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Asteroid Mission 2 News at the Museum 3 Member Magazine Fall 2016 Vol. 41 No. 4 ¡Cuba!Opens November 18 for Members Asteroid Mission 2 News at the Museum 3 From the On July 9 in Havana, the American Museum of Natural presentation of a major exhibition entitled ¡Cuba! The 40th Margaret Mead Film Festival Opens October 13 History and the Cuban National Museum of Natural Opening at the Museum this fall, it will present President History signed a Memorandum of Understanding the cultural and biological diversity of Cuba and (MoU), pledging to collaborate on scientific research highlight the work of the Explore21 expedition. Ellen V. Futter and training, education, and exhibition. This historic In addition, at the upcoming commencement milestone builds on and deepens a longstanding of our Richard Gilder Graduate School, we will elkhorn coral relationship between our two institutions. confer an honorary degree on our distinguished Broken branches of elkhorn coral Museum scientists have worked in collaboration Cuban colleague Dr. Gilberto Silva Taboada, a can reattach to reefs and grow again, with Cuban colleagues for many decades, including world-renowned authority on Caribbean bats. but the identical genetic makeup Cuba’s Reefs of the polyps mean they are particularly Tourism and fishing in the Jardines de la Reina more recently through our Center for Biodiversity The MoU is a groundbreaking step for both vulnerable to the sort of diseases that archipelago south of Cuba’s main island have been and Conservation. The changing political climate signatory museums, certainly, but it is also have struck reefs around the world. tightly restricted for 30 years, ensuring that its coral offers us the extraordinary opportunity to formalize a model for collaboration between U.S. and reefs remain largely undisturbed. and extend this work. Already, scientists engaged Cuban museums and research institutions more The result, says Katherine Holmes, a marine biologist in our Explore21 expedition initiative have been on broadly. We know that science has the power to at the Wildlife Conservation Society, is that the reefs the ground with Cuban colleagues in major, multi- unite, build bridges, and transcend differences. found here are among the healthiest and most disciplinary fieldwork studying the astonishing and This effort underscores the importance of that diverse in the region, and likely help to support unique biodiversity of this remarkable island nation. role for museums in the 21st century, and of the similar ecosystems throughout the region. Perhaps the most visible manifestation of this global imperative to work together to advance Dive into a reef like this one in ¡Cuba!, which exciting partnership will be the collaborative conservation and cultural understanding. A Flickering Truth, one of dozens of documentaries featured at the 2016 Margaret Mead Film Festival, explores the rich history of cinema in Afghanistan. opens November 18 and is free for Members. spotted eagle ray These large rays, with wingspans of up to 10 feet, are thought to This fall, the Margaret Mead Film Festival returns to celebrate the groundbreaking 2016 Margaret Mead Filmmaker Award Contenders migrate between Cuba and the spirit of the legendary Museum anthropologist. A Revolution in Four Seasons (Opening Night) Table of Contents coasts of Florida and Mexico. With the theme “Re:Frame,” the 2016 Margaret Mead Film Festival invites A Different American Dream viewers to probe their own perspectives and to celebrate stories and art forms A Flickering Truth News 3 that offer us opportunities to see the world anew. In this way, the festival Belén honors the legacy of Dr. Mead, the Museum curator whose groundbreaking Casa Blanca approach to anthropology revealed how our histories, values, and points Drokpa Close-Up brain4 coral 4 6 of view frame our encounters with other cultures and communities. As always, Like all corals, brain coral is made Reindeer in My Saami Heart Island Rules up6 of tiny, genetically identical the Mead will feature intimate conversations with filmmakers and film subjects, Shooting Ourselves organisms known as polyps. New as well as the presentation of the annual Margaret Mead Filmmaker Award. Under the Clouds (Das Nuvens Pra Baixo) generations build their homes on Cuba’s Reefs top12 of past ones, in time forming the In addition to the exciting shorts and eye-opening feature-length documentaries, Urmila: My Memory is My Power queen conch reefs for which corals are famous. this year’s Mead will offer a variety of special events, performances, and Zach’s Ceremony In the wild, these huge snailsNext can live for 14 installations. Highlights will include a display of Balinese masks designed up to 40 years, but many are taken for by contemporary artists and an installation by Samoan artist Dan Taulapapa their edible meat and beautiful shells before they make it to old Theage. Long Haul 20 McMullin, who explores the dynamics of cultural appropriation in Tiki kitsch. The Margaret Mead Film Festival is made A nod to the festival’s legacy includes a screening of Wife Among Wives, a classic possible by the New York State Council on the 2016 By the Numbers 22 film from the Mead’s archives. At the same time, the future of filmmaking will be Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. on display in the Virtual Reality Lounge, where visitors can test-drive VR headsets Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. 12 20 and experience how this cutting-edge technology is poised to transform cinema. On Saturday, October 15, festival consultant Dr. Faye Ginsburg, director Support for the Margaret Mead Film Festival of the New York University Center for Media, Culture and History, will host is provided, in part, by the May and Samuel makethe your Mead’s own Emerging brain Visual coral Anthropologists Showcase, featuring four short Rudin Family Foundation, Inc.; the Sidney, documentaries and a Q&A session with filmmakers. Milton and Leoma Simon Foundation; step one step two step three the family of Frederick H. Leonhardt; and Take a grapefruit-size piece Stick on pieces of Paint the pasta pieces olive of green clay and make it For a "radiatore"full lineup pasta of to films and showtimes,green, like the algaeand thatto purchaselive tickets, visit amnh.org/mead. The Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation. into a dome shape. mimic the coral’s surface. with real brain coral. American Museum of Natural History ISSN 0194-6110 Statement of ownership, management, and circulation. Chairman Lewis W. Bernard USPS Permit #472-650 Title of Publication: Rotunda (ISSN 0194-6110 USPS 472-650). Date of filing: nature of circulation: (A) signifies average number of copies of each issue President Ellen V. Futter Vol. 41, No. 4, Fall 2016 August 25, 2016. Frequency of issue: Quarterly. 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