College of Arts

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College of Arts Sciences and Integrative
Studies Program Distinguished Lecture
SeriesPresents

• Dr. Alan Kolata, PhD, Harvard 1978, Neukom
  family professor of anthropology and of social
  sciences, chair of the department of anthropology
  at the University of Chicago. Dr. Kolata leads
  ongoing interdisciplinary research projects
  studying human-environment interactions over the
  past 3000 years in the lake Titicaca basin of
  Bolivia and on the north coast of Peru. The
  project in Bolivia has rehabilitated Precolonial
  Andean agricultural methods for the benefit of
  contemporary populations and holds implications
  for the development of sustainable agriculture in
  the region. Recent research interests include
  comparative work on agroecological systems and
  human-environment interactions in Bolivia, Peru,
  and Thailand.

From Macchu Picchu and Tiahuanaco
Past as Prologue, The Role of Indigenous
Knowledge Systems in the Developing World

November 6, 2002 - 600 p.m.

Engbretson Hall Governors State University

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