Italo-Canadian dancer and choreographer Gioconda Barbuto is the 2015 McKnight International Artist. A dancer of explosive wit, subtle intelligence, and a fine sense of theatricality, Gioconda has distinguished herself throughout her career in an impressive number of works. She danced with the Minnesota Dance Theatre before becoming a soloist wit...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Barbuto, Gioconda
Created:
2015-11-18
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Graham Meriwether talks to Peter Shea about his production, director, and cinematography for the film American Meat, and the several years he spent on research and filming due to his attempts to be fair and to get to know all the parties to the dispute over how animals should be treated and how meat can be produced. In this interview, he discuss...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Meriwether, Graham
Created:
2012-08-01
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Gregory Taylor talks to Peter Shea about his weekly radio show, his fondness for the Spark Festival, a modern objectivization of music, and his formative musical experiences, in particular, learning about Javanese gamelan.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Taylor, Gregory
Created:
2007-02-04
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Guerino Mazzola talks to Peter Shea about his appreciation of time and gesture in music, his views on music education, and the meaning of collaboration.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Mazzola, Guerino
Created:
2007-02-01
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Guillaume Boccara talks to Peter Shea about his experience living and researching in France and Chile, and the struggle for recognition and rights of indigenous and marginalized people in each place.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Boccara, Guillaume
Created:
2009-04-12
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Part 1/16 of Oil and Water. In the wake of one of the largest environmental disasters in United States history, this course explores the many problems and paradoxes associated with the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. This course meets the Technology and Society Liberal Education requirement by exploring not only the technical and scientific issues ...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Gilmer, Robert
Created:
2010-09-13
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Hanna Kite talks to Peter Shea about the earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disaster that occurred in Japan on March 11, 2011 and how subsequent media coverage has "flattened" the stories about how the disaster has effected people’s lives.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Kite, Hanna
Created:
2011-03-25
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Professor Hans Bertram (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany) is a Fellow at re:work International Research Center. His research concerns "Work-Life Balance. Comparing Japan and Germany".
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Bertram, Hans
Created:
2014-11-04
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Hans Tammen talks to Peter Shea about the experiences which went into developing his musicianship, from playing classic jazz to experimental electric guitar.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Tammen, Hans
Created:
2013-02-26
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Harry Baulisch talks to Peter Shea and Valentine Cadieux about his experience managing a rural food shelf, his beliefs about generosity, and his thoughts on ideal employment conditions.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Baulisch, Harry; Cadieux, Valentine
Created:
2012-09-18
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Helena Goscilo, Professor of Slavic and East European Languages, talks to Peter Shea about the course of her academic career from Russian literature to gender studies to visual imagery. She mentions her projects on Vladimir Putin's self-presentation and on Soviet posters, continuing to discuss wartime Soviet posters: their placement, their choic...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Goscilo, Helena
Created:
2013-10-13
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Henry Buchwald is Professor of Surgery and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Minnesota. During his more than 50 years at the University of Minnesota, Buchwald has been a surgeon, teacher, mentor, researcher, and inventor. His long-term research interests include cholesterol and atherosclerosis, obesity surgery, implantable devices, hyp...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Buchwald, Henry
Created:
2015-12-15
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Holly Day‘s writing has appeared in over 3,500 publications internationally, including Computer Music Journal, ROCKRGRL, Music Alive!, Guitar One, Brutarian Magazine, Interface Technology, and Mixdown Magazine. Sherman Wick has worked as a freelance writer and photographer, focusing on music, film, and Minnesota’s rich cultural and historica...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Day, Holly; Wick, Sherman
Created:
2015-11-01
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
