Travel the ancient Silk Road with an archaeologist researching a revolutionary idea.
Nomadic pastoralists, far from being irrelevant outliers, may have helped shape civilizations at continental scale. Drawing on his exciting technology-enhanced field work, Michael Frachetti shows how rethinking the very essence of the word “civilization” helps us recast our understanding of regional political economies through time and discover the unexpected roots of one of the world’s most extensive and long-standing social and economic networks – the Silk Road that connected Asia to Europe. Archaeologist Michael Frachetti is an Associate Professor with the Department of Anthropology, Washington University in St. Louis and author of Pastoralist Landscapes and Social Interaction in Bronze Age Eurasia (2009). "Open Source Civilization and the Unexpected Origins of the Silk Road," Michael Frachetti, SFJAZZ Center, Hayes Valley, San Francisco, 7pm, MONDAY, February 26. The show starts promptly at 7:30pm. To be sure of a seat: • Long Now Members <https://longnow.org/membership/> can use the discount code on the Frachetti Seminar page to reserve 2 free seats <http://longnow.org/seminars/02018/feb/26/open-source-civilization-unexpected-origins-silk-road/>. • You can purchase tickets for $15 each <http://longnow.org/seminars/02018/feb/26/open-source-civilization-unexpected-origins-silk-road/>. • Seminar at SFJAZZ Center <http://www.sfjazz.org/visit/directions> 201 Franklin Street, San Francisco, CA 94102 • Tune into the live stream <http://longnow.org/live/> for Long Now Members at 7:30 PT - become a member <https://longnow.org/membership/> for just $8 a month. Share this talk: Michael Frachetti, "Open Source Civilization and the Unexpected Origins of the Silk Road" Long Now talk on 2/26 https://goo.gl/5ER1NK <https://goo.gl/5ER1NK> Talks coming up: March 13 - Steven Pinker, A New Enlightenment <http://longnow.org/seminars/02018/mar/13/new-enlightenment/>April 23 - Kishore Mahbubani, Has the West Lost It? Can Asia Save It? <http://longnow.org/seminars/02018/apr/23/has-west-lost-it-can-asia-save-it/> May 22 - Benjamin Grant, Overview: Civilization in the Macroscope June 19 - Chris Thomas, Are We Initiating The Great Anthropocene Speciation Event? High-quality videos of the talks and other benefits (such as priority tickets) are available to Long Now members. Membership, which starts at $8/month ($96/year), helps support the series and other Long Now projects. Joinable here <https://longnow.org/membership/>. This is one of a monthly series of Seminars About Long-term Thinking (SALT) organized by The Long Now Foundation. Free audio and my summaries of all previous talks are available for download here <http://longnow.org/seminars/> (or stay up to date with the podcast here <http://longnow.org/seminars/podcast/>). You'll find a range of long-term thinking items on our Blog <http://blog.longnow.org/> (RSS <http://feeds.feedburner.com/longnow>). If you would like to be notified by email (like this one) of forthcoming talks, go here <http://list.longnow.org/mailman/listinfo/salt> to sign up online. Any questions, contact Danielle Engelman at Long Now -- 415-561-6582 x1 <tel:415-561-6582%20x1> or danie...@longnow.org <mailto:danie...@longnow.org>. You are welcome to forward this note to anyone you think might be interested. --Stewart Brand s...@longnow.org <mailto:s...@longnow.org> ---- The Long Now Foundation -- http://longnow.org/ <http://longnow.org/> Seminars & downloads -- http://longnow.org/seminars/ <http://longnow.org/seminars/> Interval Events -- http://theinterval.org/events/ <http://theinterval.org/events/> •Twitter <https://twitter.com/longnow> - up to the minute info on tickets and events •Long Now Blog <http://blog.longnow.org/> - daily updates on events and ideas •Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/longnow> - stay in touch through our fan page
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