Not Your Classroom
Starting February 5th, Rhode Islanders will get a personal view of local scholars on “Not Your Classroom,” a special series airing Sundays at 8 pm in February on WRNI (AM 1290), Rhode Island’s NPR news station. “Not Your Classroom” is an hour-long show featuring conversations with Rhode Island scholars — exploring their work, their lives and why it should matter to the world. Host Kath Connolly chats one-on-one with the biggest thinkers of the smallest state, raising the kinds of questions their neighbors rarely get to ask. Learn more about the show (and subscribe to the podcast) online at http://notyourclassroom.bsrlive.com
The first episode of “Not Your Classroom” on February 5, 2006 at 8 pm
features interviews with two Rhode Island artists…
John Dunnigan, Acting Department Head, Furniture Design, Rhode Island School of Design
John Dunnigan defines furniture as a useful object that collects meaning. “The best thing is when somebody comes up to me and says, ‘Hey, you made a table for me in 1973 and I still use it.’ It’s great to think that the kids have grown up, and they’ve lived their lives, and this is one of the props that’s been there.” It’s not hard to see how Grandma’s rocking chair has meaning, but what about that cheap fiberboard bookshelf that’s falling apart? Tune in to hear what Dunnigan thinks.
Lina Fruzzetti, Professor of Anthropology, Brown University Lina Fruzzetti has just completed a new documentary film, Singing Pictures, about the scroll-song tradition in a remote village in India. Huge ornate scrolls are painted to accompany a song that tells a story: some are Hindu stories about the gods, some are stories with important social messages – but others, Fruzzetti says, are about “mindless stuff…like these big guys who eat each other up – Jurassic Park. Or sometimes Titanic.”
Not Your Classroom Series Schedule on WRNI (AM1290)
February 5, 2006 at 8 pm
John Dunnigan, Acting Department Head, Furniture Design, Rhode Island School of Design
Lina Fruzzetti, Professor of Anthropology, Brown University
February 12, 2006 at 8 pm
Peter Johnson, Professor of English, Providence College
Harold Ward, Professor Emeritus of Environmental Studies, Brown University
February 19, 2006 at 8 pm
Jack Chiaro, Associate Professor, College of Culinary Arts, Johnson & Wales University
Jin Li, Associate Professor of Education, Brown University
February 26, 2006 at 8 pm
Sandra Enos, Associate Professor, Sociology, Rhode Island College
Douglas Cope, Associate Professor of History, Brown University
About Not Your Classroom
Starting February 5th, Rhode Islanders will get a personal view of some of the state’s finest scholars and scientists on “Not Your Classroom,” a special series airing at 8 pm every Sunday during February on WRNI (AM 1290), Rhode Island’s NPR news station.
“Not Your Classroom” is an hour-long show featuring conversations with Rhode Island scholars — exploring their work, their lives and why it should matter to the world. Host Kath Connolly chats one-on-one with the biggest thinkers of the smallest state, raising the kinds of questions their neighbors rarely get to ask. What impact do cultural values have on
students’ abilities to learn? How do turtles in New England hold their breath under a frozen pond for 2 months at a time?
“Not Your Classroom” turns the table on academics: No exams, no lectures –just intriguing ideas from the corners of Rhode Island’s college campuses.
Learn more about the show (and subscribe to the podcast) online at http://notyourclassroom.bsrlive.com
