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SUMMARY:Night of Ideas 2025 – Santa Cruz
DESCRIPTION:The Future We Share: Activism\, Creativity\, and Collective Imagination \n\n\n\nJoin us for a nocturnal celebration of art\, philosophy\, and activism! From solar energy and housing justice to communal music and movement\, Night of Ideas – Santa Cruz invites you to explore interactive sessions on democracy\, environmental solutions\, and housing rights\, as well as immersive experiences fostering embodied connection. With a Capoeira opening\, sculptural performances\, and live piano meditations\, come create\, move\, and reflect on our shared future! The 2025 Program is below. \n\n\n\nThis event is brought to you by the Center for Public Philosophy\, with support from the Institute of the Arts and Sciences\, The Humanities Institute\, Cowell College\, Humanities West\, The Marc Sanders Foundation\, Villa Albertine\, and Institut français. \n\n\n\n\nRSVP\n\n\n\n\nTaking place from March 27 through April 6\, Night of Ideas returns this year with nocturnal arts and culture marathons in cities across the U.S. Events will feature late-night discussions addressing major global issues\, plus live music\, screenings\, performances\, and more\, all centered this year’s theme\, “common ground.” Exploring the expression’s literal and metaphorical interpretations\, Night of Ideas will prompt participants to consider how we can commit to and protect what we have in common. How can we foster authentic interpersonal connection in an increasingly digital world? In a polarized political landscape\, where are our opportunities for dialogue? As extreme weather threatens our planet\, how can we preserve the land beneath our feet? Learn more and sign up for updates at nightofideas.org. \n\n\n\nProgram\n\n\n\nMAIN HALL \n\n\n\n5pm: Brazilian Cultural Art of Capoeira \n\n\n\n5:30pm: Welcome – Opening Remarks (J. Proust) \n\n\n\n6:30pm: IAS Exhibition Walkthrough with Curator R. Nelson  \n\n\n\n7:30pm: Activating the EDELO exhibition (C. Duarte and YELO) \n\n\n\n8pm: Piano Meditation/Sound Healing (E. Shanken) \n\n\n\n8:30pm: What if We Moved as One? (B-Moving\, B. Wittmer\, with E. Shanken) \n\n\n\nCONFERENCE ROOM (Room 1) \n\n\n\n6 – 6:25pm: The Common Ground That Creates an Uncommon Good (G. Hammond) \n\n\n\n7 – 7:25pm: Mind\, Body and Tiktok Problem (J. Candray) \n\n\n\n8 – 8:25pm: Common Ground\, No Ground: Housing\, Rights\, and the Refusal to Disappear (J.Schendledecker) \n\n\n\nWEST ROOM (Room 2) \n\n\n\n6 – 6:25pm: Post-nonmonogamy and Poly-river-amory (K. TallBear) \n\n\n\n7 – 7:25pm: Empowering the Solar Commons through Community Energy (R. Lipschutz\, K. Milun\, R. Stayton) \n\n\n\n8 – 8:25pm: Understanding Through Play (Liminal Space Collective) \n\n\n\nONGOING \n\n\n\n“Ask a Philosopher” booth (M. Mattinson\, R. Kusyuniati\, J. Read) & TEQ project \n\n\n\nMelodies of Hope (El Sistema – I. Tuncer) \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSupport The Center for Public Philosophy\n\n\n\nThe Marc Sanders Foundation will match your gift\, dollar-for-dollar\, up to $10\,000. Use the QR code to take you to the donation form on the MSF website\, and you will be directed to PayPal where you may enter your donation amount.  \n\n\n\nSpeakers & Performers\n\n\n\n\n\nKim TallBear\n\n\n\n\n\nKim TallBear (Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate) is Professor and Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Peoples\, Technoscience\, and Society\, Faculty of Native Studies\, University of Alberta. She is also a Research Associate in the Department of Sociology and in the Science & Justice Research Center at the University of California\, Santa Cruz. Dr. TallBear is the author of Native American DNA: Tribal Belonging and the False Promise of Genetic Science. Dr. TallBear is a regular panelist on the Media Indigena podcast and a regular media commentator on topics including Indigenous peoples\, science\, and technology; self-indigenization in the US and Canada; and Indigenous sexualities. You can follow her Substack newsletter\, Unsettle: Indigenous affairs\, cultural politics & (de)colonization at https://kimtallbear.substack.com. \n\n\n\nTipi Confessions co-founder.