In this first episode of C21's newest mini-podcast series, UWM's Colleen Galambos provides some context to the latest national research on loneliness as a public health matter in the United States. Galambos's interview jumpstarts C21's Lonely No More! Symposia for the Spring 2022 semester.

6.5 Minutes With... | Colleen Galambos

C21's Lonely No More! Symposia title is inspired by Kurt Vonnegut's novel, Slapstick. UWM's Peter Sands, an expert in American literature, gives some insight into the significance of this novel for our current moments.

6.5 Minutes With... | Peter Sands

Considering our dog and cat companions, relationships with animals may help alleviate loneliness. But what of robot pets? Sonia Zhang's work focuses on how social roboticists approach issues of loneliness as a health issue, adding more fodder to the Lonely No More! discussion.

6.5 Minutes With... | Sonia Zhang

Ahead of our book launch event on February 23, 2022, historian Nigel Rothfels gives a sneak peak of his newest book ELEPHANT TRAILS. Rothfels also gave us some connecting threads between his research findings and ways we might think about our Lonely No More! programming in the context of animal history and our upcoming Nonhuman Kinship Roundtable.

6.5 Minutes With...  | Nigel Rothfels

Listen in on conversations with C21’s upcoming speaker T.L. Taylor, Professor of Comparative Media Studies at MIT and co-founder and Director of Research for AnyKey, and C21 Faculty Fellow Aneesh Aneesh, Professor of Sociology and Global Studies at UWM. T.L. Taylor discusses the cultural significance of video games in our day-to-day lives and gives listeners a preview of what she will be presenting at UWM. Aneesh Aneesh explains the book he’s researching during this academic year: “Nationalism and Citizenship in the Global Age.”

This Episode’s Guests:

T.L. Taylor (MIT)
*Upcoming Talk (October 18): T.L. will be on campus delivering her talk: “Play as Transformative Work” https://uwm.edu/c21/event/tl-taylor/
*Professor Taylor’s most recent book: Watch Me Play: Twitch and the Rise of Game Live Streaming https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691165967/watch-me-play. Available as a free Creative Commons ebook here: http://watchmeplay.cc/
*Most recent Whitepaper for AnyKey: “Diversity & Inclusion in Collegiate Esports: Challenges, Opportunities, and Interventions Whitepaper” https://anykey-resources.s3.amazonaws.com/publications/AnyKey%20-%20Diversity%20%26%20Inclusion%20in%20Collegiate%20Esports%20-%20Challenges%2C%20Opportunities%2C%20and%20Interventions%20(Oct%202019).pdf 
*You can chat with T.L. Taylor on Twitter @ybika 

Aneesh Aneesh (Current C21 Faculty Fellow)
*Profile at UWM and list of Publications https://uwm.edu/sociology/people/aneesh-a/ 
*Lecture by Aneesh Aneesh from the School for Advanced Research https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBfbO1DQCC4

Inside C21 | Episode 2: T.L. Taylor and Aneesh Aneesh

Listen in on conversations with C21’s upcoming speaker Jairus Grove (Political Science, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa) author of: “Savage Ecology: War and Geopolitics at the End of the World” and C21’s visiting Fulbright Scholar Daniel Marques (Federal University of Recôncavo da Bahia). Jairus Grove gives listeners a preview of what he will presenting at UWM, expands on key terms found throughout his book, and discusses hope and joy. Daniel Marques discusses his dissertation research, “Privacy by Design, Digital Platforms, and Algorithmic Performativity.”

This Episode’s Guests:
Jairus Grove (University of Hawai'i at Mānoa)
  
•Upcoming Talk (November 01): Jairus will be on campus delivering a lecture about his book: “Savage Ecology: War and Geopolitics at the End of the World” https://uwm.edu/c21/event/jairus-grove-savage-ecology-war-and-geopolitics/ 
•Brown Bag Discussion (November 01): Join Jairus for a discussion: “Bringing the World Back In: Revolutions and Relations Before and After the Quantum Event” https://uwm.edu/c21/event/brown-bag-discussion-w-jairus-grove/ You can download the article before the event on C21’s event page. To listen to the lecture behind the discussion, check out Project Q: https://projectqsydney.com/q-symposia/about-q3/the-q-lecture-2016/ 
•Trailer for Jairus Grove’s new book: “Savage Ecology: War and Geopolitics at the End of the World” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFP2m8O2Ex8
•Check out more of Jairus Grove’s work on his website. http://jairusgrove.com 
•You can chat with Jairus Grove on Twitter at @SavageEcology  

Daniel Marques (Visiting Fulbright Scholar at C21)
  
