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Description:: Anna Putz runs a coffee shop and gourmet food store on the Meidling Market Square in Vienna.
Creator:: Shea, Peter
Contributor:: Putz, Anna
Created:: 2014-10-15
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:: 2018-02-13

Description:: Don Kemp worked as a math teacher at North High School, Minneapolis, and as a minister. In this interview, he talks about his experiences growing up on the farm and in the church, his work in engineering and ministry, and the challenges of teaching math within and "around the edges" of the public education system.
Creator:: Shea, Peter
Contributor:: Kemp, Donald
Created:: 2007-02-01
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:: 2018-02-13

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

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

Description:: Rick Duque talks to Peter Shea about how well the culture and practice of science can travel to countries without their own longstanding scientific tradition.
Creator:: Shea, Peter
Contributor:: Duque, Rick
Created:: 2011-04-27
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:: 2018-02-13

Description:: Thomas Fisher is a Professor in the School of Architecture and Dean of the College of Design at the University of Minnesota. He has written extensively about architectural design, practice, and ethics. In this interview, he talks about his work on 21st-century cities and the "on-demand" economy.
Creator:: Shea, Peter
Contributor:: Fisher, Thomas
Created:: 2015-12-09
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:: 2018-02-13

Description:: Stefan Heid was trained as an ethnologist, works in the family used car business near Edlitz, and writes about Burgenland. In this interview, he talks about returning home after much travel abroad.
Creator:: Shea, Peter
Contributor:: Heid, Stefan
Created:: 2014-10-13
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:: 2018-02-13

Description:: Sara Evans gives a talk about her life and experience, entitled "Activism and Scholarship: Becoming a Feminist Historian".
Creator:: Shea, Peter
Contributor:: Evans, Sara
Created:: 2011-12-13
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:: 2018-02-13

Description:: Julie Landsman, author of A White Teacher Talks About Race, taught in the Minneapolis public schools for 25 years and blogs on the TC Daily Planet. In this interview, she talks to Peter Shea about her writing and how she came to write about racism and her students. She explains how her primary pursuits in later life have moved away from direct i...
Creator:: Shea, Peter
Contributor:: Landsman, Julie
Created:: 2014-03-03
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