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LASER Talks at Stanford

The Leonardo/ISAST LASERs are a program of international gatherings that bring artists, scientists, humanists and technologists together for informal presentations, performances and conversations with the wider public. The mission of the LASERs is to encourage contribution to the cultural environment of a region by fostering interdisciplinary dialogue and opportunities for community building to over 40 cities around the world.


CHAIRED BY: Piero Scaruffi

Two remote presentations:
1. Media scholar Maryam Razi live from Iran on "Iran's Media Art Scene"
2. Archeologist Mike Parker Pearson live from England on "The World of Stonehenge"

 

February 11 @ 12pm California time (lunchtime event) Find your timezone HERE

 

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Maryam Razi is a graphic designer and independent researcher based in Iran, with special interest in intersections of transdisciplinary Innovative projects involving art, science and technology.

Mike Parker Pearson is Professor of British Later Prehistory at University
College London (UCL) and is a Fellow of the British Academy. He has worked on archaeological excavations in England, Germany, Greece, Syria, the USA,Madagascar, Easter Island, etc. He has published twenty books and many scientific papers. In 2010 he was voted the UK's 'Archaeologist of the Year. He has published twenty books and many scientific papers. In 2010 he was voted the UK's 'Archaeologist of the Year'. In 2004 he began the Stonehenge Riverside Project with colleagues Josh Pollard, Colin Richards, Julian Thomas, Chris Tilley and Kate Welham. Over the years, this evolved into two further projects:

 

Feeding Stonehenge, and the Stones of Stonehenge. His books include: "Bronze Age Britain" (1993), "The Archaeology of Death and Burial" (1999), "Food, Culture and Identity in the Neolithic and Early Bronze Age" (2003) and "Stonehenge:Exploring the Greatest Stone Age Enigma" (2012).

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The Leonardo/ISAST LASERs are a program of international gatherings that bring artists, scientists, humanists and technologists together for informal presentations, performances and conversations with the wider public. The mission of the LASERs is to encourage contribution to the cultural environment of a region by fostering interdisciplinary dialogue and opportunities for community building to over 40 cities around the world. To learn more about how our LASER Hosts and to visit a LASER near you please visit our website. @lasertalks

When
February 11th, 2021 from 12:00 PM to  2:00 PM
Location
Online / Palo Alto, CA
United States
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