CHARLIE ON DARWIN:
URBANOWICZ PRESENTS IDEAS CONCERNING CHARLES R. DARWIN (1809-1882)

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Dr. Charles F. Urbanowicz/Professor of Anthropology
California State University, Chico
Chico, California 95929-0400
(530-898-6220 [Office]; 530-898-6192 [Dept.] FAX: 530-898-6824)
e-mail: curbanowicz@csuchico.edu
home page: http://www.csuchico.edu/~curban

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10 April 2000 [1] 

CONFERENCE PROGRAM SUMMARY:

Professor Urbanowicz, Department of Anthropology, CSU, Chico (a member of the faculty since 1973), presents information and ideas concerning Charles R. Darwin (1809-1882). [24 words]

PROPOSAL ABSTRACT:

Ideas of Darwin (1809-1882) continue to have an impact in numerous areas of contemporary thought, from anthropology and biology through philosophy and zoology. Urbanowicz, a member of the CSU, Chico faculty since 1973, presents information and ideas concerning his research and classroom experiences dealing with Charles R. Darwin (1809-1882). Since 1990, Urbanowicz has presented Darwin in the "first person" and today he discusses the effort that has gone into (#1) collaborating with campus individuals over the years (IMC, TLP, and other colleagues), (#2) how Darwin "visuals" have been created to be used in the classroom, and (#3) how research in England (1991 and 1999) and the Galápagos Islands (2000) has been incorporated into the classroom. Urbanowicz is building towards the year 2009: the bicentennial celebration of the birth of Darwin and the sesquicentennial of the first edition of On The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life; 1809, 1859, and 2009 are important dates. Charlie, designated a "Master Teacher" by the institution for the 1997-1999 Academic Years, writes that he "loves teaching and he loves what he does" and he wishes to share some of his enthusiasm and excitement with other colleagues.

This September 2000 CELT presentation (prefereably on Thursday September 21) deals with (a) scholarship and creativity, (b) using multimedia for affective (and effective) classroom presentations to create a student-centered learning environment (replete with discussions), (c) the importance of faculty-staff research interactions and activities, (d) conveying the amount of time and teamwork which is necessary for various projects, (e) post-production editing needed for a videotaping project, and (f) finally, a discussion of the work to date involved in incorporating some of the videotape into an interactive CD-ROM/DVD-ROM for future use (including assessment techniques). The objectives of this presentation will be (a) to stress the value of teamwork (in a variety of endeavors) as well as (b) the need for scholarship. The 50 minute format will be a lecture (incorporating the videotapes, transparencies, and Power Point presentation) and audience discussion. Individuals interested in certain creative applications for classroom teaching will be the intended audience. Pedagogical suggestions are made and a version of the presentation will be available in September 2000 (at http://www.csuchico.edu/~curban/CELTFall2000ConfSubm.html).

Incidentally, since 1990, for every presentation I make dealing with Darwin, I attempt to incorporate as much "new" information as possible, bringing Darwin (and, what is much more important, the "ideas" of Darwin) up-to-date for contemporary individuals. Please consider, if you will, recent words dealing with Darwin from Business Week magazine of April 10, 2000:

"This summer, researchers will complete one of the greatest biological endeavours since Charles Darwin made his voyage of discovery on the HMS Beagle. Scientists will announce the completion of a rough draft of the human genome--a first attempt at decoding the entire set of about 100,000 human genes. Champagne corks will pop, backs will be slapped, and biologists will mark the start of a revolutionary era in biology." Ellen Licking, John Carey, and Amy Barrett, 2000, Biotech's Next Holy Grail. Business Week, April 10, 200, pages 136-142, page 136.

These, I truly believe, are impressive contemporary words dealing with an individual who was born in 1809, didn't know what he wanted to do after he graduated from university, went around the world in HMS Beagle over the years 1831-1835 (and saw things that others had seen but thought things that none-others-had thought), and eventually published a book in 1859 (abbreviated as Origin), and was finally honored by British society by being interred in Westminster Abbey after his death: this is an extremely powerful comparison point for the beginning of the "revolutionary" (or should that be "evolutionary"?) era in biology" in the year 2000. Wow! This is "why" I do Darwin and wish to share some information and ideas at the Sixth CELT Conference in September 2000.

