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Description:: 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.
Last Updated:: 2018-02-05

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:: 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‚Äôs lives.
Creator:: Shea, Peter
Contributor:: Kite, Hanna
Created:: 2011-03-25
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:: 2018-02-13

Description:: Professor Hans Bertram (Humboldt-Universit√§t 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.
Last Updated:: 2018-02-13

Description:: 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.
Last Updated:: 2018-02-13

Description:: Harriet Tarlo and Judith Tucker talk to Peter Shea about the processes they use in their collaboration, centering upon both human and nonhuman imprints on the Australian landscape, such as walking through the landscape. They comment on the ways in which their landscape work looks rather exotic to them in the very different context of Minnesota.
Creator:: Shea, Peter
Contributor:: Tarlo, Harriet; Tucker, Judith
Created:: 2012-10-16
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:: 2018-02-13

Description:: 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.
Last Updated:: 2018-02-13

Description:: 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.
Last Updated:: 2018-02-13

Description:: Her Vang talks to Peter Shea about the struggles and aspirations of the Hmong people in America after exile from Laos.
Creator:: Shea, Peter
Contributor:: Vang, Her
Created:: 2011-03-31
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:: 2018-02-13

Description:: Hilda Gruber is owner of Hedwigs Gartl, a shop by the side of the road selling herbs in Bad Zell.
Creator:: Shea, Peter
Contributor:: Gruber, Hilda
Created:: 2014-09-24
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:: 2018-02-13