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCaleb Duarte\, YELO\n\n\n\n\n\nCaleb Duarte migrated from Northern Mexico to the farm working communities of the Central Valley in California. His sculptural performances\, installations\, and paintings confront issues of institutional encounter\, the use of the body in distinct political and artistic movements\, and art’s pedagogical possibilities. Through the EDELO project in collaboration with artist Mia Eve Rollow\, they have collaborated with autonomous indigenous Zapatista communities\, communities in movement\, and working children and refugees. A professor of sculpture at Fresno City College\, his work and performances have been widely shown in the United States and internationally. www.calebduarte.org \n\n\n\nYELO is an artist collective formed by undocumented university students to create and perform works that express stories of the “unauthorized movements” of people and their mixed-status families. Through a series of workshops\, gatherings\, recorded oral histories\, and public actions\, YELO shares personal accounts of living through uncertainties as undocumented students. Their work responds to the ongoing threats of mass deportations\, the expansion of detention centers\, and the uncertain future faced by many. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoy Schendledecker\n\n\n\n\n\nJoy Schendledecker is an artist\, writer\, educator\, and community organizer based in Santa Cruz\, CA. Their interdisciplinary work explores housing justice\, environmental toxicity\, and mutual aid through research\, participatory projects\, and public engagement. They have been deeply involved in local housing advocacy\, political organizing\, and direct support efforts\, particularly in challenging the criminalization of the unhoused. Their project What’s Home? examines the meaning of home and displacement through storytelling\, installation\, and public dialogue. Their work insists on collective responsibility over state-sanctioned rights\, imagining futures rooted in shared obligation and care. More at: http://joyschendledecker.net \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKathryn Milun\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Kathryn Milun is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Minnesota-Duluth and founder of the Solar Commons Project. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRonnie D. Lipschutz\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Ronnie D. Lipschutz is President and Senior Analyst at the Sustainable Systems Research Foundation (SSRF) in Santa Cruz and Professor Emeritus of Politics at UC Santa Cruz. SSRF is a non-profit green incubator of locally sited sustainable projects that are scalable and reproducible. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRobert Stayton\n\n\n\n\n\nRobert Stayton is an SSRF Research Associate.  He is the author of two books on solar energy\, including Solar Dividends—How Solar Energy can Generate a Basic Income for Everyone on Earth (Santa Cruz\, Calif.: Sandstone\, 2019).  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLiminal Space Collective\n\n\n\n\n\nLiminal Space Collective is a Santa Cruz Nonprofit Organization and local community of multimedia creators that invite everyone with a dream\, regardless of what planet\, dimension or eon you are from\, to come try new things\, get your hands dirty\, and collaborate with each other to realize your dream. We seek to build connection and facilitate change through collaborative art\, immersive experiences\, learning\, experimentation and sustainable innovation. https://www.limi.space/ \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJuliet Candray\n\n\n\n\n\nJuliet Candray is a UCSC Philosophy BA graduate. She is currently undergoing research regarding incels/femcels as facets of modern gender performance and what these performances mean for practical societal concerns in the political/legal sector. Based in San Francisco\, living with her cat Tito. https://idioiticidioms.substack.com/ \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGeorge Hammond\n\n\n\n\n\nGeorge Hammond is a popular lecturer at The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco\, with over 5 million YouTube views of his lectures and author interviews. He has written six philosophical books\, four novels\, and a collection of short stories. He was an international mergers & acquisitions attorney at Dewey Ballantine and at LeBoeuf Lamb\, and served on the board of directors of the Pacific Stock Exchange during its merger with the NYSE. He negotiated more than 200 deals worth over $40 billion\, including the 2003 Yukos-Sibneft oil company merger in Russia that led to Putin’s arrest of Mikhail Khodorkovsky. apassionforwisdom.com \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrigitte Wittmer\n\n\n\n\n\nBrigitte Wittmer is a facilitator\, performer\, and visionary with over 20 years of experience using movement as a universal language to bridge cultures and connect souls. She blends