Nabta Playa / Kaputei Town / Dogon / San Antonio / Las Campanas / Caracas / Cusco / Los Angeles / Chicago / /
Company
Cerrejón / Amazon / Jamii Bora Trust / /
Continent
America / Africa / South America / /
Country
Ecuador / Venezuela / Peru / Egypt / Colombia / Kenya / Panama / India / Costa Rica / Bangladesh / Chile / Mali / Malaysia / United States / Vietnam / Columbia / Madagascar / Argentina / Bolivia / Korea / /
Event
Natural Disaster / Person Communication and Meetings / Environmental Issue / /
Facility
Latino Center / Stellar Art National Museum / Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute / Electronic Superhighway / Harvard-Smithsonian Center / Museum of Modern Art / Inka stonework / National Museum of African Art / National Portrait Gallery / San Francisco Museum of Modern Art / Hirshhorn Museum / Florida Museum of Natural History / Panama Canal / Vertical Gym / National Museum of the American Indian / Smithsonian American Art Museum / Smithsonian Environmental Research Center / National Museum of American History / Indianapolis Museum of Art / VALUING WORLD CULTURES National Museum of the American Indian / UNDERSTANDING THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE National Museum / /
Holiday
summer solstice / /
IndustryTerm
design solutions / road network / neutral food / food / energy / media conservation / metal abundance / prefabricated multilevel sports complex / high-speed internet / metal-poor stars / chemicals / micro-finance organization / chemical defenses / earliest archeoastronomical devices / similar chemical make-up / online open-network database / /
Movie
Anthology Film Archives / /
MusicGroup
B.C. / /
NaturalFeature
Panama Canal / Atlantic Coast / Guajira Peninsula / Andes / Barnoi River / Magdalena river / Chesapeake Bay / /
Organization
office of Planning and Analysis / NMAI Office for Latin America / Floating School / Latino Center / Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute / Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics / Smithsonian / Critical Mass / UNESCO’s World Heritage Centre / Smithsonian Environmental Research Center / Harvard / NMAH’s Division of Home and Community Life / NMAI Board of Trustees / Rockefeller Foundation / Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage / Community Center / /
Person
Nam June Paik / John Gerrard / Qhapac Ñan / Karin Kettenring / John Hanhardt / Zulu / Cynthia Smith / Dennis Whigham / Eric Lind / Catherine Hann / Jose Zarate / Christine Mullen Kreamer / Geoffrey Parker / Melissa McCormick / John Parker / Jose Barreiro / Gavin Janties / Sean McMahon / /
Position
ecologist / senior media arts curator / curator / assistant director for the NMAI History and Culture Department and director / Sculptor / Deputy Director and Chief Curator / scientist / senior media arts curator and keynote speaker / leader / artist / dwarf galaxy Sculptor / /
ProvinceOrState
Maryland / Darien Province / /
PublishedMedium
Smithsonian / Natural History / /
Region
North America / northeastern Colombia / South America / Eastern United States / /
Technology
high-speed internet / 3-D / cellular telephone / /
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