Intersections 2021
Pop Up Zoom Salons
Throughout the month of October, we have organized a series of discussion salons on a variety of topics identified from your survey responses. The salons will be interactive and intimate. Sign up for any that interest you! Register on Eventbrite for an email confirmation with the Zoom meeting link.
You can view our past Zoom salons at the bottom of the page.
All Zoom session times are in Pacific Time (PDT).
Monday, October 25
Join Niccolo Casas and Larry Pratt for a Zoom salon discussion about Microplastics in the Ocean.
Question: What is the issue with plastics and why should we worry?
Tuesday, October 26
Art and Global Warming: A Discussion with Newton Harrison
Tue, October 26, 2021 @ 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM PDT
Eventbrite Link
Join Newton Harrison, David Familian, and Tatiana Sizonenko for a Zoom salon discussion about Art and Global Warming.
Question: What is the role and potential impact of art practice in addressing global issues such as climate change?
Past Zoom Salons
Tuesday, October 5
Seeing the World with New Eyes via Data Visualizations
Tue, October 5, 2021 @ 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM PDT
Join Katy Börner and Ryan McGranaghan for a Zoom salon discussion about Seeing the World with New Eyes via Data Visualizations.
Description: This session will focus on data visualization literacy—how to empower many to read and construct data visualizations.
Thursday, October 7
Ways of Knowing, Understanding, and Experiencing
Thu, October 7, 2021 @ 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM PDT
WATCH RECORDING HERE
Join Edgar Cardenas for a Zoom salon discussion about Ways of Knowing, Understanding, and Experiencing.
Question: We likely all agree that different ways of knowing are critical for tackling the grand challenges we face, but how might we integrate these different knowledge sets? Furthermore, will knowing be enough? Might we be able to harness different ways of understanding? How does that differ from knowing? What about different ways of experiencing either through more mindful attention to our senses or through technological prosthetics?
Friday, October 8
Join Chris Impey for a Zoom salon discussion about Storytelling Through Science.
"The Universe is made of stories, not of atoms" from the poem The Speed of Darkness by Muriel Rukeyser.
Question: We each have our own story as we live in the universe, occupying a tiny sliver of time and space, but how can we tell stories of the larger cosmos, the story of atoms, the story of life on billions of habitable planets, the story that preceded the big bang, and the story of the universe's endless future?
Tuesday, October 12
Adapt: Meaning, Process, and Impact
Tue, October 12, 2021 @ 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM PDT
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Join Brandon Ballengée and Ben Dubansky for a Zoom salon discussion about Adapt: Meaning, Process, and Impact.
Question: What is the role of art and science to inspire adaptation?
Join Juanli Carrion, Ellen Levy, Xin Liu, and Eve Mosher for a Zoom salon discussion about Art, Science, and Culture.
Wednesday, October 13
Social Justice, Equity, and Health
Wed, October 13, 2021 @ 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM PDT
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Join Kimberlee Campbell-Smith, Mike Sappol, and Pamela Winfrey for a Zoom salon discussion about Social Justice, Equity, and Health.
Question: What is the relationship between scholarship, artists, scientists and activism in addressing issues of social justice and equity in health care?
Thursday, October 14
Love Your Monsters: Art & Science to Heal Digital Ills
Wed, October 14, 2021 @ 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM PDT
WATCH RECORDING HERE
Join Kentaro Toyama for the Zoom salon discussion "Love Your Monsters": Art and Science to Heal Digital Ills.
Question: What are the potential issues with digital technologies and how might they be addressed?
Friday, October 15
Join Heather Spence for the Zoom salon discussion Soundscape Workshop.
Description: This session is designed to enhance listening skills and explore sound as a medium.
Monday, October 18
Sensing, Seeing, and Knowing: How Technologies Alter our Understanding of Reality
Mon, October 18, 2021 @ 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM PDT
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Join Stephen Fiore and Amina Qutub for a Zoom salon discussion on Sensing, Seeing, and Knowing: How Technologies Alter our Understanding of Reality.
Non-Human Interaction (Or Creatures and Computers)
Mon, October 18, 2021 @ 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM PDT
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Join Andrew Quitmeyer for the Zoom salon discussion Non-Human Interaction (Or Creatures and Computers).
Tuesday, October 19
Join Amanda Staudt for a Zoom salon discussion on Communicating Climate Change.
Wednesday, October 20
Exhibition Pre-Evaluation for Community Engagement
Wed, October 20, 2021 @ 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM PDT
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Join Ladan Akbarnia and Barbara Stauffer for a Zoom salon discussion about Exhibition Pre-Evaluation for Community Outreach.
Question: Exhibitions that cross the terrains of art and science require a critical look at how such exhibits are evaluated. What are the goals and expectations of such exhibits? What are the desired outcomes with respect to community engagement?
Thursday, October 21
Art Sci: Post Reductionist Scientists
Thurs, October 21, 2021 @ 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM PDT
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Join Victoria Vesna and Anuradha Vikram for the Zoom salon discussion Art Sci: Post Reductionist Scientists.
Question: What are the benefits and challenges for scientists collaborating with artists?
Join William Fox, Jeff Brown, and Faerthen Felix for a Zoom salon discussion about Artist-in-Residence Programs.
Question: What are the benefits and possible impact of artist residency programs within a science context?
Friday, October 22
Humans, Robots, Space and the Future of Connectedness
Fri, October 22, 2021 @ 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM PDT
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Join Brian Brophy and David Delgado for the Zoom salon discussion Humans, Robots, Space and the Future of Connectedness.
Questions: Can cross pollination in the arts and sciences bring a richness to experience and inquiry? Can we create new ways to experience data that forge new ways to perceive nature and science? How does our need for belonging affect the way we interact and perceive nature and science?