technique with intuition to create a space where creativity flows freely\, inviting individuals to explore their potential beyond fixed roles. A pioneer of Liquid Leading\, Brigitte transforms movement into a living conversation\, where every dance becomes an opportunity to deepen connection\, intuition\, and self-expression. Her work celebrates the richness that arises from both our shared humanity and the unique diversity that defines each heart and soul\, honoring the essence of all beings. www.b-moving.com \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEdhi Shanken (Edhi)\n\n\n\n\n\nMy work seeks to create and share knowledge\, to integrate joy and wisdom\, and to radiate love and light. Like Jack Burnham\, who thought of art as a “psychic dress rehearsal for the future\,” my writing explores how artists create visionary models that offer us a taste of the future in the present. My artistic practice as a musician and dancer has given me access to insights that have deeply impacted my scholarship. When I’m not chasing waterfalls and rainbows\, you can find me teaching and writing in Santa Cruz\, where I’m Professor of Arts at UCSC. \n\n\n\nPersonal website: http://artexetra.wordpress.com \n\n\n\nPiano and dance collaboration: https://youtu.be/Q1iO-QZ0BK8?si=sXGxphihTXDG7EcA \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEl Sistema Santa Cruz/Pajaro Valley\n\n\n\n\n\nEl Sistema Santa Cruz/Pajaro Valley is dedicated to empowering local youth by providing them with the keys to unlock their musical heritage and the tools to create their own social and creative legacies through music education. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRaízes do Brasil Capoeira and Brazilian Cultural Arts Center\n\n\n\n\n\nRaízes do Brasil Capoeira and Brazilian Cultural Arts Center was formed in Brazil in 1980 and brought to the United States by Mestre Papiba in 1991. Their mission is to create a cultural dialogue between Brazil and America through the arts. It is their goal to create a safe place for people of all ages and walks of life to gather and create community.   \n\n\n\nAt the heart of this group is capoeira\, a martial art that grew out of a unique blend of immigrants and indigenous people in Brazil. Capoeira was born as a form of resistance. Originally practiced by the African people enslaved by the Portuguese in Brazil\, it was disguised as a dance since the African slaves were not allowed to practice any form of self defense or combat training. Even after slavery was abolished\, it continued to be used as a form of resistance against the military regime in Brazil through 1985. Capoeira was illegal\, but was practiced and helped maintain the traditions of dance and music throughout the cultural censorship. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJeanne Proust\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Jeanne Proust has been teaching Philosophy in the US for the past 15 years and is actively involved in the Center for Public Philosophy (UC Santa Cruz)\, where she served as director from 2023-2024. She currently holds the position of Vice President of the Public Philosophy Network\, and advocates for a widening of philosophical education beyond academia by planning\, producing\, and participating in different events open to the general public. She has also recently started her own philosophical counseling practice\, open to individuals seeking to examine their values and life concerns through the lens of philosophical inquiry. With the Center for Public Philosophy\, she helped launch the first Tech Ethics Bowl in the Bay Area\, and spearheaded the Santa Cruz edition of the Night of Ideas. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRachel nelson\n\n\n\n\n\nRachel Nelson is director and chief curator of the Institute of the Arts and Sciences. She has curated and organized exhibitions including Barring Freedom\, a group exhibition engaging art\, prisons\, and justice; Carlos Motta: We The Enemy;  jackie sumell: Solitary Garden; Newton Harrison and Helen Mayer Harrison: Future Garden\, and other projects with artists including Sadie Barnette\, Maria Gaspar\, Carolina Caycedo and David de Rozas\, and Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller. Nelson also writes and publishes extensively on contemporary art and geopolitics\, including exhibition catalogue essays\, journal articles\, and reviews in Journal of Curatorial Studies\, Public History Weekly\, Brooklyn Rail\, NKA\, Third Text\, Savvy\, and African Arts. She teaches in the Visualizing Abolition Studies program at UC Santa Cruz.
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