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
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
- ^ http://marytreacy.wordpress.com/2010/11/02/here-comes-peter-the-magnificent-peter-shea/. 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.
- ^ http://marytreacy.wordpress.com/2010/11/02/here-comes-peter-the-magnificent-peter-shea/. 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.
- ^ 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/2007/02/01/subotnick-morton/[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-12-15. Retrieved 2015-04-09.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-09-28. Retrieved 2013-05-23.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ 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 http://ias.umn.edu/2008/03/26/fondakowski-leigh/[permanent dead link] http://ias.umn.edu/2010/04/15/fondakowski-imagine/[permanent dead link]
- ^ http://ias.umn.edu/2011/10/27/venuti-lawrence/[permanent dead link]
- ^ Shea has interviewed Marcus twice. http://ias.umn.edu/2012/02/03/marcus-leonard-2/http://ias.umn.edu/2009/11/15/marcus-leonard-3/[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-09-13. Retrieved 2013-05-23.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ 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, http://ias.umn.edu/wp-content/upLoads/2012/07/AR2010-11.pdf[permanent dead link]. Retrieved on 16 January 2012.
- ^ http://marytreacy.wordpress.com/2010/11/02/here-comes-peter-the-magnificent-peter-shea/. Retrieved on 12 January 2012.
- ^ 2010-2011 Annual Report, http://ias.umn.edu/wp-content/upLoads/2012/07/AR2010-11.pdf[permanent dead link]. 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
- ^ http://ias.umn.edu/index.php?s=electronic+music