2018: Powerful Dialogue – Engaging Community Issues in Polarizing Times
Presentation Title
Display/ced Natives: The "Ad Astra" Indian Representing Kansas
Keywords
community engaged scholarship, arts discourse, symbolism
Description
This session explores the visual and aesthetic traditions of the Ad Astra figure on top of the Kansas Capitol, and the motives and implications of the Native American dominating the sky in a state settled by Europeans.
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Apr 12th, 12:00 AM
Display/ced Natives: The "Ad Astra" Indian Representing Kansas
This session explores the visual and aesthetic traditions of the Ad Astra figure on top of the Kansas Capitol, and the motives and implications of the Native American dominating the sky in a state settled by Europeans.
