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By the Book: Connecting Rural Communities
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11/09/21 • 21 min
Jenny De Groot, a children’s librarian on Orcas Island in the Pacific Northwest, reads some of her favorite books while sharing how her remote community found ways to connect during the pandemic. Dr. Chuck Fluharty, founder, President, and CEO of the Rural Policy Research Institute (RUPRI), explores the future of rural and urban communities through a public humanities lens.
Learn about the Humanities Washington Prime Time Family Reading program that Jenny De Groot’s library hosted. Find out more about RUPRI and take a look at its Comprehensive Rural Wealth Framework.
Read more about this episode’s topic and guests at our website.
11/09/21 • 21 min
Adrienne Kennedy, a climate activist and organizer from south Lumberton, North Carolina, talks about what environmental justice looks like for her after Hurricane Matthew destroyed her home. Dr. Joseph Campana, director of the Center for Environmental Studies at Rice University, explores ways the humanities can help us process relentless patterns of climate catastrophe.
Find out how to support disaster relief and recovery in Lumberton and watch Robeson Rises, the film featuring Adrienne Kennedy’s story. Read more about the North Carolina Humanities Watershed Moments initiative that screened the film as part of a touring discussion series.
Learn more about the Center for Environmental Studies, the Investing in Futures project, and Dr. Joseph Campana’s work on the relationship between the humanities and the environment.
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Civic Engagement by Way of Poetry
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11/09/21 • 22 min
Carol Ann Carl, a storyteller from Pohnpei Island in the Federated States of Micronesia, talks about how she uses poetry to advocate for historically marginalized communities, and two-term US Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey describes how poetry can articulate acts of civic engagement.
Explore Carol Ann Carl’s work and learn about the Why it Matters Poetry Workshop she led through the Hawai’i Council for the Humanities. Learn more about Natasha Tretheway on her website.
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The Humanities in Times of Crisis
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11/09/21 • 26 min
Poet, writer, and physician Dr. Rafael Campo reads his poem “The Doctor's Song” and talks about the healing power of the humanities. Dr. Gioia Woods, a professor in the Department of Comparative Cultural Studies at Northern Arizona University, shares The Pandemic Stories Project, a reading, discussion, and oral history program she created to document the impact of COVID-19 in her rural community.
Learn more about Dr. Campo’s work and poetry on his website, watch his TEDx talk, and read the Poetry Section he edits at the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Explore the Pandemic Stories Project and Plague Virtual Book Club, and read more about Dr. Woods’ work and recent book, Left in the West: Literature, Culture, and Progressive Politics in the American West.
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Coming Soon: Making Meaning
Making Meaning
10/26/21 • 2 min
Since the pandemic struck in 2020, we’ve all been through a lot, but we’ve found ways to move forward in strength and community, to connect and tell stories—this is the work of the humanities. Making Meaning is a podcast from the Federation of State Humanities Councils that shares that work. In this series, host Sydney Boyd hears stories from our nation’s humanities councils and leaders across the greater United States about the role the humanities have played during the pandemic and are playing in our recovery.
For more information, visit us at https://www.statehumanities.org.
Las comunidades indígenas y el poder de la narración
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11/09/21 • 9 min
La escritora y artista visual Melissa Melero-Moose habla sobre el fomento de la creatividad durante la pandemia en la colonia india de Reno-Sparks en Hungry Valley, NV. Eric Hemenway, Director del Departamento de Repatriación, Archivos y Registros de Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, explica cómo la narración puede descubrir tergiversaciones sobre las comunidades nativas.
Explore la obra de Melissa Melero-Moose, lea su ensayo, de Nevada Humanities y obtenga más información sobre los Great Basin Native Artists.
Obtenga más información sobre Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians.
Obtenga más información sobre el tema de este episodio y de los invitados en https://www.statehumanities.org/.
