Towards a New Mainstream?
Lecture webcast
"Towards a New Mainstream?" a scintillating lecture by Gregory Rodriguez explored demographic change in the Americas, cultural transformation and the future of museums.
In addition to the video presentation of the lecture (recorded before a live audience on Dec. 9 at the Embassy of Canada in Washington, D.C.) the webcast included an overview of the demographic trends sweeping the nation in the coming decades; a live online question and answer session with Gregory; a panel discussion with Cecilia Garibay, principal of the Garibay Group, Lisa Lee, director of the Jane Addams Hull-House Museum and Tammie Kahn, executive director of the Children's Museum of Houston; and moderated chat rooms.
Rodriguez is founder and executive director of Zócalo Public Square (a nonprofit lecture series and Web publication) and Irvine Senior Fellow at the New America Foundation. He has written on issues of national identity, social cohesion, assimilation, race relations, religion, immigration, ethnicity and demographics for the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and the Los Angeles Times, where he is an op-ed columnist. He is the author of Mongrels, Bastards, Orphans, and Vagabonds: Mexican Immigration and the Future of Race in America, which the Washington Post listed among the best books of 2007.
This lecture was sponsored in part by:
Lecture webcast
"Towards a New Mainstream?" a scintillating lecture by Gregory Rodriguez explored demographic change in the Americas, cultural transformation and the future of museums.
In addition to the video presentation of the lecture (recorded before a live audience on Dec. 9 at the Embassy of Canada in Washington, D.C.) the webcast included an overview of the demographic trends sweeping the nation in the coming decades; a live online question and answer session with Gregory; a panel discussion with Cecilia Garibay, principal of the Garibay Group, Lisa Lee, director of the Jane Addams Hull-House Museum and Tammie Kahn, executive director of the Children's Museum of Houston; and moderated chat rooms.
- Live (or re-live) the excitement of the webcast here.
- A discussion guide and resource list is available for download.
- Chat room transcripts:
Rodriguez is founder and executive director of Zócalo Public Square (a nonprofit lecture series and Web publication) and Irvine Senior Fellow at the New America Foundation. He has written on issues of national identity, social cohesion, assimilation, race relations, religion, immigration, ethnicity and demographics for the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and the Los Angeles Times, where he is an op-ed columnist. He is the author of Mongrels, Bastards, Orphans, and Vagabonds: Mexican Immigration and the Future of Race in America, which the Washington Post listed among the best books of 2007.
This lecture was sponsored in part by: