Is humanity “going the way of the dodo” if it cannot learn to adapt, change and work together?

Artist Lisa Hirmer of DodoLab will discuss her experimental and creative approaches to research and community action in a free public talk at noon Thursday, March 7, in room 115, LeBel Building.

The dodo reminds us that a lack of resiliency and a solo existence is a precarious strategy for survival, Hirmer says.

“For generations, the dodo has also been understood to have been a slow, lazy, gluttonous bird with limited intelligence,” she says. “It is now believed that this large flightless bird may have actually been reasonably intelligent and active and that its unflattering portrayal resulted from encounters with overfed, captive species.”

She cites the dodo as a reminder that sometimes the stories we tell become barriers to understanding and resolving the issues we face.