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Cherif Keita, Professor of French, on Mali, November 2012
Description:
Cherif Keita talks to Peter Shea about growing up in Mali, his intellectual life in Minnesota and Africa, come surprising connections he has discovered between Northfield, Minnesota and South Africa, dating back to the 19th century, and about the work done by his father to further education in Mali.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Keita, Cherif
Created:
2012-11-23
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:
2018-02-13
Cherif Keita, Professor of French, on Mali, November 2012
Isabel Ettenauer, Toy Pianist, Oct. 2014
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
Isabel Ettenauer, Toy Pianist, Oct. 2014
Kathleen Ryor, Professor of Art History, on Ming Dynasty Art, November 2012
Description:
Kathleen Ryor talks to Peter Shea about her development as an art historian and her work on the Ming dynasty painter Xu Wei. She talks about her recent interest in the connections between the world of the military and the world of the artist in late Ming China. She discusses the ways in which the subject of art history is explicitly interdiscipl...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Ryor, Kathleen
Created:
2012-11-28
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:
2018-02-13
Kathleen Ryor, Professor of Art History, on Ming Dynasty Art, November 2012
Natalie Rae Wass, Playwright & Actor, on Nudity, Aug. 2013
Description:
Natalie Rae Wass, writer and actor, talks to Peter Shea about her play, Fashion Risk, or the Accidental Nudist, at the 2013 Minnesota Fringe Festival. She talks about growing up in England, the place of nude vacations in her family’s life, and her attitudes toward cultural proscriptions around clothing and nudity.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Wass, Natalie Rae
Created:
2013-08-01
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:
2018-02-13
Natalie Rae Wass, Playwright & Actor, on Nudity, Aug. 2013
Christine Baeumler, Artist, on her Work, December 2012
Description:
Christine Baeumler talks to Peter Shea about her formation as an artist, about work in East Palo Alto, in the Bruce Vento Nature Preserve, and as the artist-in-residence for two watershed districts in St. Paul, and also about a course she is teaching in spring 2013 with two colleagues, Kristine Miller and Valentine Cadieux, called "Slow Art and ...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Baeumler, Christine
Created:
2012-12-04
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:
2018-02-13
Christine Baeumler, Artist, on her Work, December 2012
Erika Kate MacDonald, Playwright & Actor, on Her One-Woman Shows, Jul. 2013
Description:
Erika Kate MacDonald, playwright and actor, talks to Peter Shea about the challenges she has faced acting in theater and writing one-woman shows, from Fluid, a "bisexual coming-of-age story", to Tap Me On The Shoulder, scheduled for five performances at the 2013 Minnesota Fringe Festival. They discuss different kinds of goals and mindsets that i...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
MacDonald, Erika Kate
Created:
2013-07-29
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:
2018-02-13
Erika Kate MacDonald, Playwright & Actor, on Her One-Woman Shows, Jul. 2013
Jodie Ahern, Artist, on the Women's Art Institute, Jul. 2013
Description:
Jodie Ahern, artist, talks to Peter Shea and Patricia Olson about her artwork, her involvement in the 2013 Women's Art Institute at St. Kate's University, her rediscovery of feminist art, and her renewed artistic drive. She exhibits three pieces she produced while at the Institute. She thinks about the future of her art practice.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Ahern, Jodie; Olson, Patricia
Created:
2013-07-10
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:
2018-02-13
Jodie Ahern, Artist, on the Women's Art Institute, Jul. 2013
Tim Hoogland, Coordinator of History Day, on Minnesota History Day, Feb. 2014
Description:
Tim Hoogland, historian, talks to Peter Shea about his work as the coordinator of History Day. He discusses the challenges involved with students learning about history, lack of teacher resources, and the role of the Minnesota Historical Society in solving these conflicts. He talks about how History Day is used as a vechicle for underprivileged ...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Hoogland, Tim
Created:
2014-02-05
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:
2018-02-13
Tim Hoogland, Coordinator of History Day, on Minnesota History Day, Feb. 2014
Michelle Filkins, Journal Founder, on Publishing, July 2014
Description:
Michelle Filkins, professor and librarian, talks to Peter Shea about the conception of Spout Press. As a founder and editor, Filkins discusses the evolution of the publishing business, as well as how Spout Press has adapted and changed since 1989. Filkins also talks about her involvement with the writing scene and community of Minneapolis. She i...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Filkins, Michelle
Created:
2014-07-28
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:
2018-02-13
Michelle Filkins, Journal Founder, on Publishing, July 2014
Ravi Malhotra, Professor of Law, on the Disability Rights Movement, March 2013
Description:
Ravi Malhotra talks to Peter Shea about his two book projects: "E.T. Kingsley and the Legal Politics of Disablement," examining the connections between workplace injury, disability law and labour history (with Benjamin Isitt) and "Exploring Disability Identity and Disability Rights Through Narratives," which examines systemic discrimination and ...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Malhotra, Ravi
Created:
2013-03-05
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:
2018-02-13
Ravi Malhotra, Professor of Law, on the Disability Rights Movement, March 2013
Joyce Lyon and Howard Oransky, Curators, on Feminist Art, February 2013
Description:
