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Description:: Thomas Wolfe talks to Peter Shea about his intellectual development, journey to academia, and the importance of thought for its own sake.
Creator:: Shea, Peter
Contributor:: Wolfe, Thomas
Created:: 2011-02-28
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:: 2018-02-13

Description:: Tim Hoogland, historian, talks to Peter Shea about his work as the coordinator of History Day. He discusses the challenges involved with students learning about history, lack of teacher resources, and the role of the Minnesota Historical Society in solving these conflicts. He talks about how History Day is used as a vechicle for underprivileged ...
Creator:: Shea, Peter
Contributor:: Hoogland, Tim
Created:: 2014-02-05
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:: 2018-02-13

Description:: Timothy Pauketat talks to Peter Shea about his career studying the Mississippian archaeological site Cahokia.
Creator:: Shea, Peter
Contributor:: Pauketat, Timothy
Created:: 2013-05-01
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:: 2018-02-13

Description:: Tina Richards talks to Peter Shea about the various aspects of her outreach to her new Hmong neighbors, and about what she has learned from observing their gardening and cooking practices.
Creator:: Shea, Peter
Contributor:: Richards, Tina
Created:: 2012-08-13
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:: 2017-11-28

Description:: Tom Conley talks to Peter Shea about his interest in American cinema which began at an early age.
Creator:: Shea, Peter
Contributor:: Conley, Tom
Created:: 2010-04-15
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:: 2018-02-13

Description:: Tom Nuessmeier talks to Peter Shea about his family farm, his work raising pigs, and the quality of a pig's life.
Creator:: Shea, Peter
Contributor:: Nuessmeier, Tom
Created:: 2013-03-29
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:: 2017-11-28

Description:: Tracey Deutsch talks to Peter Shea about grocery stores, food, capitalism, and gender.
Creator:: Shea, Peter
Contributor:: Deutsch, Tracy
Created:: 2011-08-04
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:: 2018-02-13

Description:: Tressa Sularz is a fiber artist living and working in her home studio in Northeast Minneapolis, Minnesota. Her work reflects movement and transitions -- from curving forms suggesting movement, embellished with earthly stones suggesting timelessness to cocoons reflecting on a time of stillness and inwardness with eventual rejuvenation. This curre...
Creator:: Shea, Peter
Contributor:: Sularz, Tressa
Created:: 2016-03-04
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:: 2018-02-13

Description:: Ully Leitner is an organic farmer and a specialist in herbs in Liebenau, M√ºhlviertel.
Creator:: Shea, Peter
Contributor:: Leitner, Ully
Created:: 2014-10-17
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:: 2018-02-13

Description:: Valentine Cadieux talks to Peter Shea about the intersections of human-made and natural landscapes, and the ways in which people imagine food systems.
Creator:: Shea, Peter
Contributor:: Cadieux, Valentine
Created:: 2011-08-09
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:: 2018-02-13