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#1. http://www.csuchico.edu/~curban/DarwinMiscSp2000.html [Spring 2000 Darwin Miscellaneous Information]
#2. http://www.csuchico.edu/~curban/Darwin2000.html [Teaching as Theatre: Some Classroom Ideas, Specifically Those Concerning Charles R. Darwin (1809-1882)]. This is an invited paper for a session in November 2000 at the national meetings of the American Anthropological Association, San Francisco, CA; please see:
#3. http://www.csuchico.edu/~curban/SelfTesting/DarwinTestOne.htm [January 2000 Darwin Self-Test #1]. This self-test, and obviously new ones, can be incorporated into the Darwin CD-ROM/Darwin DVD.
#4. http://mole.csuchico.edu:8080/ramgen/archive/darwinvoyage.rm [1999, 22 minute video available on your desktop with REALPLAYER; this is tape #2 of the proposed four-part series: it takes "Darwin" from England to South America.].
#5. http://www.csuchico.edu/~curban/DarwinMiscSep99.html [1999 Darwin Misc September]} "Generic" Darwin handout for a variety of Fall 1999 classroom presentations, including Anthropology and Philosophy; previous guest lectures on Darwin have also been given for Art and Mathematics.].
#6. http://www.csuchico.edu/~curban/DarwinSp99Presentations.html [1999 Spring Handout for ART 197 and PHIL 108 presentations.].
#7. http://www.csuchico.edu/~curban/DarwinPhil108.htm [1998 Fall Handout for PHIL 108 Presentation].
#8. http://www.csuchico.edu/~curban/F98Homecoming.html [1998 Fall Handout for Homecoming Presentation].
#9. http://www.csuchico.edu/~curban/ANTH300.html [1998 Fall ANTH 300 presentation].
#10. http://www.csuchico.edu/~curban/DarwinArt197.html [1998 September presentation for ART 197].
#11. http://www.csuchico.edu/~curban/PowerPoint/DarwinModernismSep98/ [1998 September PowerPoint Presentation for Art 197].
#12. http://rce.csuchico.edu/rv/Darwin.html [1998 May: 15 Minute Videotape Report for the Office of the Provost} prepared as part of my "Master Teacher" Report.].
#13. http://www.csuchico.edu/~curban/Darwin_Folklore.html [1998: Folklore Concerning Charles R. Darwin. For the Southwestern Anthropological Society Meetings] also please see:
#14. http://orion.csuchico.edu/Pages/vol40issue2/n.darwin.html [1998: Chantal Lamers, Darwin's Insight Evolves To CD-ROM. The Orion, Vol. 40, Issue 2, February 4, page 1 and page 8.].
#15.http://www.csuchico.edu/~curban/Jan'98_Millennium_Paper.html [1998 January Presentation dealing with Technology and the Future].
#16. http://mole.csuchico.edu:8080/ramgen/archive/darwinreflections.rm [1997, 18 minute video available on your desktop with REALPLAYER; this is tape #1 of the proposed four-part series: it "sets the setting" of Darwin in England].
#17. http://www.csuchico.edu/~curban/Forum/Darwin_Sep'97.html [1997 Fall Anthropology Forum Presentation].
#18. http://www.csuchico.edu/~curban/Forum/darwin.mov [1996 Fourteen Second Darwin "Quick Time" Movie].
#19. http://www.csuchico.edu/anth/CASP/1996.html [1996 publication, including chapter on Darwin by the Chico Anthropological Society].
#20. http://www.csuchico.edu/~curban/Forum/Nov7-96.html [with Donna Crowe & Kathy Fernandes} 1996 Fall Anthropology Forum presentation].
#21. http://www.csuchico.edu/~curban/Darwin/DarwinSem-S95.html [1995 January ANTH Seminar paper].
#22. http://www.csuchico.edu/~curban/Darwin116.html [1993 November Darwin presentation at the American Anthropological Association Meetings].
#23. http://www.csuchico.edu/~curban/Forum/Feb11-93.html [1993 Fall Anthropology Forum Presentation].

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