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MASCLab’s Podfest is A Celebration of Podcasting and Media-Makeing held each year at Teachers College, Columbia University. The event is hosted in the state-of-the-art Smith Learning Theater to provide an interactive and immersive environment for students, researchers, practitioners and community members to come together and share in the experience of listening. Our 2019 Podfest included a bit of live podcasting, where we hosted a panel to discuss all things multimodality. The panel included Lalitha Vasudevan, Ioana Literat, Haeny Yoon, Katie Newhouse, and Dalia Constantine. Listen in as they answer questions about making and youth story-telling, being open to various modes of inquiry, and the importance of multimodal research as a whole. The Media and Social Change Podcast theme song is Kelp Grooves by Little Glass Men (CC BY 2.0): http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Little_Glass_Men/Kelp_Grooves/Kelp_Grooves
The "Craftivism" episode features an interview with Dr. Sandra Markus about her dissertation research on craftivist subcultures, both on and offline. The 2017 Women's March features prominently in the discussion as does the British Suffragette movement as a historical precedent. As mentioned in this episode, you can see Janie Terrero's work here: https://www.museumoflondonprints.com/image/218153/janie-terrero-embroidery-by-janie-terrero-made-in-holloway-prison-1912 and learn more about the Suffragette's imprisonment at Holloway Prison here: https://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/discover/suffragettes-holloway-prison. Stay tuned, as there is a craftivism follow up episode in the works! Interviewer and narrator: Elyse Blake. The Media and Social Change Podcast theme song is Kelp Grooves by Little Glass Men (CC BY 2.0): http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Little_Glass_Men/Kelp_Grooves/Kelp_Grooves
On October 29, 2018, Steve Goodman, founding director of the Educational Video Center, came to Teachers College to discuss his new book “It’s Not About Grit: Trauma, Inequity, and the Power of Transformative Teaching.” The Educational Video Center is a social justice youth arts organization that builds the capacity of young people in transfer schools and international schools to create documentary films and to think and engage deeply with social justice. On this episode of the Media and Social Change Podcast, we will hear from Steve Goodman about what grit is, from his lens, and its relation with urban youth and education. You can buy It’s Not About Grit by Steve Goodman where books are sold, and you can check out films by Educational Video Center participants at evc.org. The Media and Social Change Podcast theme song is Kelp Grooves by Little Glass Men (CC BY 2.0): http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Little_Glass_Men/Kelp_Grooves/Kelp_Grooves
This is the first "crossover" episode in which we're featuring MASCLab member Kyle Oliver's ethnographic research on digital storytelling in faith and faith-adjacent settings. Learn more about digital storytelling at storycenter.org. References and further reading: Ackermann E. K. (2007) Experiences of artifacts: People’s appropriations / objects’ “affordances”. In: Glasersfeld E. (Ed.) Key works in radical constructivism (pp. 249–259). Rotterdam, The Netherlands: Sense Publishers. Hess, M. E. (2012). Mirror neurons, the development of empathy, and digital story telling. Religious Education, 107, 401–414. Lambert, J. (2012). Digital storytelling: Capturing lives, creating community. New York, NY: Routledge. As always, the Media and Social Change Podcast theme song is Kelp Grooves by Little Glass Men (CC BY 2.0): http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Little_Glass_Men/Kelp_Grooves/Kelp_Grooves
We talk with Matthew Camp, Director of Government Relations and a PhD student at Teachers College, Columbia University, about the college's #TakeActionTuesday initiative and related civic engagement activities going on across campus. We recorded this conversation on November 5, 2018, one day before the closely watched 2018 midterm elections. Matt's message is clear: Vote, AND... Voting is a good step, an important step, but as he and others at the college urge, civic action must be, as Matt puts it, quotidian and not merely episodic. So give it a listen and get inspired to VOTE, and... contact your representative, take part in local activities, use social media for public good, and build coalitions to have your voice - verbal and otherwise - find audiences across platforms. Our theme music is "Kelp Grooves" by Little Glass Men, published under a Creative Commons Attribution License at http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Little_Glass_Men/Kelp_Grooves/Kelp_Grooves
MASCLab's Joe Riina-Ferrie interviews our colleague Janell Drone about her research into African American one-room school facilities and her experience of school desegregation in rural West Texas. A transcript of this episode is coming soon. This video includes photos from Dr. Drone's archival research: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dE6Kf9HFfqc Our theme music is "Kelp Grooves" by Little Glass Men, published under a Creative Commons Attribution License at http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Little_Glass_Men/Kelp_Grooves/Kelp_Grooves Learn more about the Media and Social Change Lab at https://masclab.org.
Note: this is a rerun of a previous episode. Sarah Lu's first glimpse at life as a queer adult came while visiting Maura Koutoujian's general store back when she was a kid. Years later, Sarah tracked Maura down. Episode scoring by Jeremy Bloom with additional music by Arne Bang Huseby (“Stormy Blues”), Jalen Warshowsky (“Dollar Theater”), Josh Woodward (“Once Tomorrow”, “Grey Snow”, and "Border Blaster"), Anamorphic Orchestra (“Taking Dark Matter Lightly”), Joey Pecoraro (“Strong Vibes”), and Little Glass Men (“Kelp Grooves”). Theme by Alexander Overington. Support our work! Become a Nancy member today at Nancypodcast.org/donate.
Join us Friday, December 15 at the launch party for our new podcast. From 5 to 7 pm, the Smith Learning Theater will come alive with first-person stories of real-world learning. Let our hosts transport you to the research sites of Teachers College students, faculty, and alums. You can learn more about Podfest and the Media and Social Change Lab at https://masclab.org/podfest You can read a transcript of this trailer at https://bit.ly/podfest-trailer-script As always, our theme music is Kelp Grooves by Little Glass Men (CC BY 4.0 via FreeMusicArchive.org).
When sex ed doesn't cover it, you've got to figure stuff out on your own. — Tobin looks for "the first Asian top." — Sarah Lu reconnects with a woman from her past. Episode scoring by Jeremy Bloom, Arne Bang Huseby ("Stormy Blues"), Jalen Warshowsky ("Dollar Theater"), Josh Woodward ("Once Tomorrow" and "Grey Snow"), Anamorphic Orchestra ("Taking Dark Matter Lightly"), Joey Pecoraro ("Strong Vibes"), and Little Glass Men ("Kelp Grooves"). Theme by Alexander Overington.
Come out. Repeat. Record. — Kathy has to come out to her mom over and over again. This time she wants to know her mom understands. — Tobin's dad gets help from five fabulous friends. Episode scoring by Jeremy Bloom, Broke For Free ("Hella" and "Add And"), UltraCat ("Disco High"), Wake ("Nick Beat"), Little Glass Men ("Kelp Grooves"), and Co.fee ("Calabash"). Theme by Alexander Overington.
In the modern world, the spread of diseases like MERS, SARS, avian flu, Ebola, and Zika virus seems almost unavoidable. But to stop outbreaks spiralling out of control into global disasters, researchers, doctors and public health professionals need to know what’s happening and where in real time. That’s where ProMED comes in. PROMED is an online early warning system for emerging diseases that can be used by anyone in the world. People in the field report on disease outbreaks that are happening close to them, so that information about new threats can be rapidly disseminated online, and people at all levels can start to take the steps that could ultimately save lives. Ben spoke to the editor of ProMed, Dr Larry Madoff, about how the system is used, why disease outbreaks seem to be happening more frequently, and what we can do to stop them. Music: VYVCH – On And On Little Glass Men – Kelp Grooves