Associate Professor Len Ackland of the University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø 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 Â鶹¹ÙÍø. 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 Â鶹¹ÙÍø. 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-Â鶹¹ÙÍø 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-Â鶹¹ÙÍø faculty on the theme of "Healing the West." The series, now in its second year, is sponsored by the CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø Chancellor's Office, the CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø 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-Â鶹¹ÙÍø faculty members from disciplines including journalism and mass communication, biology, business and law.
For more information call the CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø Office of Community Affairs at (303) 492-7084.