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SUMMARY:Artist Talk: Mark Dion: Adventures in Art Explorations and The Aco
 rn Club
LOCATION:Art Building 100\, 400 S. Patterson Ave.\, Oxford\, OH 45056
DESCRIPTION:FREE & OPEN TO ALL!\nNovember 19\, 5:50 PM to 7:05 PM\, ART 10
 0\n\nMark Dion was born in New Bedford\, Massachusetts in 1961. He receiv
 ed a BFA (1986) and an honorary doctorate (2003) from the University of H
 artford\, Hartford Art School\, and attended the Whitney Museum of Americ
 an Art's Independent Study Program. He also has an Honorary Doctor of Hum
 ane Letters (Ph.D.) from The Wagner Free Institute of Science in Philadel
 phia (2015) and University of Massachusetts (2023). Dion’s work examines 
 the ways in which dominant ideologies and public institutions shape our u
 nderstanding of history\, knowledge\, and the natural world. Appropriatin
 g archaeological\, field ecology and other scientific methods of collecti
 ng\, ordering\, and exhibiting objects\, Dion creates works that question
  the distinctions between ‘objective’ (‘rational’) scientific methods and
  ‘subjective’ (‘irrational’) influences\, charting how ideology and pseud
 oscience infiltrate scientific discourse. Dion frequently collaborates wi
 th museums of natural history\, aquariums\, zoos and other institutions m
 andated to produce public knowledge on the topic of nature. By locating t
 he roots of environmental politics and public policy in the construction 
 of knowledge about nature\, Mark Dion questions the objectivity and autho
 ritative role of the scientific voice in contemporary society\, tracking 
 how pseudo-science\, social agendas and ideology creep into public discou
 rse and knowledge production. He is the co-director of Mildred's Land a\n
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