LECTURES & LITERATURE

    Benjamin Franklin and the Liberty to Communicate

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    Presented by Penn Humanities Forum at University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (Penn Museum)

    February 24, 2010


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    2009–2010 Penn Humanities Forum on Connections presents: Lewis Hyde, Richard L. Thomas Professor of Creative Writing, Kenyon College Fellow, Berkman Center for Internet and Society, Harvard. Viewed in the light of intellectual property law, Benjamin Franklin appears to be the nation’s Founding Pirate. In his scientific pursuits and his relationship to the international circulation of knowledge, Franklin believed above all in the “liberty to communicate.” Reviewing the experiences and principles that shaped that view, Lewis Hyde explores Franklin’s belief that lively creative communities emerge when barriers to the exchange of ideas are low and connections, therefore, are easily forged.


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        University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (Penn Museum)

        3260 South Street
        Philadelphia, PA 19104

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        Tickets: Free

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        Dates:
        February 24, 2010

        Times:
        5 pm

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