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    <i>Into the Wild</i>: Film Viewing and Discussion; Moderated by Ken Roberts

    Into the Wild: Film Viewing and Discussion; Moderated by Ken Roberts Image gallery

    Presented by Belmont University at Belmont University - Leu Center for the Visual Arts

    September 20, 2009

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    An authentic sense of self, or is it all in our heads? If Thoreau is correct and "in wildness is the preservation of the world," where does one go in a world that seems to have few wild places left? If as William Cronon suggests, nature is "profoundly a human creation" and one in which "we see the reflection of our own unexamined longings and desires," then does nature really exist outside of our own imaginings of it? What are we to make then of a young man that ceremoniously cuts himself off from the world, thumbs his nose at conventional society, and embarks on an idyllic quest into nature, into the wild, only to wind up dead - two years later - in an abandoned bus in the backcountry of Alaska? Does our myth of nature, of wildness, destroy us, bring us "home," or perhaps something altogether different?

    This event is held in Room 117of the Leu Center for Visual Arts  and is part of Belmont University's Eighth Annual Humanities Symposium, which this year is centered on the concept Nature and the Human Spirit. Be sure to check out the long program schedule and short program schedule.


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        Belmont University > Belmont University - Leu Center for the Visual Arts

        1900 Belmont Boulevard
        Nashville, TN 37212

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        Tickets: FREE Admission

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        September 20, 2009

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        Sunday 2:30pm - 5:00pm

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