Cal Poly

Guest Faculty Author

Hema C. Dandekar, Chair, City & Regional Planning

Campus Guests

Joel Orth, Assistant Professor of History

Hunter Francis, CAFES Center for Sustainability Director

Listen to the Podcast

• A Kennedy Library Out Loud podcast of this event is available on our blog.

About the book

Our inaugural event featured Professor Dandekar's book Michigan Family Farms and Farm Buildings: Landscapes of the Heart and Mind, published in 2010 by the University of Michigan.

The author began with an informal talk about the book's themes and her writing process, followed by conversation between the author and the invited respondents, and Q&A with other attendees.

Read an excerpt

• Introduction, 8 pages (10MB, PDF)
• Chapter 2, 24 pages (3MB, PDF)

Resources

• Michigan Family Farms and Farm Buildings (University of Michigan Press)
• 'Michigan Family Farms and Farm Buildings' explores the American way of life - via barns (Book review)
• More Selected Works by Hema Dandekar

About the event

Coffee and light refreshments will be served.

The event is free and open to the entire community — faculty, students, staff and the general public are all welcome!

• WHEN: Friday March 11th, 10:00 – 11:30am
• WHERE: Kennedy Library, Room 111H
  First floor, across from Research Help Desk