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The Land Beneath Our Feet: A Film by Sarita Siegel and Gregg Mitman The Land Beneath Our Feet follows a young Liberian man, uprooted by war, who returns from the USA with never-before-seen footage of Liberia’s past. The uncovered footage is embraced as a national treasure. Depicting a 1926 corporate land grab, it is also an explosive reminder of eroding land rights.	The Land Beneath Our Feet: A Film by Sarita Siegel and Gregg Mitman	The Land Beneath Our Feet: A Film by Sarita Siegel and Gregg Mitman	The Land Beneath Our Feet follows a young Liberian man, uprooted by war, who returns from the USA with never-before-seen footage of Liberia’s past. The uncovered footage is embraced as a national treasure. Depicting a 1926 corporate land grab, it is also an explosive reminder of eroding land rights.
UC Santa Cruz Satellite Reef Crocheting Workshops Join UC Santa Cruz students and IAS interns Lucy Ashton, Sophia Dimatteo, and Gracia Brown as they lead crochet circles to create the UC Santa Cruz Satellite Reef, part of the worldwide Crochet Coral Reef project by Margaret and Christine Wertheim and the Institute For Figuring.	UC Santa Cruz Satellite Reef Crocheting Workshops	UC Santa Cruz Satellite Reef Crocheting Workshops	Join UC Santa Cruz students and IAS interns Lucy Ashton, Sophia Dimatteo, and Gracia Brown as they lead crochet circles to create the UC Santa Cruz Satellite Reef, part of the worldwide Crochet Coral Reef project by Margaret and Christine Wertheim and the Institute For Figuring.
The Folk Memory Project and Independent Chinese Documentary, Nov. 21-22 Wu Wenguang is a foundational figure of Chinese independent documentary film and co-founder of the Caochangdi Workstation in Beijing. In 2010, Wu launched the multidisciplinary and collaborative Folk Memory Project to document the gathering of oral histories from the rural survivors of China’s Great Famine (1958-1961).	The Folk Memory Project and Independent Chinese Documentary, Nov. 21-22	The Folk Memory Project and Independent Chinese Documentary, Nov. 21-22	Wu Wenguang is a foundational figure of Chinese independent documentary film and co-founder of the Caochangdi Workstation in Beijing. In 2010, Wu launched the multidisciplinary and collaborative Folk Memory Project to document the gathering of oral histories from the rural survivors of China’s Great Famine (1958-1961).
"Look Back in Time" - Russell Crotty and Lick Observatory, San Jose ICA, November 13 Look Back in Time: Russell Crotty and Lick Observatory, the first traveling exhibition of the UC Santa Cruz Institute of the Arts and Sciences (IAS), opens November 13, 2016, at the San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) with a free public reception 2-4 p.m.	"Look Back in Time" - Russell Crotty and Lick Observatory, San Jose ICA, November 13	"Look Back in Time" - Russell Crotty and Lick Observatory, San Jose ICA, November 13	Look Back in Time: Russell Crotty and Lick Observatory, the first traveling exhibition of the UC Santa Cruz Institute of the Arts and Sciences (IAS), opens November 13, 2016, at the San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) with a free public reception 2-4 p.m.
Crochet Coral Reef Workshop, Seymour Marine Discovery Center, October 23 Join the UC Santa Cruz community to create UCSC's 'Satellite' Crochet Coral Reef. A workshop will be held at the Seymour Marine Discovery Center October 23, 2016, 12-3 pm.	Crochet Coral Reef Workshop, Seymour Marine Discovery Center, October 23	Crochet Coral Reef Workshop, Seymour Marine Discovery Center, October 23	Join the UC Santa Cruz community to create UCSC's 'Satellite' Crochet Coral Reef. A workshop will be held at the Seymour Marine Discovery Center October 23, 2016, 12-3 pm.
UC Santa Cruz Satellite Reef Workshop, UCSC Campus, October 21 The Institute For Figuring began a 'Satellite Reef' program in 2007 as a way for local communities to participate in its Crochet Coral Reef project (2005-present). Satellites have been hosted in cities across the U.S.	UC Santa Cruz Satellite Reef Workshop, UCSC Campus, October 21	UC Santa Cruz Satellite Reef Workshop, UCSC Campus, October 21	The Institute For Figuring began a 'Satellite Reef' program in 2007 as a way for local communities to participate in its Crochet Coral Reef project (2005-present). Satellites have been hosted in cities across the U.S.
"Crocheting the Chthulucene," Donna Haraway in Conversation with Christine and Margaret Wertheim, October 21 Co-creators of the Crochet Coral Reef Christine and Margaret Wertheim in conversation with Donna Haraway, 5 PM.	"Crocheting the Chthulucene," Donna Haraway in Conversation with Christine and Margaret Wertheim, October 21	"Crocheting the Chthulucene," Donna Haraway in Conversation with Christine and Margaret Wertheim, October 21	Co-creators of the Crochet Coral Reef Christine and Margaret Wertheim in conversation with Donna Haraway, 5 PM.
Margaret Wertheim, Seymour Marine Discovery Center, October 20 Margaret Wertheim of the Institute for Figuring will be in conversation with Matt McCarthy, UCSC professor of ocean sciences, Oceanographer Curt Storlazzi, and Michelle Williams, executive director of the Arts Council Santa Cruz County at the Seymour Marine Discovery Center's 2016 annual Ken Norris Memorial Lecture, October 20, 7-8:30 pm.	Margaret Wertheim, Seymour Marine Discovery Center, October 20	Margaret Wertheim, Seymour Marine Discovery Center, October 20	Margaret Wertheim of the Institute for Figuring will be in conversation with Matt McCarthy, UCSC professor of ocean sciences, Oceanographer Curt Storlazzi, and Michelle Williams, executive director of the Arts Council Santa Cruz County at the Seymour Marine Discovery Center's 2016 annual Ken Norris Memorial Lecture, October 20, 7-8:30 pm.
LASER (Leonordo Art & Science Evening Rendezvous), October 4 Leonardo Art/Science Evening Rendezvous (LASER) is a national program of evening gatherings that bring artists, scientists, and scholars together for informal presentations and conversations. Please join us in the Digital Arts Research Center (DARC) 108 for refreshments at 6:30 p.m. followed with presentations at 7 p.m.	LASER (Leonordo Art & Science Evening Rendezvous), October 4	LASER (Leonordo Art & Science Evening Rendezvous), October 4	Leonardo Art/Science Evening Rendezvous (LASER) is a national program of evening gatherings that bring artists, scientists, and scholars together for informal presentations and conversations. Please join us in the Digital Arts Research Center (DARC) 108 for refreshments at 6:30 p.m. followed with presentations at 7 p.m.
Book Talk with T.J. Demos: Decolonizing Nature: Contemporary Art and the Politics of Ecology TJ Demos is Professor in the Department of the History of Art and Visual Culture, University of California, Santa Cruz, and Founder and Director of its Center for Creative Ecologies.	Book Talk with T.J. Demos: Decolonizing Nature: Contemporary Art and the Politics of Ecology	Book Talk with T.J. Demos: Decolonizing Nature: Contemporary Art and the Politics of Ecology	TJ Demos is Professor in the Department of the History of Art and Visual Culture, University of California, Santa Cruz, and Founder and Director of its Center for Creative Ecologies.