NEWS
Matthew Crawford Announced as Dinner Speaker at Summit
CHEYENNE – The Wyoming Workforce Development Council, in partnership with the Governor's Office and the Wyoming Department of Workforce Services, has announced the dinner speaker of the 2010 Governor's Summit on Workforce Solutions June 17th and 18th in Casper, Wyoming.
Matthew B. Crawford is an esteemed philosopher and the best-selling author of Shop Class as Soulcraft, a book that brings alive an experience that was once quite common, but now seems to be receding from society— the experience of making and fixing things with your hands. For anyone who felt hustled off to college, then to the cubicle, against their own inclinations and natural bents, Shop Class as Soulcraft seeks to restore the honor of the manual trades as a life worth choosing. For anyone who feels thwarted by their own material stuff, Crawford makes a case for reclaiming some measure of self-reliance.
Joan Evans, Director of the Department of Workforce Services is excited about welcoming Crawford to speak at the event. "Mr. Crawford's hands on approach to manual work philosophy will resonate with a lot of our Wyoming businesses who attend the Summit," Evans said. "It is always a pleasure to welcome speakers to our Summit that can share unique views of the workplace."
As a speaker, Crawford draws from the history of philosophy to consider how economic choices form this country (and deform the country). In doing so, he turns an inquiring gaze on the absurdities of the modern workplace, the psychology of consumerism, and some of the weirder consequences of our technological enthusiasm. Often darkly funny, he mixes stories of contemporary life with careful arguments to illuminate our ongoing struggle to live a fully human life, and to figure out what such a life might consist of.
For more information on the Governor's Summit or to register, please visit wyowdc.org or call Jerimiah Rieman, Administrator for the Council, at 307-777-5629.
