USP “Recycle” Symposium group topic possibilities
Symposium Planning Seminar Recap (Jan. 14, 2008)
At this past Monday’s seminar, we discussed ways in which our current work could be viewed (or not) through the lens of “recycle,” our theme for this year’s symposium. The above link is a recap of ideas proposed, which could be largely grouped into 3 broad categories, as Roxanne suggested, Materials, Ideas, and Experiences.
PLEASE REVIEW AND RESPOND IF INTERESTED IN COORDINATING ON ANY PROPOSED PANELS OR PROPOSE NEW TOPICS.
Ideally, we’ll have 3 group presentations. Each group will be comprised of undergraduate, graduate, and professional school Unis, working together.
Suggestions for keynote speakers also welcome! At Monday’s seminar, the following names were bandied about:
Beth Marsh (psychology)
Roberto Cabeza (psychology)
Kevin LaBar (psychology)
George Gopen (English)
Please feel free to elaborate on the merits of the proposed speakers and/or to propose others.
~ Tori
INTERuniTARY 
on January 16, 2008 on 10:57 pm
I just have a suggestion for titles of topics. My high school yearbook did this theme with “Re-.” I think it could be sexy if all of the titles had a re- something in them. For example, reexperience, relive, revive…etc.
on January 17, 2008 on 1:01 pm
I really like that idea…other re- words could be: reinvigorate, renew, revert, reverse, relinquish. I am pretty open to the vocabulary because I feel that I can make the science fit in under a lot of language, but I guess we should make the theme of each group somewhat broad…
on January 17, 2008 on 1:07 pm
Also,
Going along with the interdisciplinary nature of the program, do we want to have a mix of science and other fields within a group, or have separate groups assigned to them? Just something to think about,
Autumn
on January 20, 2008 on 10:55 pm
Are we not getting any speakers from recycling in terms of more physical materials? It seems like there are a lot of mind recycling speakers.
http://news.ncsu.edu/releases/2007/feb/025.html
this sounds really interesting 🙂
-Ga-Young Joung
on January 23, 2008 on 9:24 pm
Under “Recycling Ideas”, it may be interesting to focus a segment on “Recycling ways of seeing the natural world”, in which the different ways of seeing the world – westernized, with a focus on the scientific method, and indigenous/traditional (including traditional ecological knowledge and other local forms of knowledge) with a focus on more spiritual and sacred ideas and promotes more of a human/nature interconnectedness, are compared.
on January 23, 2008 on 9:25 pm
To connect it to “Recycle” we could examine the growth in wester/traditional ecological knowledge initiatives in natural resource management.
on January 23, 2008 on 10:24 pm
I think in context of re-living–one of the proposed “re-” words–it might be fruitful to look at memory formation, decay and recovery (coincidentally, we find another re-word). I think Beth Marsh would probably have quite a few things to add to this topic, considering her background not only in cognition but in human memory specifically. I am not, however, extensively familiar with her background. I do know that Professor Gopen in an amazing orator who would liven up any symposium, he might even have a few Shakespearean tidbits to add to the conversation–in a way, that might allow us to do a bit of re-living the Elizabethan era.
-Yeney