The Bat of Minerva
The Bat of Minerva, a regional cable television show based in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, engages people in conversation about their lives and ideas.[1] The late night show is produced and directed by philosopher Peter Shea,[2] who interviews participants from behind the camera.[3] The director describes the show as a place to provoke discussion among adults and obtain pleasure from conceptual conversation.[4] Past guests of the show have included scholars, artists, journalists, and thoughtful people in many different life situations, such as an assistant zookeeper, a historical re-enactor, an attorney, a furniture business owner, and a gardener. The name of the show harkens to Hegel’s observation that “Only when the dusk starts to fall does the owl of Minerva spread its wings and fly.”
Programming history[edit]
Peter Shea founded The Bat of Minerva in 1995.[5] The show has since run a regular Sunday midnight spot on Metro Cable Network Channel 6 in the Twin Cities. Some distinguished past guests include Eugene McCarthy, Morton Subotnick,[6] Juliet Schor,[7] Stacy Alaimo,[8] Leigh Fondakowski,[9] Lawrence Venuti,[10] Leonard Marcus,[11] and Juhani Pallasmaa.[12]
In 2006, The Bat of Minerva began to collaborate with Institute for Advanced Study at University of Minnesota to interview scholars and artists visiting or associated with the Institute.[13] The Institute archives the show on its website for public viewing.[14]
In 2010, The Bat of Minerva videotaped the University of Minnesota course “Oil and Water: The Gulf Oil Spill of 2010” and offered the lectures online through the Institute.[15] In 2011, The Bat of Minerva held a special interview series in response to the March 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami in Japan and the 2011 Mississippi River floods.[16] In 2012-13, Peter Shea did a series of interviews on Minnesota food producers, interviewing farmers, activists, food shelf operators, restaurant owners and workers, and others concerned with the production of food in southwest Minnesota.[17] Shea has also begun a series of interviews with prominent electronic musicians.[18]
References[edit]
- ^ "Here Comes Peter! The Magnificent Peter Shea". marytreacy.wordpress.com. 3 November 2010. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
- ^ http://ias.umn.edu/2005/01/01/shea-peter/ Archived 2013-12-19 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 12 January 2012.
- ^ "Here Comes Peter! The Magnificent Peter Shea". marytreacy.wordpress.com. 3 November 2010. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
- ^ http://ias.umn.edu/2005/01/01/shea-peter/ Archived 2013-12-19 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 12 January 2012.
- ^ http://ias.umn.edu/2005/01/01/shea-peter/ Archived 2013-12-19 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 12 January 2012.
- ^ "Morton Subotnick, February 2007 | Institute for Advanced Study". ias.umn.edu. Archived from the original on 25 October 2013. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
- ^ "Juliet Schor, October 6, 2010 | Institute for Advanced Study". Archived from the original on 2012-12-15. Retrieved 2015-04-09.
- ^ "Stacy Alaimo: English Professor on Her Life, 2009 | Institute for Advanced Study". Archived from the original on 2015-09-28. Retrieved 2013-05-23.
- ^ Peter Shea has interviewed Fondakowski several times. http://ias.umn.edu/2011/12/01/fondakowski-lambert-wortel/ Archived 2013-01-14 at the Wayback Machine [1] [2]
- ^ "Lawrence Venuti, October 27, 2011 | Institute for Advanced Study". ias.umn.edu. Archived from the original on 28 October 2013. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
- ^ Shea has interviewed Marcus twice
- ^ "Juhani Pallasmaa, April 15, 2010 | Institute for Advanced Study". Archived from the original on 2015-09-13. Retrieved 2013-05-23.
- ^ 2006-2007 Annual Report, http://ias.umn.edu/wp-content/upLoads/2012/07/AR2006-07.pdf Archived 2015-09-09 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ 2010-2011 Annual Report, [3]. Retrieved on 16 January 2012.
- ^ "Here Comes Peter! The Magnificent Peter Shea". marytreacy.wordpress.com. 3 November 2010. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
- ^ 2010-2011 Annual Report, [4]. Retrieved on 16 January 2012. For the Japan in Crisis series, see http://ias.umn.edu/category/bat-of-minerva/japan-in-crisis-2011/ Archived 2013-05-13 at the Wayback Machine. For the Mississippi River Flooding series, see http://ias.umn.edu/category/bat-of-minerva/2011-mississippi-river-flooding/ Archived 2015-09-08 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ http://ias.umn.edu/category/bat-of-minerva/minnesota-food/ Archived 2012-12-17 at the Wayback Machine The interviews are mapped at http://ias.umn.edu/2012/10/10/cadieux-valentine-shea-peter/ Archived 2014-10-01 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Home | Institute for Advanced Study".