DPD/1-31-96/96-48