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The Gift and the Commons: Creativity and the Public Good with Lewis Hyde

Please join us for two free public lectures by visiting writer and scholar, Lewis Hyde.

The Gift, Lewis Hyde’s groundbreaking study of creativity, explores the meaning of art in a market-driven society.  Hyde asks questions central to the lives of artists as well as teachers and others who serve the public good: How do we discover work that satisfies beyond financial compensation? What are our norms for reciprocity and how do gifts create bonds in communities?  Hyde’s current project extends these questions to the realm of the “cultural commons” – “that vast store of unowned ideas, inventions, and works of art we have inherited from the past, and that we continue to create.” As we debate “intellectual property,” cultural “piracy,” and what counts as shared “cultural literacy,” these issues take on renewed urgency. 

Wednesday, February 3
Time: 6:30 p.m.
Location: Pacific Northwest College of Art, Swiegert Commons
Cost: Free
This lecture is co-sponsored by the Lewis & Clark Graduate School of Education and Counseling Center for Community Engagement and PNCA. 

Thursday, February 4
Time: 4 p.m.
Location: Lewis & Clark, Templeton Campus Center, Council Chambers
Cost: Free
This lecture is co-sponsored by the Center for Community Engagement and Lewis & Clark’s College of Arts and Sciences. 

The Gift Workshop

Saturday-Sunday, February 6-7

You can also join us for a workshop centered around Hyde’s work, The Gift. Visit the Center for Community Engagement’s website to register or for more information.