BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:iCalendar-Ruby BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations DESCRIPTION:Geography Colloquium | Borders of Our Minds\, March 19\n\nThe G eography Colloquium Series presents historian and journalist Dr. David Moul d discussing "Border of Our Minds\," a journey to borders\, both real and i magined on March 19 at 3 p.m.\n\nJoin Zoom MeetingMeeting ID: 608 431 5136P asscode: 9urZKaIn his latest book on travel\, history and culture\, Postcar ds from the Borderlands\, Mould explores the meaning of borders. Are they s imply political and geographical\, marked by posts\, walls and fences\, or should we think of them more broadly? Some borders\, set by surveys and tre aties\, take no account of geography\, language and culture. There are bord ers within countries—physical\, economic and social. And finally there are the borders of our minds—the way we may think of unfamiliar places.\n\nMoul d’s journey begins with maps and cartoons that poke fun at how we view othe r parts of the United States. He moves on to the carve-up of Africa\, the a rtificial (and often straight-line) borders drawn by colonial powers. In So uth Asia\, he explores what The Economist called “the world’s craziest bord er” between India and Bangladesh. He ends up in Central Asia\, in that gerr ymandered jumble of former Soviet republics whose names end in -stan.\n\nMo uld\, Professor Emeritus of Media Arts and Studies at Ohio University\, has traveled widely in Asia and southern Africa. Born in the UK\, he worked as a newspaper and TV journalist before moving to the U.S. His travel essays and articles have been published in Newsweek\, Christian Science Monitor\, Times Higher Education\, and History News Network. His books include: Monso on Postcards: Indian Ocean Journeys (Ohio University Press\, 2019) and Post cards from Stanland: Journeys in Central Asia (Ohio University Press\, 2016 ).\n\nKirkus Reviews describes Mould as “a genial travel guide … an academi c who does not write like an academic.” Rick Steves\, in a recent interview for his radio show\, said: “Monsoon Postcards reads like you’ve got a frie nd who’s really connected and committed to these cultures.”\n\nRead Mould’s travel blogs on Facebook and at www.davidhmould.com DTEND:20210319T200000Z DTSTAMP:20241114T054907Z DTSTART:20210319T190000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Geography Colloquium | Borders of Our Minds\, March 19 UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_36166491736158 URL:https://calendar.ohio.edu/event/geography_colloquium_borders_of_our_min ds_march_19 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR