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Join us 1:30pm on first Wednesdays for our monthly Senior Wednesday. No need to register; simply walk in! Tickets are $4 plus tax or free for Museum members. Light refreshments provided.

Wichita, the Mayoral Race, and Mittelpolitanism

Synopsis provided by the speaker:

"Wichita is often referred to as a “mid-sized” city, but what do we mean by that? I believe that if we don’t have a good collective understanding of what a mid-sized or “mittelpolitan” (that is, not small, but not very “metropolitan” either) city is, then we may end up making decisions—like deciding who will be our next mayor!—in ways that conceive of the city the candidates are campaigning very differently than what is actually the case."

About the Speaker: Dr. Russell Fox

An expert on local and urban democracy, Dr. Russell Arben Fox frequently comments on Kansas and Wichita politics through multiple media outlets and is an associate editor of the blog “Front Porch Republic” (https://www.frontporchrepublic.com/). He has also been published in American Behavioral Scientist, Commonweal, Dialogue, The Good Society, Journal of Mormon History, Perspectives on Politics, Philosophy East and West, Polity, The Responsive Community, and The Review of Politics, and he has written multiple book chapters and encyclopedia entries. He and his wife, Melissa, have four daughters and have lived in Wichita since 2006.