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Western Region Colloquium

Calendar Of Upcoming Events

All colloquia are held in Building 3, room 3240
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Date Speaker Affiliation Title Video Link/Abstract
November 23 David Rogers College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales, Australia The Art-Science of Earthquakes Leaving No trace, the Parkfield Interventional EQ Fieldwork (PIEQF) was a geologically interactive, seismic machine earthwork temporarily installed in the remote township of Parkfield, Central California, USA, 2008. Interfaced with the US Geological Survey seismic monitoring network, the PIEQF was triggered by near real-time reported Californian earthquake waves from Magnitude (M) 0.1 and above.

For this presentation D.V. Rogers will explain the conceptual premise behind installation as well as present a series of documentation produced around the work. Working at the crossroads of art and earth science, Rogers will also put forward the idea of how early 21st century cultural practice could be used to encourage earthquake awareness and preparedness within the state of California.
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December 7
3:15PM
Steve Gorelick Stanford University Oil Panic and the Global Crisis: Predictions and Myths  
February 8
3:15PM
David Schimel National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) TBA  

 

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