Jeudi 14 Avril 2011 à 19h30
chez Margaret Desjardins
261 Lakeview street, Cambridge, 02138
" La fille, l'estampe et la pirogue "
La soirée du 14 avril est une invitation à double sens : L'Université Populaire de Boston vous propose de venir écouter un dialogue entre Margaret Desjardins, qui nous recevra exceptionnellement chez elle, et Olivier Saint-Vincent. Nous reviendrons alors sur les aventures de la fille de deux professeurs de philosophie, qui ne se contentèrent pas d'enseigner la philosophie, mais proposèrent une existence philosophique, immergée dans des cultures indigènes, en indigène. Cela nous mènera d'une pirogue guinéenne, à une grotte creusée dans les hauteurs d'une falaise à Santorin, en passant par des maisons traditionnelles japonaises et leurs poteries Bizen de la mer intérieure du Japon... et à comprendre comment toutes ces expériences existentielles furent le ferment d'une typique Américaine atypique
“The gril, the prints and the dugout canoe”
The evening of April 14 is an invitation with double meaning: the Université Populaire de Boston invites you to listen to an informal interview with Margaret Desjardins, who will receive us at her home , exceptionally. On this occasion, Olivier St-Vincent will lead an interview with Margaret going from her adventures as a child of two philosophy professors who spent our sabbaticals learning about philosophy and culture by living among native people, native style - in a dugout canoe in PNG, in a cliffside cave dwelling on Santorini, in traditional accommodations with Bizen potters in the Inland Sea in Japan, etc - and how that has made her a typically a-typical American.
As a child, Margaret Desjardins lived a year in a cliffside cave dwelling in Greece, four months in a dugout canoe on the Sepik River in New Guinea, and spent a year in Kyoto in an all-Japanese school. Her parents, both classical philosophy professors, spent sabbaticals writing, teaching, and experiencing how customs, art, and ritual reflect life and society in other cultures. She has written and produced for CBS News, Time-Warner, Public Television, and HBO, where she won two NCTV ACE Awards. She has also written, designed, and produced award-winning theatrical arena shows, CD-ROMs, and Internet products. She has been published in the Christian Science Monitor, Reading Divas, and writes monthly for the Yale Alumni Magazine. She has a BA from Yale and an MFA in writing from Bennington.
Margaret currently lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts with her daughter, Alexandra, and their two gnomes, Greta and Vladimir.
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