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BHSU Geek Speak to kick off with an interactive presentation about activism in music
Dr. Dan May, assistant professor of mathematics at BHSU, will explore songs of activism across a variety of eras and causes in the first fall 2016 Geek Speak lecture Thursday, Sept. 1 at 4 p.m. in Jonas Hall, room 110 at BHSU.
Dr. Trenton Ellis, assistant professor of human services at BHSU, will explore songs of activism across a variety of eras and causes in the first Geek Speak lecture Thursday, Sept. 1 at 4 p.m. in Jonas Hall, room 110 at BHSU.
The Black Hills State University Geek Speak lecture series begins with an interactive presentation about the role of music in current and historical activist causes.
Dr. Dan May, assistant professor of mathematics at BHSU, and Dr. Trenton Ellis, assistant professor of human services at BHSU, will explore songs of activism across a variety of eras and causes, using concepts from Joel Best's sociological analysis of social problems.
The presentation by May and Ellis "All We Are Saying: A Geek Speak Listening Party about Activism in Music" is Thursday, Sept. 1 at 4 p.m. in Jonas Hall, room 110. The event is free and open to the public.
"We will begin by talking about how the way we see the world is influenced by our interactions with other people," says Ellis.
He noted that music informs public discussions about important social problems and conflicts. Within the notes, tempo, volume, and lyrics of a song is often a message or story.
"When music engages with activism in the best examples it can open our eyes to new issues we wouldn't have thought about otherwise, or it makes us think about issues in a different way," says May.
According to Ellis, history and contemporary issues are intertwined. The Geek Speak will shed a light on the historical perspective of activism in music as well as incorporate the issues that are relevant today -- Black Lives Matter movement, transgender bathroom bills-and musical responses to those issues.
Ellis believes that the messages from the music that address social issues have the power to shift perspectives, or give certain validation, knowing someone else also has those frustrations.
The Geek Speak lecture series, sponsored by the BHSU University Honors program, features academic discussion and topics not normally discussed in the traditional classroom. The goal of the weekly lectures is to expose students to diversity within the disciplines.
For more information, contact Dr. Courtney Huse Wika, director of the University Honors Program and assistant professor of English, at 605-642-6918 or email Courtney.HuseWika@BHSU.edu.
The following Geek Speak presentations, which are held Thursdays at 4 p.m. in Jonas Hall, room 110, are scheduled for this semester:
Dr. Trenton Ellis, assistant professor of human services at BHSU, will explore songs of activism across a variety of eras and causes in the first Geek Speak lecture Thursday, Sept. 1 at 4 p.m. in Jonas Hall, room 110 at BHSU.
The Black Hills State University Geek Speak lecture series begins with an interactive presentation about the role of music in current and historical activist causes.
Dr. Dan May, assistant professor of mathematics at BHSU, and Dr. Trenton Ellis, assistant professor of human services at BHSU, will explore songs of activism across a variety of eras and causes, using concepts from Joel Best's sociological analysis of social problems.
The presentation by May and Ellis "All We Are Saying: A Geek Speak Listening Party about Activism in Music" is Thursday, Sept. 1 at 4 p.m. in Jonas Hall, room 110. The event is free and open to the public.
"We will begin by talking about how the way we see the world is influenced by our interactions with other people," says Ellis.
He noted that music informs public discussions about important social problems and conflicts. Within the notes, tempo, volume, and lyrics of a song is often a message or story.
"When music engages with activism in the best examples it can open our eyes to new issues we wouldn't have thought about otherwise, or it makes us think about issues in a different way," says May.
According to Ellis, history and contemporary issues are intertwined. The Geek Speak will shed a light on the historical perspective of activism in music as well as incorporate the issues that are relevant today -- Black Lives Matter movement, transgender bathroom bills-and musical responses to those issues.
Ellis believes that the messages from the music that address social issues have the power to shift perspectives, or give certain validation, knowing someone else also has those frustrations.
The Geek Speak lecture series, sponsored by the BHSU University Honors program, features academic discussion and topics not normally discussed in the traditional classroom. The goal of the weekly lectures is to expose students to diversity within the disciplines.
For more information, contact Dr. Courtney Huse Wika, director of the University Honors Program and assistant professor of English, at 605-642-6918 or email Courtney.HuseWika@BHSU.edu.
The following Geek Speak presentations, which are held Thursdays at 4 p.m. in Jonas Hall, room 110, are scheduled for this semester:
- Sept. 8, "Uranium Mining in the Black Hills: An Explosion of Public Interest," Dr. Lilias Jones Jarding, Clean Water Alliance
- Sept. 15, "Dangerous Minds: Banned Books and their Authors," a panel discussion with Scott Ahola, associate library director, Rich Loose, director of institutional research, Amber Wilde, E. Y. Berry Library-Learning Center circulation librarian, and Shana Monnens, youth services director at Grace Balloch Memorial Library
- Sept. 22, "Recycling Perceptions," Hailima Yates, program assistant I, BHSU University Advancement
- Sept. 29, "United Farm Workers: Sharing in the Bounty," Dr. Timothy Martinez, professor of political science
- Oct. 6, "LGBTQ+: Fleshing Out the Acronym," open discussion with Dr. William Cockrell, instructor of behavioral sciences, Dr. Lesleigh Owen, instructor of Sociology, and Terri Bruce, community member
- Oct. 13, "I'm Like, Who Needs This Grammar Stuff?" Dr. Andrey Reznikov, associate professor of English
- Oct. 20, "999 Mona Lisas in the Age of Digital Reproduction: A Tribute to the Life & Work of Walter Benjamin," Dr. Tim Steckline, professor of speech
- Oct. 27, "Lawyers, Home Runs, and Money: The Long and Ongoing Corruption of Professional Baseball, America's Past-its-Time," Dr. David Cremean, professor of English
- Nov. 3, "Are We All Related?: Race and the Embrace of The Other," Jace DeCory, assistant professor of history and American Indian Studies. and Dr. Tim Steckline, professor of speech
- Nov. 10, "Violence Against Native Women Occurring at Epidemic Rates. What is Being Done?" Dr. Nikki Dragone, assistant professor of English
- Nov. 17, "Supersymmetry, Superstrings and the quest for the Theory Of Everything," Dr. Parthasarathi Nag, professor of math
- TBA: The University Honors Student Capstone Defenses
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