Historias vivas de raza y racismo
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11/09/21 • 11 min
Danyetta Najoli, cofundadora de The Black American Tree Project, explica cómo el diseño del proyecto de narración inmersiva evoca un sentido de reconocimiento de los orígenes de la esclavitud. El Dr. Jack Tchen, Profesor inaugural de Clement A. Price en Historia Pública y Humanidades y Director del Price Institute en la Universidad de Rutgers, profundiza en las historias de despojo.
Obtenga más información sobre The Black American Tree Project y Ohio Humanities, que apoyó el proyecto mediante una subvención.
Explore el proyecto de historia pública del Dr. Jack Tchen, Dismantling Eugenics, mire su entrevista NYU Skirball “Paradigm Shifter” interview, y sumérjase en “Hacking the University: Reckoning with Racial Equity, Climate Justice, and Global Warming ".
Obtenga más información sobre el tema de este episodio y de los invitados en https://www.statehumanities.org/.
Cómo conectar a las comunidades rurales
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11/09/21 • 11 min
Jenny De Groot, bibliotecaria infantil de la isla de Orcas, en el noroeste del Pacífico, lee algunos de sus libros favoritos y comparte cómo su remota comunidad encontró formas de conectarse durante la pandemia. Chuck Fluharty, fundador, Presidente y Director general del Instituto de Investigación de Políticas Rurales (RUPRI), explora el futuro de las comunidades rurales y urbanas a través de una lente pública humanista.
Obtenga más información sobre el programa de Humanities Washington Prime Time Family Reading que organizó la biblioteca de Jenny De Groot.
Obtenga más información sobre la RUPRI y eche un vistazo a su Comprehensive Rural Wealth Framework.
Obtenga más información sobre el tema de este episodio y de los invitados en https://www.statehumanities.org/
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11/09/21 • 10 min
Adrienne Kennedy, activista climática y organizadora del sur de Lumberton (Carolina del Norte), habla de lo que significa para ella la justicia medioambiental después de que el huracán Matthew destruyera su casa. El Dr. Joseph Campana, director del Centro de Estudios Medioambientales de la Universidad de Rice, explora las formas en que las humanidades pueden ayudarnos a elaborar los patrones inexorables de la catástrofe climática.
Obtenga más información sobre cómo apoyar la ayuda y la recuperación de la catástrofe en Lumberton y mire Robeson Rises; una película con la actuación de Adrienne Kennedy. Más información sobre la iniciativa de Humanidades de Carolina del Norte Watershed Moments que proyectó la película como parte de una serie de debates itinerantes.
Obtenga más información sobre el Center for Environmental Studies, el proyecto Investing in Futures y el trabajo del Dr. Joseph Campana sobre la relación entre las humanidades y el medio ambiente.
Obtenga más información sobre el tema de este episodio y de los invitados en https://www.statehumanities.org/.
Compromiso cívico a través de la poesía
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11/09/21 • 11 min
Carol Ann Carl, narradora de la isla de Pohnpei, en los Estados Federados de Micronesia, habla de cómo utiliza la poesía para apoyar a las comunidades históricamente marginadas; y Natasha Trethewey, dos veces premiada con el US Poet, describe cómo la poesía puede articular actos de compromiso cívico.
Explore la obra de Carol Ann Carl y conozca el Why it Matters Poetry Workshop con el que dio clases a través del Consejo Hawaiano para las Humanidades.
Obtenga más información sobre Natasha Tretheway en su página web
Obtenga más información sobre el tema de este episodio y de los invitados en en https://www.statehumanities.org/.
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How many episodes does Making Meaning have?
Making Meaning currently has 14 episodes available.
What topics does Making Meaning cover?
The podcast is about Poetry, Society & Culture, Visual Arts, Podcasts, Education and Arts.
What is the most popular episode on Making Meaning?
The episode title 'Las comunidades indígenas y el poder de la narración' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Making Meaning?
The average episode length on Making Meaning is 15 minutes.
When was the first episode of Making Meaning?
The first episode of Making Meaning was released on Oct 26, 2021.
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