•You can chat with Daniel Marques on Twitter at @daniel_kk
•Check out more about Daniel Marques’ work on his website: https://www.marquesdaniel.com/ As well as his work at the Digital Media, Network and Space Lab: as well as his work at the Digital Media, Network and Space Lab: http://www.lab404.ufba.br 
•A recommendation from Daniel if you want to analyze your trackers: the Exodus Privacy app. https://exodus-privacy.eu.org/en/page/what/

Inside C21 | Episode 3: Jairus Grove and Daniel Marques

Listen in on conversations with C21’s upcoming speaker Brian Jacobson (Cinema Studies and History, University of Toronto), author of Studios Before the System: Architecture, Technology, and the Emergence of Cinematic Space, and visiting scholar Fatima Regis Oliveira (Rio de Janeiro State University). Brian gives listeners a preview of what he will be presenting at UWM, shares his thoughts and experiences on cross-disciplinary research, and offers advice for young academics in the humanities. Fatima discusses her research: New Media Literacies: Developing Participatory and Playful Learning Methodologies in Digital Culture. 

This Episode’s Guests:
Brian Jacobson (University of Toronto)
•Upcoming Talk (December 6): Brian will be on campus for his lecture: “Pipeline Vision and the Essence of Power” https://uwm.edu/c21/event/brian-jacobson-pipeline-vision-and-the-essence-of-power/ 
•Brown Bag Discussion (December 6): Join Brian for a discussion of his paper “Exercises in Style: Henri Lefebvre, Lacq-Mourenx, and the Modernism of Petro-Modernization" https://uwm.edu/c21/event/brown-bag-discussion-w-brian-jacobson/ 
•Other articles by Brian: Oil Barrels Aren’t Real Anymore https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/09/oil-barrels/539238/
•Hollywood in Flames
https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/hollywood-in-flames/

Fatima Regis Oliveira (Rio de Janeiro State University)
•Watch Fatima’s lecture at C21 from earlier in the semester: https://uwm.edu/c21/event/brazilian-digital-media-studies-two-talks 
•Fatima’s Research Group: www.cibercog.com 
•Read some of her published work here: https://scholar.google.com.br/citations?user=PsPZR1cAAAAJ&hl=pt-BR
•Chat with Fatima on Twitter @fatimareregis

Inside C21 | Episode 4: Brian Jacobson and Fatima Regis Oliveira

Listen in on conversations with C21’s upcoming speaker Courtney Baker (English, University of California at Riverside), author of Humane Insight: Looking at Images of African American Suffering and Death, and C21 Faculty Fellow Bill Wood (Anthropology, UWM). Courtney gives us a sneak peak of her upcoming lecture and brown bag discussion, shares how her research began, and offers advice for young academics. Bill Wood explains the project he has been working on as a C21 Fellow this year: “The Road to La Ventanilla, Voices and Images from the New Rurality.”

Inside C21 is hosted and created by C21 graduate fellow Mallory Zink. The opening song was created by former C21 graduate fellow Allain Daigle. Other music and closing song were created by Brad Stech. 

This Episode’s Guests:
Courtney Baker (UC Riverside):
•	Upcoming Talk (February 28): Framing Black Performance: Selma and the Poetics of Representation https://uwm.edu/c21/event/courtney-baker-framing-black-performance-selma-and-the-poetics-of-representation/
•	Her talk corresponds with MKE Film/Black Lens’ Black History Month programming: https://uwm.edu/c21/wp-content/uploads/sites/359/2020/01/BHM_2020_8.5x11_Flyer_02.pdf
•	Brown Bag Discussion (February 28): Discussion of her chapter in an upcoming edited collection on Raoul Peck’s I am Not Your Negro. You can download the chapter here: https://uwm.edu/c21/event/brown-bag-discussion-w-courtney-baker/ 
•	Courtney’s book: Humane Insight: Looking at Images of African American Suffering and Death: https://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/catalog/68xry7ts9780252039485.html
•	Learn more about Courtney on her website: http://courtneyrbaker.com/
•	Follow Courtney on Instagram and Twitter: @drprofblacklady
https://www.instagram.com/drprofblacklady/
https://twitter.com/DrProfBlackLady

Bill Wood (UWM):
•	Bill’s faculty website: https://uwm.edu/anthropology/people/wood-w-warner/
•	Published article: “Only the Voice of the Other: Science, Power, and Diversity’s Revolt in the Museum – A Manifesto of Sorts” https://scholarworks.iu.edu/journals/index.php/mar/article/view/3255
•	Published book: Made in Mexico, Zapotec Weavers and the Global Ethnic Art Market http://www.iupress.indiana.edu/product_info.php?products_id=76829

Inside C21 | Episode 5: Courtney Baker and Bill Wood

Listen in on conversations with C21’s upcoming speaker Kavita Daiya (English, George Washington University), author of Violent Belongings: Partition, Gender, and National Culture in Postcolonial India and forthcoming, Graphic Migrations: Precarity and Gender in South Asia and the Diaspora and C21 Faculty Fellow Christopher Cantwell (History, UWM). Kavita gives us a sneak peak of her upcoming lecture and forthcoming book, discusses researching ‘forgotten histories’, and how to go about working on interdisciplinary projects. Christopher Cantwell talks about his book project, The Bible Class Teacher: Memory and the Making of American Evangelicalism and his digital history project, “Gathering Places”. 

