Author: The Center for Twentieth Century Studies of the College of Letters and Science (Milwaukee); University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (Milwaukee)
Title: The Gentle Art of Survival: Technology and the Supernatural: Bards and Blacksmiths from Mali. The Slow Way of the Amish. Milwaukee. April 12-27, 1978. [Conference Program]
Description: Milwaukee, WI: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 1978. 8vo. 20 pp. Soft, stapled cream wrappers with green lettering. Very good with marginal sunning along spine. Black and white plates and map. Includes a presentation on Mandinka Poetry and Song, a discussion on “Bards and Blacksmiths of Mali, Africa,” facilitated by Patrick R. McNaughton, as well as a suggested reading list, and a screening of the film “The Amish: A People of Preservation,” followed by a discussion with John A. Hostetler of Temple University. Program created for a for conference series, “The Gentle Art of Survival” held at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee from April 12 through 27, 1978. Publication includes summaries of talks, screenings and other events related to the conference. Sponsored by the Center for Twentieth Century Studies of the College of Letters and Science, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and supported by a grant from the Wisconsin Humanities Committee. Scarce. From the Collection of the Art Historian Peter Selz. .

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