Upcoming Sessions

July 31, 2025 (9:00AM CST USA)

Constructivist Co-Curation: A Method of Interweaving Museum and School‑Based Art Education

Viki Thompson Wylder and Marcia Meale

Discover Constructivist Co‑Curation, a groundbreaking method that unites museum and school educators in co‑curating exhibitions and art projects, breaking down institutional barriers to enrich learning, engagement, and meaningful museum experiences.

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August 8, 2025 (8:00AM CST USA)

Popular Modernisms: Art, Cartoons, Comics and Cultural In/subordination

Bruce A. Barber

Popular Modernisms offers a practical explication to the symbolic contest of cultural power, as this is representative of the struggle between various groups and constituencies over the social meanings and cultural relevance, or lack thereof, of modern(ist) art.

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September 26, 2025 (10:00AM CST USA)

Physical Contact in Educational Settings

Joacim Andersson

Physical Contact in Educational Settings explores the evolving norms around teacher-student touch. This concise resource offers research-based insights and strategies for balancing effective pedagogy with ethical and responsible caring practice.

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Past Sessions

JULY 25, 2025

American Misfit: In Search Of Reality

Matthew Motyka

Can America be generous yet hard to love? Matthew Motyka’s American Misfit intimately blends personal narrative with historical insight, exploring why immigrants struggle to truly belong.

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JULY 15, 2025

Rising Tide, Resilient Voices: Bangladeshi Women Battling Climate Change

Mumita Tanjeela

From cyclones to drought, Bangladeshi women aren’t just coping—they’re leading. Rising Tide, Resilient Voices chronicles their fight for climate justice and gender equality.

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July 1, 2025

The Beautiful Game Reimagined

Livia Goncalves Magalhaes, Tiago J. Fernandes Maranhão, Bernardo Buarque De Hollanda

Explore the past and the future of Brazilian football in this anthology, highlighting women's soccer through untold stories, new perspectives, and research that challenge conventional narratives and redefine the sport's legacy.

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June 5, 2025

The Island on an Island

Francesco Buscemi

From humble farmland to luxurious retreat, The Island on an Island examines tourism's constant reinvention of Costa Smeralda, revealing the cultural dynamics behind one of the world's most celebrated—and artificial—holiday destinations.

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May 23, 2025

Audiobooks as Artifacts

David Sheinberg

This study redefines audiobooks as a distinct aesthetic genre, rather than mere recordings of texts, they are performance-based aural artworks whose aesthetic merit can be evaluated through close listening, case studies of first-person narratives, and the role of informed intuition in casting and appreciation.

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May 16, 2025

With Justice for All

Jack Trammell

With Justice for All is the largely untold story of disability in America. From tireless individual advocates to sweeping legislation, WJA is a social history of an underappreciated social movement.

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May 9, 2025

Slicing Spaces

Gul Kacmaz Erk, Rebecca Jane Mc Connell

Slicing Spaces explores the interconnected relationship between architecture and film via distinct approaches to spaces of the city, confinement, actuality, the psyche and the imagination.

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