At first, Leslie is dead set against this. He demands that the book Twilight, by Stephenie Meyer, be included in the capsule. Amen, Leslie! Discovering a historical diary of daily life is every historian’s dream.Įvents take a turn when word gets out about the department’s time capsule project, bringing Pawnee citizen Mr. She soon finds, however, that there are different understandings of what exactly constitutes “life in Pawnee.” The episode starts with Jerry, one of the department’s employees, saying that he has brought his mother’s diaries to put in the time capsule. The premise for the episode is that Leslie has decided to make a time capsule that represents life in Pawnee. When you realize you can write about history AND Parks and Rec. Be warned: this blog post contains spoilers for season 3, episode 3.

The satirical sitcom follows the trials and triumphs of determined public servant Leslie Knope (Amy Poehler) and her team at the small-town parks and rec department of Pawnee, Indiana. I’ve been thinking about this since watching an episode of one of my favourite television shows, Parks and Recreation. We may never know if it reaches extraterrestrials, but it does raise another question: is it possible to capture a place and moment in time? This is easily the most ambitious time capsule, as it seeks to convey the entirety of human experience on our planet over millennia. The two copies of the record had images and sounds of life on earth, including nature sounds, greetings in 55 languages, and music from different eras and cultures.

In 1977, NASA launched the Golden Record into outer space aboard Voyagers 1 and 2. But it is having a multiplicity of voices that leads to a balanced historical narrative. Considering that even pies can be understood in different ways, interpreting history can seem a lost cause.

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