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Graduate Program in Curatorial Practice Students Present "Hay Fever" at the Oakland Museum

Posted on Thursday, July 28, 2011, by Leigh Markopoulos

The event announcement promised: "Learn (almost) everything you need to know to escape civilization." And the public came, to learn about such things as the history of the back-to-the-land movement (from original back-to-the-lander Hank Meals), the construction of simple domes, how to make rope from twigs, and "wildcrafting," or foraging from nature in a way that sustains local ecologies.