“Indigenous Knowledge That Inspires: Lessons from Research and Praxis in Central Africa” will be held January 23, noon-1 p.m., in Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library. The event is free and open to the public and can also be viewed live online.
The mother-daughter duo of Dr. Lee Ann and Arianna De Reus has worked in central Africa for seven years. In this seminar they will share some of the indigenous knowledge that continues to inspire their research and praxis. Lee Ann is an associate professor of Human Development and Family Studies and Women Studies at Penn State Altoona. She travels regularly to Panzi Hospital in eastern DR Congo to conduct research, develop programs for rape survivors, and inform her advocacy work in the US. In Rwanda she leads an annual student trip to develop entrepreneurial projects with vulnerable populations. Arianna is a sophomore at Penn State majoring in community, environment and development with concentrations in French, Arabic and humanitarian engineering and social entrepreneurship. She works in Kenya and Rwanda with local partners to construct, adapt, and market affordable greenhouses for small-scale farmers. Read the full story on Penn State Live.