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Description:: Karlheinz Essl, composer, computer musician, and improviser talks to Peter Shea. He talks about playing progressive rock and finding the "utopian" concepts of Karlheinz Stockhausen as a teenager, and explains his ideals of musical experience with reference to the ideals of John Cage. He describes how his memories of playing prog rock came back t...
Creator:: Shea, Peter
Contributor:: Essl, Karlheinz
Created:: 2014-08-21
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:: 2018-02-13

Description:: Don Davis talks to Peter Shea about conducting oral history research into the Louisiana Wetlands, and his interest in cultural geography.
Creator:: Shea, Peter
Contributor:: Davis, Don
Created:: 2010-11-30
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:: 2018-02-13

Description:: Christine Kliesen Wehrman talks to Peter Shea about the pluralist spirit of her upbringing, the ways in which art helps her understand theology, and comparisons between theater acting and pastoral work.
Creator:: Shea, Peter
Contributor:: Wehrman, Christine Kliesen
Created:: 2013-07-16
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:: 2018-02-13

Description:: Juliet Schor talks to Peter Shea about her early intellectual formation, her growing dissatisfaction with conventional economics, and her decision to write for a general audience (as well as an academic audience).ÔøΩ She also talks about connections between activism and the academy.
Creator:: Shea, Peter
Contributor:: Schor, Juliet
Created:: 2010-10-05
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:: 2018-02-13

Description:: Kelly Quinn talks to Peter Shea about the use of puppets as a tool to organize socialization in public spaces.
Creator:: Shea, Peter
Contributor:: Quinn, Kelly
Created:: 2010-02-11
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:: 2018-02-13

Description:: Ann Waltner talks to Peter Shea about Jesuit priest Matteo Ricci‚Äôs Kunyu wanguo quantu, or Map of the Ten Thousand Countries of the Earth (1602), the oldest surviving Chinese map to show the Americas.
Creator:: Shea, Peter
Contributor:: Waltner, Ann
Created:: 2010-07-29
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:: 2018-02-13

Description:: Charles McGovern talks to Peter Shea about his interest in American popular culture, his work at the Smithsonian, and his belief in the "seriousness" of pop culture.
Creator:: Shea, Peter
Contributor:: McGovern, Charles
Created:: 2013-02-21
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:: 2018-02-13

Description:: Keir Neuringer talks to Peter Shea about his formation as a composer and improviser.
Creator:: Shea, Peter
Contributor:: Neuringer, Keir
Created:: 2009-02-17
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:: 2018-02-13

Description:: Lawrence Venuti talks to Peter Shea about how he came to be a translator, the role that translation plays in world literature, the invisibility of the translator, translation and difference, and the pedagogy of translation.
Creator:: Shea, Peter
Contributor:: Venuti, Lawrence
Created:: 2011-10-28
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