BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7a0574a6af16b2a5f8dd443bc8dd80af87 CATEGORIES:US SUMMARY:Smithsonian: Stemming the Tide: Global Strategies for Sustaining Cultural Heritage through Climate Change DESCRIPTION:
Stemming the Tide Symposium
Global Strategies for Sustaining Cultural Heritage Through Climate Change
Thursday, March 5—Friday, March 6, 2020
Climate change has become one of the most sig nificant and fastest growing threats to people and their cultural heritage around the globe. Yet cultural heritage sites and collections can also serv e as an invaluable source of resilience for communities to address climate change.
Join the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Smithsonian’ s National Collections Program for a series of presentations and discussion s that explore the intersection of cultural heritage and climate change. Th is two-day conversation will examine the impact of climate change on cultur al heritage and communities worldwide, discuss the responsibilities of stew ards of cultural heritage in fostering collaborative solutions, address urg ent questions of equity and inclusion, and identify strategies that leverag e cultural heritage for climate action.
More info: https:/ /americanart.si.edu/research/symposia/2020/stemming-the-tide
Shor tlink: https://s.si.edu/climate
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Laura Hoffman, Program Manager, Lunder Conservation Center, DWRCLunder@ si.edu
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