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Description:: Freya Manfred, poet, talks to Peter Shea about the influence of her childhood embedded in nature on her writing. She discusses the different poets and writers who have impacted her work and guided her as a person and poet. Growing up, Manfred had a rather solidary childhood. This is manifested in much of her work, which focuses on the human rela...
Creator:: Shea, Peter
Contributor:: Manfred, Freya
Created:: 2014-06-21
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:: 2018-02-13

Description:: Isabel Ettenauer, concert toy pianist, talks to Peter Shea about how she came to perform on toy pianos through the music of John Cage. She describes varieties of the instrument, her collaborations with composers, and why she likes playing the toy piano. She considers her relationship to the classical piano canon.
Creator:: Shea, Peter
Contributor:: Ettenauer, Isabel
Created:: 2014-10-02
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:: 2018-02-13

Description:: Danny Robinson Clark talks to Peter Shea about his wife, Mattie. He recalls memories of her: their childhood experiences in Mississippi, her personality and determination, her family and upbringing, her love of reading, and her labor in cotton fields. He remembers her exposure to the "southern argot" and recalls her gifted storytelling, beginnin...
Creator:: Shea, Peter
Contributor:: Clark, Danny Robinson
Created:: 2014-01-28
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:: 2018-02-13

Description:: The late Jerry Blue was a senior librarian for Hennepin County and a renowned storyteller. He died in October 2014. In this interview, he talks about how he came to tell stories and how he helped others to tell their own.
Creator:: Shea, Peter
Contributor:: Blue, Jerry
Created:: 2014-08-11
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:: 2018-02-13

Description:: Thomas Rose talks to Peter Shea about his artistic interests and some themes that unite his work, such as the intersections of architecture and memory.
Creator:: Shea, Peter
Contributor:: Rose, Thomas
Created:: 2011-08-03
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:: 2018-02-13

Description:: Regina Fragner is a farmer and schnapps producer in Kaltenberg.
Creator:: Shea, Peter
Contributor:: Fragner, Regina
Created:: 2014-09-26
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:: 2018-02-13

Description:: Matteo Convertino is Assistant Professor in the UMN School of Public Health‚Äôs Division of Environmental Health Sciences, and Principal Investigator of the HumNat Lab for Analysis, Modeling and Management of Complex Biological and Socio-technical Systems.
Creator:: Shea, Peter
Contributor:: Convertino, Matteo
Created:: 2015-09-04
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:: 2018-02-13

Description:: Hale and Josef Thauerbach are organic farmers and schnapps producers on the St. John pilgrimage path, Kaltenberg, M√ºhlviertel.
Creator:: Shea, Peter
Contributor:: Thauerbach, Hale; Thauerbach, Josef
Created:: 2014-10-18
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:: 2018-02-13

Description:: Professor Norbert Finzsch (Universit√§t zu K√∂ln, Cologne, Germany) is a Fellow at re:work International Research Center. His project concerns "The End of Slavery, the Role of the Freedmen‚Äôs Bureau and the Introduction of Sharecropping in the American South, 1863 to 1880". In this interview, he discusses controversies around the ratification o...
Creator:: Shea, Peter
Contributor:: Finzsch, Norbert
Created:: 2014-10-29
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:: 2018-02-13