[…]supports the Levine’s goal of bringing together diverse groups to promote deeper understanding and community building,” said CTI Director Scott Gartlan. Gartlan said Exploding Canons talks aim to challenge participants to think differently about a selected topic, and consider multiple perspectives. CTI’s ¡NUEVOlution! speakers panel, representing Davidson College, UNC Charlotte, […]
[…]that will be of interest to educators from different fields. Although autobiography has come to be known as the most popular genre of life narratives, I would like to explore others such as the diary, Bildungsroman, testimonio, oral histories and others. We will read a variety of texts to showcase […]
[…]that artist life, influences (on them and on others), context of the time and place where they live[d], and contributions or innovations to the art world… Ultimately, students will be asked to generate a theory that address’ the relationship between the life experiences of the artist, and the work they […]
[…]of it, have already become icons for the region. The collection holds over 1,500 works by Alberto and Diego Giacometti, Joan Miró, Alexander Calder, Jean Tinguely, Le Corbusier, Pablo Picasso, Alfred Manessier, Gustave Singier, Pierre Soulages, Max Ernst, Jasper Johns, Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol (who executed the family portraits), Meret […]
[…]learning. We will alternate between theoretical readings and discussions that challenge us to expand our perceptions of knowledge to include the body, with topics that engage practical strategies Fellows might incorporate into their own classrooms. We will draw from experiences in dance and arts-based pedagogy, multimodal literacies, somatics, and active […]
[…]art, theater, poetry, and music), teachers will be guided as they launch their own investigation into and subsequent unit development about anti-racism. To connect our study of anti-racism to pedagogical contexts, there will be a menu of readings that teachers can self-select depending on their teaching contexts, grade levels and […]
[…]linguistic identities in the classroom and; (3) to encourage global learning and equity mindsets [1] [2] during a time in which the country is grappling with nativist attitudes as well as racial tensions and […]
[…]Place: • Artificial Intelligence – Raghuram Ramanujan, assistant professor of mathematics and computer science at Davidson College • The Global Energy Challenge – Durwin Striplin, professor of chemistry, Davidson College • Metamorphosis: Transformative Experiences – Amy Ringwood, associate professor of biological sciences at UNC Charlotte • Intersections of Science Technology […]
[…]this is the seminar for you! The goal of this seminar is to provide a basic understanding of light and to explore how we use light in our everyday lives. We will start with an introduction to the description of light as a wave. We will then explore how light […]
[…]archival research, media analysis, genealogy, photojournalism, augmented reality, and mapping.[3] This seminar will explore open-ended questions about race and memory. How do malleable ideas like myth, memory, history, and identity interact when solidified in stone and bronze? What role have abstraction and realism played in efforts to represent the past? […]
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