Inside C21 was hosted and created by C21 graduate fellow Mallory Zink. The opening song was created by former C21 graduate fellow Allain Daigle. Other music and closing song were created by Brad Stech. 

This Episode’s Guests:
Kavita Daiya (George Washington University):
—Upcoming talk, March 06 at 3:30: Graphic Migrations: Hannah Arendt, Statelessness, and South Asia Across Media (https://uwm.edu/c21/event/kavita-daiya-graphic-migrations-hannah-arendt-statelessness-and-south-asia-across-media/)
—Upcoming Brown Bag discussion, March 06 at 12:00: Discussion of work from her upcoming book, Graphic Migrations: Precarity and Gender in India and the Diaspora. Brown bag reading can be downloaded here:  https://uwm.edu/c21/event/brown-bag-discussion-w-kavita-daiya/
—Her book, Violent Belongings: Partition, Gender, and the National Culture in Postcolonial India. (http://tupress.temple.edu/book/0786)
—She edited the essay collection Graphic Narratives of South Asia and South Asian America: Aesthetics and Politics. (https://www.routledge.com/Graphic-Narratives-about-South-Asia-and-South-Asian-America-Aesthetics/Daiya/p/book/9780367365554)
—1947Parition.org website: http://www.1947partition.org/ 
Find her on instagram @gwenglishprof

Christopher Cantwell (UWM):
—Digital Humanities Awards and projects can be found here: http://dhawards.org/dhawards2019/voting/?fbclid=IwAR3ybv0tSDoRe0so9G9VQk_6nDwH7_Zhhm_VWK0NSzdJsjYL4yQ1e38_hEU
—Check out Christopher’s project, “Gathering Places” (https://liblamp.uwm.edu/omeka/gatheringplaces/)
—Check out Amanda Seligman’s (UWM) project (http://mismanageadrenaline.blogspot.com/2019/05/russian-bots-found-poem.html)
—Book recommendations: 
Daniel Vaca, Evangelicals Incorporated: Books and the Business of Religion in America (https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674980112)
Scott C. Esplin, Return to the City of Joseph: Modern Mormonism’s Contest for the Soul of Nauvoo (https://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/catalog/79fzt2pt9780252042102.html)

Inside C21 | Episode 6: Kavita Daiya and Chris Cantwell

Listen in on conversations with C21 conference organizer and former C21 Fellow Arijit Sen (Architecture & Urban Planning, UWM) and Milwaukee activist Camille Mays, founder of Peace Garden Project MKE. Arijit discusses his success in his courses as they pivot to online learning and what he hopes people will learn from the pandemic. Camille discusses Milwaukee and how COVID-19 is affecting the city’s urban population, including Wisconsin’s in-person voting that occurred on April 07 (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/07/us/politics/wisconsin-primary-election.html), and offers some silver linings to the pandemic.

Inside C21 was hosted and created by C21 Graduate Fellow Mallory Zink. The opening song was created by former C21 Graduate Fellow Allain Daigle. Other music and closing song were created by Brad Stech.

This Episode’s Guests:

Arijit Sen (UWM):

Some of Arijit’s projects: 
*Milwaukee Environmental Justice Lab https://mkeejlab.weebly.com/
*The Field School http://thefieldschool.weebly.com/
*This is Milwaukee (also featuring Camille Mays) https://www.thisismilwaukee.us/ 
*Arijit’s book, Making Place: Space and Embodiment in the City https://iupress.org/9780253011435/making-place/

Camille Mays:
*Peace Garden Project MKE https://www.facebook.com/peacegardenprojectMke/
*An interview with Mays on Picturing Milwaukee (Buildings-Landscapes-Cultures Field School) http://blcfieldschool2017.weebly.com/camille-mays.html 
*Mays is a Milwaukee partner and mentor in the Humanities Action Lab’s Climates of Inequality project: “Urban Blight as Environmental Injustice” http://climatesofinequality.org/story/urban-blight-as-environmental-injustice/ 
*Voted best local activist of 2019 by Shepherd Express https://shepherdexpress.com/best-of-milwaukee/2019/city-confidential/#01 
*More information about singing bowls https://www.verywellmind.com/tibetan-singing-bowls-for-healing-89828

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