Date: 2013-10-03
Lecture: ”Everyday Life in Papua New Guinea Today, OR Ghosts, Ancestors and the Secret to Money and Affluence” (at Main Library)
7:00pm — Lifelong Learning Lecture Series — Guest Speaker: Dr. Eric Silverman, Professor and Dept. Chair at Wheelock College and a member of the Framingham School CommitteeThis illustrated lecture sheds light on the Sepik River people in Papua New Guinea, a community on the fringes of the modern world system who yearn for “development” even as they try to retain their traditions. *** This series is a collaboration of Framingham State University and Framingham Public Library, and concludes in November. *** Refreshments. *** Framingham Public Library, Costin Room, 49 Lexington Street.
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