This is a project-based blog, to use for updates, conversation and comments. As of this 2/6/2013 entry it is just started - under construction.
If you've arrived at this early stage, Here's the basics about the project:
Conversation-E: Science + Art in Dialogue and Service to
Sustainability
The University of Minnesota Institute on the
Environment (IonE) has approved a Mini Grant to support a new interdisciplinary
pilot project called “Conversation-E: Science+ Art in Dialogue and Service to
Sustainability.” Conversation-E will
engage artists, writers and scientists in conversation and exploration of the
research at the Cloquet Forestry Center surrounding the issue of global climate
change and its effects on the ecology of the climate-sensitive NE Minnesota
forests . The results will include an art/literature/environmental education
exhibition and panel discussion based on
that collaborative work at the IonE Commons Gallery. The work will also be
shown and presented at the Cloquet Forestry Center and encourage community
involvement. The purpose of all this, beyond rich conversation and sharing of
insights, is to find ways to engage the public with the work at Cloquet on
issues of global climate change. Conversation-E is a pilot for how Institute on
the Environment can creatively collaborate across disciplines and with outside
partners to foster innovative and effective public outreach about the work of
its researchers. The name, “Conversation-E,” is inspired by the roots:
“convers-at-IonE,” pointing to the opportunity to expand the interdisciplinary
conversations already at the Institute to better integrate the arts. The “E” is
for Environment, one of the most critical conversations of our time.
Interdisciplinary Project
Team
Investigators
- Peter Reich, Department of Forest Resources, Regents Professor Distinguished McKnight University Professor, F.B. Hubachek, Sr. Chair in Forest Ecology and Tree Physiology, Resident Fellow, Institute on the Environment
- Jonee Kulman Brigham, Research Coordinator Center for Sustainable Building Research, MS-Sustainable Design Faculty, College of Design, Associate Fellow, Institute on the Environment, Co-Founder of GATE
- Roslye Ultan, Liberal Studies Senior Faculty, Independent Curator, Board member, Minnesota Association of Environmental Education, Director and Co-Founder of GATE
- Rebecca A. Montgomery, Associate Professor, Department of Forest Resources
Advisory Group Members
- Julie Athman Ernst, Associate Professor, Director of Master of Environmental Education Program, Center for Environmental Education, University of MN Duluth
- Lee E. Frelich, Department of Forest Resources , Research Associate and Director, The University of Minnesota Center for Forest Ecology
- Beth Mercer-Taylor, Sustainability Education Coordinator
- Emily Peters, Research Associate, Institute on the Environment
- Daniel Philippon, Associate Professor of English, University of Minnesota, past president of the Association for the Study of Literature and Environment
- Carrie Pike, Interim Director of Operations, Cloquet Forestry Center, Research Fellow MN Tree Improvement Cooperative
- Virajita Singh, Senior Research Fellow/Adjunct Assistant Professor, Leader of Design Thinking Area at the College of Design, and Design for Community Resilience at the Center for Sustainable Building Research
- Okey Ukaga, Executive Director, Northeast Minnesota Sustainable Development Partnership, University of Minnesota Duluth
Community Partner: GATE (Green Art
Together Evolving) is an organization with a mission to engage the arts in
environmental issues and dialogues. GATE is led by Co-PIs Roslye Ultan and
Jonee Kulman Brigham. GATE will seek additional funding to enhance the project.
Please Join the Conversation
– We are seeking a variety of participants:
- artists, writers,
scientists, and community members. Participation is open to faculty, students
and the larger community. Participation ranges from generating work for the
exhibition, to community dialogue, to signing up on the mailing list to watch
what unfolds.
Contact Jonee Kulman Brigham at kulma002@umn.edu
or Roslye Ultan at ultan001@umn.edu
