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Tuesday, November 08, 2005

Dawgnet: Change and Tradition convocation explains Turkish villages

"Change and Tradition convocation explains Turkish villages
By Marcy Wilhelm
Dawgnet Opinion Editor
Monday, November 7, 2005, 21:19 EST
Each year, Butler invites speakers to campus to address students on topics related to the Change and Tradition courses.

On Wednesday, Nov. 2, at 7 p.m., one of those speakers spoke to a crowded Krannert Room about the importance and relevance of the village structure in Islamic society. Henry Glassie, a folklorist who has written a number of books about Islamic cultural topics, relied heavily on images from a slide show to carry the presentation about the design of village structures, and stressed the importance of seeing the images."

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