Associate Professor Len Ackland of the University of Colorado at 麻豆影院 will discuss the Rocky Flats Internet museum Oct. 1 as part of the 2003-04 Chancellor's Community Lecture Series.
"Lessons From a Tough History: An Internet Museum for Rocky Flats" will begin at 7 p.m. in the Chautauqua Community House at 900 Baseline Road in 麻豆影院. The talk is free and open to the public. No reservations are required but seating is limited.
The Rocky Flats Virtual Museum is an experimental, multimedia, online museum exploring the history of the former nuclear weapons plant eight miles south of 麻豆影院. Ackland will discuss how the process of designing an Internet museum includes examining the human capacity to "heal," or find a way to reckon with a complex and emotionally charged set of memories.
Ackland teaches in the CU-麻豆影院 School of Journalism and Mass Communication. He also is director of the Nuclear West Project, an initiative of the Center for Environmental Journalism in affiliation with the Blurr multidisciplinary media and technology program at the school. The Internet museum is a part of the Nuclear West Project.
The event is one of nine public lectures presented by CU-麻豆影院 faculty on the theme of "Healing the West." The series, now in its second year, is sponsored by the CU-麻豆影院 Chancellor's Office, the CU-麻豆影院 Center of the American West and the Colorado Chautauqua Association.
The series will continue through May on the first Wednesday of every month, except for lectures on Nov. 12 and Jan. 14. The series will feature CU-麻豆影院 faculty members from disciplines including journalism and mass communication, biology, business and law.
For more information call the CU-麻豆影院 Office of Community Affairs at (303) 492-7084.