Event Title
Report Back from Afghanistan: People, Land, War and Peace
Description
Dana Visalli, a biologist from Twisp Washington who has been to Iraq four times and to Afghanistan twice in the past two years, will present a brief history of Afghanistan, its current ecological condition, the nature of the Afghan people, and the impact of 30 years of war. He raises the larger question of whether war can in any way address or resolve the pressing issues of humanity, and if it cannot, he offers some suggestions for what our next steps could be.
Document Type
Event
Start Date
12-10-2011 12:00 PM
End Date
12-10-2011 1:15 PM
Location
Fairhaven College Auditorium
Resource Type
Moving image
Title of Series
World Issues Forum
Genre/Form
lectures
Contributing Repository
Fairhaven College of Interdisciplinary Studies
Geographic Coverage
Afganistan--History--20th century; Iraq--History--20th century; Afghanistan--Ecology; Iraq--Ecology; Afghan Wars
Type
Moving image
Keywords
Afghanistan, Afghan people
Rights
This resource is displayed for educational purposes only and may be subject to U.S. and international copyright laws.
Language
English
Format
video/mp4
Report Back from Afghanistan: People, Land, War and Peace
Fairhaven College Auditorium
Dana Visalli, a biologist from Twisp Washington who has been to Iraq four times and to Afghanistan twice in the past two years, will present a brief history of Afghanistan, its current ecological condition, the nature of the Afghan people, and the impact of 30 years of war. He raises the larger question of whether war can in any way address or resolve the pressing issues of humanity, and if it cannot, he offers some suggestions for what our next steps could be.
