Douglas Ewart talks to Peter Shea about some motivations behind his Spark Festival project, such as the importance of active play for young people, and the environmental damage of contemporary society.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Ewart, Douglas
Created:
2009-02-17
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Erika Donald and Xenia Pestova talk to Peter Shea about their involvement in the Spark 2009 Festival, as part of their Digital Orchestra Project, utilizing digital musical instruments.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Donald, Erika| Pestova, Xenia
Created:
2009-02-17
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Megan England talks to Peter Shea about her compositional processes, her current mobile guerilla project, and the character of cities and acoustic environments.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
England, Megan
Created:
2009-02-17
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Susan Buck-Morss talks to Peter Shea about her early adoption of Marxist ideals and communal living, her love of libraries and archives, and the power of visual imagery.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Buck-Morss, Susan
Created:
2009-02-17
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Terry Pender talks to Peter Shea about his formation as a performer and composer, and the kind of "American" freedom and experimentation he aims for in his music.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Pender, Terry
Created:
2009-02-17
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Ann Marie Barry talks to Peter Shea about her love of literature, the neurology of visual communication, how they filter into her teaching methods, and the danger of satire.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Barry, Ann Marie
Created:
2009-03-22
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Juliette Cherbuliez talks to Peter Shea about her interests in French Early Modern literature, the Medea myth, and stories of murder carried out by women, and how they frame our evaluations of violence. She also speaks about her educational ideals.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Cherbuliez, Juliette
Created:
2009-03-22
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
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.
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.
Eric Avila talks to Peter Shea about the place of the city in the American cultural imagination, its relationship to social identity, the early construction of highways, and the development of urban planning as a science.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Avila, Eric
Created:
2009-04-14
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Andrew Light talks to Peter Shea about his work bridging concrete environmental science and abstract environmental ethics, his belief in restoration ecology, and practical ways to deal with climate change.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Light, Andrew
Created:
2009-04-22
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Ryan Hill and Heather Stone talk about their involvement with Sandbox Theatre, and its production process, starting without a script and developing the play by communal inquiry and creative experimentation. They also describe their production for the 2009 Fringe Festival.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Hill, Ryan| Stone, Heather
Created:
2009-07-30
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Carla Rahn Phillips talks to Peter Shea about her interest in the history of Early Modern Spain and the Atlantic, including maritime and naval history.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Phillips, Carla Rahn
Created:
2009-10-07
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Nabil Matar talks to Peter Shea about his interest in the connections of literature, theology, and history, and accounts dealing with stories of captivity.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Matar, Nabil
Created:
2009-10-15
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Simon Gikandi talks to Peter Shea about his interdisciplinary work connecting literary theory and literary history, his book connecting slavery and culture of taste, British colonialism, and modern identity.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Gikandi, Simon
Created:
2009-10-16
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Josephine Lee talks to Peter Shea about her interest in plays, touching on Samuel Beckett and Modern Theater, and about conveying many cultural perspectives to students through literature.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Lee, Josephine
Created:
2009-10-19
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Patricia Hampl talks to Peter Shea about the lyric voice in memoir, the first person voice in American writing, and the role of memoir in making history.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Hampl, Patricia
Created:
2009-10-26
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Ellen Kennedy talks about her involvement as interim director of the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies and president of World Without Genocide, about war crimes prosecution, resolutions, sanctions, and measures to effect intervention in worldwide mass atrocities.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Kennedy, Ellen
Created:
2009-10-30
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Olive Bieringa and Bryce Beverlin II talk to Peter Shea about their collaborative project 1/2 Life, which addresses the environmental problems of nuclear residue and indestructible plastics
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Bieringa, Olive; Beverlin, Bryce
Created:
2009-11-04
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Stacy Alaimo talks about transcorporeality, an awareness of the body in material reality, as it relates to environmental health, monster movies, and human interactions.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Alaimo, Stacy
Created:
2009-11-04
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Leonard Marcus talks to Peter Shea about the children's book author Margaret Wise Brown, and how her books have been regarded. He also deals with Ursula Nordstrom, and his general approach to writing.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Marcus, Leonard
Created:
2009-11-15
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Julie Schumacher talks to Peter Shea about the development of her interest in words and writing, and how she arrived at short story writing and fiction.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Schumacher, Julie
Created:
2009-11-19
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Bill Foley and Andrea Stanislav talk to Peter Shea about their recent research trip to Dubai, and an upcoming multimedia sculptural installation exploring the interconnections and competing/clashing themes of environmental sustainability, global pluralism, and Dubai's highly ambitious architecture.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Foley, Bill; Stanislav, Andrea
Created:
2009-12-09
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Geoffrey Sirc talks to Peter Shea about his approach towards teaching writing composition, using unorthodox writing assignments to give students a position of personal authority.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Sirc, Geoffrey
Created:
2010-02-25
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Deborah Jenson talks to Peter Shea about her research into French and KreyÔøΩl revolutionary-era texts by the African diaspora in colonial Haiti, and new developments in theories of imitation or representation in the field of neuroscience.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Jenson, Deborah
Created:
2010-03-04
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Shirley Nelson Garner talks to Peter Shea about aspects of Shakespeare, including the treatment of female characters and the difficulty of attaining self-understanding.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Garner, Shirley Nelson
Created:
2010-03-08
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