Joyce Lyon and Howard Oransky talks to Peter Shea about an installation they curated together at the Katherine E. Nash and T. R. Anderson Galleries in the Wilson Library, "The House We Built: Feminist Art Then and Now". They present many of the installation's pieces, and talk about some of the artists, themes and organizations that originated, s...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Lyon, Joyce; Oransky, Howard
Created:
2013-02-14
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:
2018-02-13
Joyce Lyon and Howard Oransky, Curators, on Feminist Art, February 2013
Kristin Hoelsher-Schacker, Artist, on the Women's Art Institute, Jul. 2013
Description:
Kristin Hoelsher-Schacker, artist, talks to Peter Shea and Patricia Olson about her family, her early interest in art and theater, and her choice of fiber as a medium. She discusses her involvement in the 2013 Women's Art Institute at St. Kate's University, and exhibits three pieces she produced while at the Institute. She thinks about the futur...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Hoelsher-Schacker, Kristin; Olson, Patricia
Created:
2013-07-10
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:
2018-02-13
Kristin Hoelsher-Schacker, Artist, on the Women's Art Institute, Jul. 2013
Dakota Hosta, Artist, on the Women's Art Institute, Jul. 2013
Description:
Dakota Hosta, artist, talks to Peter Shea and Patricia Olson about how she came to consider herself an artist and her involement in the 2013 Women's Art Institute at St. Kate's University. She talks about some ideas from feminist art theory which inform her work, the future of her art practice, and she exhibits three pieces she produced at the I...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Hosta, Dakota; Olson, Patricia
Created:
2013-07-10
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:
2018-02-13
Dakota Hosta, Artist, on the Women's Art Institute, Jul. 2013
Eugene Quinn, Radio Producer and DJ, Aug. 2014
Description:
Eugene Quinn, radio producer, DJ, and writer, talks to Peter Shea. He describes his upbringing, his parents' appreciation of words, and his life in Austria as an expatriate from London. He discusses his work with cultural organization Space and Place on the Vienna Coffeehouse Conversations and describes some of Vienna's political, social, and et...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Quinn, Eugene
Created:
2014-08-21
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:
2018-02-13
Eugene Quinn, Radio Producer and DJ, Aug. 2014
Joe Gergen, Author, on His Work, July 2014
Description:
Joe Gergen, author, talks to Peter shea about his childhood. He discusses how he transformed from an introverted child to a confident writer. He studied both mathematics and English, and his full-time occupation is in analysis. Gergen discusses how he balances his passion for writing with his career. Gergen is the author of two books, and he als...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Gergen, Joe
Created:
2014-07-28
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:
2018-02-13
Joe Gergen, Author, on His Work, July 2014
Graham Meriwether, Producer and Director, on American Meat, August 2012
Description:
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.
Last Updated:
2017-11-28
Graham Meriwether, Producer and Director, on American Meat, August 2012
Justine DiFiore, Artist, on the Women's Art Institute, Jul. 2013
Description:
Justine DiFiore, artist, talks to Peter Shea and Patricia Olson about how she came to consider herself an artist. She exhibits a portrait of photographer Wing Young Huie she produced at the 2013 Women's Art Institute at St. Kate's University. She discusses her affinity for portraiture and what she considers valuable and authentic in her work. Sh...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
DiFiore, Justine; Olson, Patricia
Created:
2013-07-10
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:
2018-02-13
Justine DiFiore, Artist, on the Women's Art Institute, Jul. 2013
Michael Fortun, Professor of Science and Technology Studies, on his Ethnographies, April 2009
Description:
Michael Fortun talks to Peter Shea about his work doing oral history/anthropology of ongoing scientific enterprises. Fortun is concerned to convey the messiness and í±humanityí¬ of science, in a public climate in which scientific inquiry is often held up as a model of fairly simple, clear rational procedure. Fortun gives an account of his in...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Fortun, Michael
Created:
2009-04-10
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:
2018-02-13
Michael Fortun, Professor of Science and Technology Studies, on his Ethnographies, April 2009
Linda Levin, Artist, on the Women's Art Institute, Jul. 2013
Description:
Linda Levin, artist, talks to Peter Shea and Patricia Olson about the origins of her artmaking and her involvement in the 2011 and 2013 Women's Art Institutes, the latter at St. Kate's University. She identifies a need in the art world for more recognition of women's work. She exhibits four pieces she produced at the 2013 Institute which draw fr...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Levin, Linda; Olson, Patricia
Created:
2013-07-10
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:
2018-02-13
Linda Levin, Artist, on the Women's Art Institute, Jul. 2013
Rhoda Gilman, Historian, on Social Justice and Human Rights, Feb. 2014
Description:
Rhoda Gilman, retired historian, talks to Peter Shea about the influence of her parents on her personal convictions, her work in social justice and human rights, and role as an activist for women historians. She also discuesses the surprises she's come across throughout her career, most of which stem from her research of Buddhism. She talks abou...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Gilman, Rhoda
Created:
2014-02-24
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:
2018-02-13
Rhoda Gilman, Historian, on Social Justice and Human Rights, Feb. 2014