The Peace Museum will be sharing space with other cultural organizations in the future. Our first exhibition in shared space opens November 8th at the Chicago Public Library, Congress Corridor of the Harold Washington Library (400 S. State St). Please visit our website often to find out who will host our upcoming events and exhibitions!
Lecture
Tuesday, April 15, 6PM
free
Anthropologist Jeremy Narby spent several years living with the Ashaninca people of the Peruvian Amazon, studying their uses of the rainforest. He has worked for twenty years with Swiss organization Nouvelle Planète, backing indigenous initiatives in favor of rainforest protection. In partnership with The Peace Museum and in conjunction with LUMA spring exhibition, Manifest Destinny /Manifest Responsibility, Dr. Narby will discuss his work as a "diplomat between systems of knowledge".
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An Oasis of Imagination
An Oasis of Imagination illustrates the true story of Gaviotas told by author, Alan Weisman. The village of Gaviotas is a place of peace and plenty located in the remote savannas of Colombia. Created in the 1970s from a barren, uninhabitable desert, Gaviotas has blossomed into a self-sustaining "oasis of peace." By using renewable energy resources and innovative technology such as biodiesel fuel, wind turbines and solar power, Gaviotas' visionary founders created a diverse community with no need for guns, jails or violence. Gaviotas has been hailed as one of the most inspiring environmental stories ever told.
An Oasis of Imagination is highlighted by Alan Weisman's text along with photographs from award-winning photographers Antonin Kratochvil and Hector Emanuel.
An Oasis of Imagination also places a spotlight on the efforts of a few Chicagoans, with the help of local photographers, as the city's own inventors, visionaries and community leaders experiment with new ways of solving social and environmental problems.