I say ‘FIRE,’ you say ‘Focused Integrated Reflective Experience’

 

Wittenberg professors Richard Phillips and Cathy Waggoner

For anyone who missed the official description of the trip we’re about to undertake, here it is . . .

FIRE WEEK IN MISSISSIPPI
Harnessing Old Man River: Nature Meets Culture in Mississippi

The Mississippi River is revered for its mythical, life-affirming power as Father Water on the one hand and feared for its devastating potential to destroy lives/property on the other. 

Land, water, and wildlife have coalesced into a culture of “place,” as residents weave stories of the river’s paradoxical power into their lives. We will travel to northern Mississippi, engaging with environmentalists, hunters, farmers, artists, and residents seeking to understand the controversy of what to do about rivers that flood: let them flow naturally, potentially ruining people’s homes and livelihoods? Or control them with levees and floodgates and risk destroying wildlife? 

Journey into this “most southern place on earth” with two professors/native Mississippians, driving from the hill country down into the Delta, stopping overnight at the Shack Up Inn and the historic Hotel 27. We’ll meet with knowledgeable folks, stick our toes in the river, listen to some Blues, and of course, indulge in some good food.