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Description:: Part 13/16 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:: 2010-11-22
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:: 2018-02-05

Description:: Franz Leitner is a baker and restauranteur at Taverne zu Prandegg in Sch√∂nau.
Creator:: Shea, Peter
Contributor:: Leitner, Franz
Created:: 2014-09-26
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:: 2018-02-13

Description:: Franz Wuketits is a philosopher of biology at the University of Vienna.
Creator:: Shea, Peter
Contributor:: Wuketits, Franz
Created:: 2014-09-22
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:: 2018-02-13

Description:: Frederic Neyrat talks to Peter Shea about his consideration of anti-humanist philosophy, in the context of global processes and environmental damage.
Creator:: Shea, Peter
Contributor:: Neyrat, Frederic
Created:: 2011-03-08
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:: 2018-02-13

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:: Garrick Comeaux talks to Peter Shea about his pursuit of early music and singing, his travel through Italy and Germany, and his doctorate in sacramental theology.
Creator:: Shea, Peter
Contributor:: Comeaux, Garrick
Created:: 2009-02-01
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:: 2018-02-13

Description:: Gary Kroll is an Associate Professor in the Department of History at Plattsburgh State University. Trained in environmental history and the history of science, Professor Kroll is interested in the literal intersection of culture and nature. His project Roadkill Nation examines how Americans have thought about and dealt with the problem of animal...
Creator:: Shea, Peter
Contributor:: Kroll, Gary
Created:: 2013-05-07
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:: 2018-02-13

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

Description:: George Lewis talks to Peter Shea about his work with computers as improvising machines.
Creator:: Shea, Peter
Contributor:: Lewis, George
Created:: 2009-04-10
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:: 2018-02-13

Description:: Geraldine Heng talks to Peter Shea about the endurance of the King Arthur legend, the crusades, and the power of romance literature.
Creator:: Shea, Peter
Contributor:: Heng, Geraldine
Created:: 2007-11-01
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:: 2018-02-13