Conversations About Landscape: Measurement & Metaphor | SF
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Exploratorium | Pier 15, San Francisco, CA
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Bay Area Science Events
This event is curated by the Bay Area Science Festival as part of their year-round calendar of science events.
The festival takes place each fall with 10 days of science and technology lectures, games, exhibits, workshops and hands-on activities all over the Bay Area.
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Recent advances in neuroscience research are starting to elucidate how landscapes may impact a variety of cognitive and emotional systems, from memory and attention to creativity and stress. Yet there has been little discussion of how the intersections between landscapes and our brains could be mediated by the arts. How does observation impact the observer? Are measurement and metaphor diametrically opposed?
Join them for a discussion about the relationship between poetry, citizen science, and the state of our brains.
Presenters: Robert Hass, Poet Laureate of the US; Rebecca Johnson, California Academy of Sciences; Pireeni Sandaralingam, California Institute of Integral Studies
Free but an RSVP is required. Email reserve@exploratorium.edu, or call 415.528.4444 and choose option 5.
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Cost: FREE*
