March 29, 2007 presentation: Brian Clark

GRAVITY'S CHILDREN: Observations and Anecdotes from a History of Motion

An act of intellectual tourism, “Gravity’s Children,” based on a work in progress of the same title, is a romp through history looking for stories about motion and sense of place. The talk includes a virtual fist fight between Diogenes and Zeno, a dancing skeleton, a view of the Andes as seen by Quecha speakers, and a briefly sketched conception of narrative as landscape with applications for teaching critical thinking.

Brian Clark is a novelist, poet and musician. He taught literature and humanities for several years and is now a writer and web master for the College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences at WSU.

March 8, 2007 presentation: Michael Hayes

NEW DOCUMENTARIES: Visual Culture as Pedagogy and Scholarship

Currently, Michael Hayes’ research focuses on issues related to media and visual culture as forms of pedagogy. In particular he is developing a perspective on visual culture, media and education in a global society. He has been making documentary films on topics of social concern in a local and global context, including “My Town,” an examination of a controversy in Moscow, Idaho that is relevant to national “culture wars,” “With Hands Hearts and Bells,” a film on the Sacred Heart Mission Indian boarding school on the Coeur d’Alene reservation.
Michael Hayes is a Professor in the Department of Teaching and Learning at Washington State University.

March 2, 2007 presentation: José Ramón Alcalá

NEW THOUGHTS, NEW VISION - NEW VISIONS, NEW THOUGHT: Vision in Electronic Culture at the Beginning of the 21st Century

The transition from analogical to digital culture is creating the challenge of shaping newly invented worlds into recognizable form. This is a difficult job if it is conceived as individual work. Scientists, technologists, and artists, etc. are connecting in interdisciplinary communities to contribute their specialized skills and knowledge to an integrated whole.

Dr. Alcalá is the Director of the International Museum of Electrography (MIDE) and Professor of New Technologies at the University of Cuenca, Spain. He is a visiting exchange professor in the Department of Art and Design at the University of Idaho