Racism, Land & The American Farming Landscape
Presenters:
Lydia Clemmons, President of Clemmons Family Farm, VT
Jarrad Nwameme,
Moderator: Meghan Howey, Professor in Anthropology, University of New Hampshire
In 1920, there were 949,889 Black farmers. A century later, according to the 2017 Census of Agriculture, only 35,470 remained.
This panel will investigate the contributing factors to this enormous land loss including discriminatory practices, such as the denial of USDA loans. and slow handling of civil rights complaints. Presenters will also share the innovative ways Black New England Farmers are reclaiming the land and sowing the seeds of health and empowerment.
Moderator: Dennis Britton, Department of English, University of New Hampshire, NH
âKindred: Neanderthal Life, Love, Death and Artâ by Rebecca Wragg Sykes
Rebecca Wragg Sykes argues that weâve spent too much time studying the way Neanderthals interacted with Homo Sapiens and too little studying the way Neanderthals interacted with each other. So she tells us how they lived, treating them not as one of evolutionâs failures but as our close behavioral cousins.
âThe fate of the Neanderthals has monopolised enormous amounts of attention,â she writes, âyet it may be the least interesting thing about them.â
âAn Outsiderâs Guide to Humans: What Science Taught Me About What We Do and Who We Areâ
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In the tough times of 2020, Iâve found myself drawn to nonfiction that made me look at the familiar in a different way. Iâve collected my favorite 15 books of the year here (technically, two were published in 2019, but I didnât get around to reading them until this year). The first 14 are in random order, followed by my pick for the best nonfiction book of the year.
Bonnie Tsui, âWhy We Swim.â So many of us are drawn to the water, for recreation, for beautiful vistas, for food. And then thereâs those who go to swim. In elegant prose, Tsui explores her own love of plunging into the water, and combines history, psychology, and interviews to explain the same emotion in others. Also, why humans are like salmon.
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