The program will begin at 5:30 p.m. in the auditorium of WCU’s Mountain Heritage Center.

Published by the University of Georgia Press in 2003, Davis’ book was the first environmental history of its kind to delve into the complex relationships between human inhabitants in the mountains over the past four centuries. Drawing from studies from the natural and social sciences, in his presentation Davis will discuss the impact of hunting, logging, exotic species introduction and the chestnut blight on the Southern Appalachian landscape. He also will show images collected during more than a decade of research.

A professor of sociology at Dalton State College in Georgia, Davis also is the author of “Ecophilosophy: A Field Guide to the Literature” and has published numerous articles in publications such as Environmental Ethics, The Ecologist, The Trumpeter and the Utne Reader. He also has been a research assistant and consultant to the Foundation on Economic Trends in Washington, D.C., and collaborated with Jeremy Rifkin on the book “Biosphere Politics: A New Consciousness for the 21st Century.”

The Mountain Heritage Center is presenting the folk life series in conjunction with WCU’s Office of the Provost, Philip Coyle of WCU’s ethnography laboratory, and Tom Hatley, the university’s Sequoyah Distinguished Professor in Cherokee Studies.

The museum is located on the ground floor of WCU’s H.F. Robinson Administration Building. For more information, call (828) 227-7129 or visit http://www.wcu.edu/mhc on the web.

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