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UID:pretalx-nbpy-2026-UPQLCX@pretalx.northbaypython.org
DTSTART;TZID=PST:20260425T161500
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DESCRIPTION:With twenty some-odd bits of state and several hundred instruct
 ions\, Modern Western Square Dancing is a pipelined architecture that exec
 utes on groups of humans and provides challenging programming puzzles\, in
  a context that brings people together and builds real-life in-person bond
 s.\n\nFrom its origins in Black slave culture in the early United States\,
  to something inflicted on us in grade school\, square dancing as it is pe
 rformed around the world has been described as "uniquely American". We'll 
 talk about lessons from "group theory performed as a team sport\, set to m
 usic"\, or "dancing for math nerds"\, from the propaganda of Henry Ford\, 
 to post WWII American expansion\, to how gay culture has struggled with as
 similating straight dancers. And maybe offer some lessons we can take into
  our own communities.
DTSTAMP:20260404T055726Z
LOCATION:Barn
SUMMARY:Modern Western Square Dancing: dancing for math nerds - Dan Lyke
URL:https://pretalx.northbaypython.org/nbpy-2026/talk/UPQLCX/
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