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Lisa LaRue Baker
Developing a Land Acknowledgement
Taking the first step to creating a Land Acknowledgement can be daunting and mysterious. This program is meant to provide organizations, institutions and groups with a roadmap to creating a sincere land acknowledgement.
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Gene Chávez
El Poder De La Harina
Durante el periodo de la Revolución Mexicana, muchos inmigrantes llegaron a Kansas para establecer a sus familias y trabajar en el ferrocarril, agricultura, industria y sector hospitalario del estado.
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Celia Daniels
You've Got Mail: Exploring Letter-Writing Through Time
At one time, daily letter-writing bound us together. Today, ubiquitous emails, texts, and social media messages challenge this time-honored tradition.
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Derrick Doty
Kansas Music History
What is it like to be a musician from Kansas and what can their music tell us about time and place? Using music and storytelling, this presentation explores informal music traditions, styles, and musicians from Territorial Kansas.
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Cindy Higgins
Fresh Produce: Kansas's Orchardists, Market Growers, and Truck Farmers
In Kansas, agriculture is king. This talk highlights Kansas’s commercial specialty crops, agriculture experimentation, horticultural “royalty” marketing, and the evolving local foods movement.
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Jim Hoy
Kansas Legends and Folktales
Grasshoppers so big that cowboys can ride them to herd cattle. Summers so hot that corn
pops in the field. Kansas is a place of big skies and tall tales.
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Mary Kohn
You Say Tomato, I Say Tomahto: Evolution of Language in Kansas
This talk will examine the ways language has changed in Kansas over the past hundred years through the examination of archival and contemporary oral history.
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Dave Loewenstein
If These Walls Could Talk
Murals seem to be nearly everywhere in Kansas towns both big and small. This talk will explore the artists, meanings, and impetus behind the state’s rich collection of public murals, and how they reflect an image of who we are as Kansans.
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Erika Nelson
What a Ride! Rural Community-Owned Carnivals
Across Kansas, late summer brings county fair season and all the fun that goes along with it. But what happens when the carnival stops coming?
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Kim Stanley
A Creative Guide to Writing Your Family's Stories
We all love discovering a fantastic tale of our family’s past—whether it be the distant relative who journeyed on the Mayflower or the grandmother riveted airplanes at a World War II factory. But how do we share these stories in engaging ways?
Lisa LaRue Baker
Developing a Land Acknowledgement
Taking the first step to creating a Land Acknowledgement can be daunting and mysterious. This program is meant to provide organizations, institutions and groups with a roadmap to creating a sincere land acknowledgement.
Speaker Details
Gene Chávez
El Poder De La Harina
Durante el periodo de la Revolución Mexicana, muchos inmigrantes llegaron a Kansas para establecer a sus familias y trabajar en el ferrocarril, agricultura, industria y sector hospitalario del estado.
Speaker Details
Celia Daniels
You've Got Mail: Exploring Letter-Writing Through Time
At one time, daily letter-writing bound us together. Today, ubiquitous emails, texts, and social media messages challenge this time-honored tradition.
Speaker Details
Derrick Doty
Kansas Music History
What is it like to be a musician from Kansas and what can their music tell us about time and place? Using music and storytelling, this presentation explores informal music traditions, styles, and musicians from Territorial Kansas.
Speaker Details
Cindy Higgins
Fresh Produce: Kansas's Orchardists, Market Growers, and Truck Farmers
In Kansas, agriculture is king. This talk highlights Kansas’s commercial specialty crops, agriculture experimentation, horticultural “royalty” marketing, and the evolving local foods movement.
Speaker Details
Jim Hoy
Kansas Legends and Folktales
Grasshoppers so big that cowboys can ride them to herd cattle. Summers so hot that corn
pops in the field. Kansas is a place of big skies and tall tales.
Speaker Details
Mary Kohn
You Say Tomato, I Say Tomahto: Evolution of Language in Kansas
This talk will examine the ways language has changed in Kansas over the past hundred years through the examination of archival and contemporary oral history.
Speaker Details
Dave Loewenstein
If These Walls Could Talk
Murals seem to be nearly everywhere in Kansas towns both big and small. This talk will explore the artists, meanings, and impetus behind the state’s rich collection of public murals, and how they reflect an image of who we are as Kansans.
Speaker Details
Erika Nelson
What a Ride! Rural Community-Owned Carnivals
Across Kansas, late summer brings county fair season and all the fun that goes along with it. But what happens when the carnival stops coming?
Speaker Details
Kim Stanley
A Creative Guide to Writing Your Family's Stories
We all love discovering a fantastic tale of our family’s past—whether it be the distant relative who journeyed on the Mayflower or the grandmother riveted airplanes at a World War II factory. But how do we share these stories in engaging ways?