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Bede Ballroom, Sargeant Student Center
University of Minnesota, Crookston Campus
Free and open to the Public
Theme: Visual Persuasion and Interdisciplinarity
Keynote SpeakerDepartment Chairperson & Associate Professor
Communication Department
Villanova University College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Conference guest Rex Veeder, Ph.D., professor of English at St. Cloud State University helps clarify the relevance of the IAS Conference topics, visual communication and interdisciplinarity, with the term "copia."
"Copia, for me, is the exploration of interesting possibilities as they relate to issues of importance to myself and significant others. It is “creative research,” in that at times it does not claim to be in search of anything but always finds something as soon as the relationships among the seemingly unrelated elements of the research become apparent. Copia, as a research method and deliberately done, is a celebration of an abundance of resources and knowledge that are brought to bear upon our concerns, interests, and desires."
As Author Robert Grudin says in On Dialogue:
"Copia suggests a dynamic relationship between the reasoning and unreasoning aspects of the mind. . . Copia is a reasoned practice, derived from rhetorical tradition and indulged in quite artfully by writers and speakers. Yet simultaneously, copia is an appeal beyond reason, to the unreasonable, even prereasonable dimensions of the mind, to the kaleidoscopic, teeming, untranslatable horde of impressions, memories, and emotions that coexist with our most linear thoughts and actions. Copia, then, is reason’s effort to transcend its own logic, to explore and frolic beyond itself".(47)
~ Institute for Advanced Study ~
"Creating intellectual community across and beyond the boundaries of the University."
Mission: The Institute for Advanced Study pursues its vision through three primary strategies. First, it provides a physical space at the Nolte Center where artists, scientists, and scholars can engage in and share their work. This strategy encompasses not only scheduled events and presentations, but also unplanned encounters and serious play that facilitate unexpected inspiration, revelation, and collaboration. Second, it supports faculty fellowships and research collaborative programs that bring together artists, scientists, and scholars from across and beyond the University. Third, it convenes an annual symposium that catalyzes conversations across the University of Minnesota and that highlights the most innovative research initiatives that exist in the United States and the world.
Listen and learn more about the upcoming IAS Conference!
This week Insight Radio features an interview with David Beard, assistant professor in the Writing Studies Department at the University of Minnesota, Duluth and Mark Huglen, associate professor in the Liberal Arts and Education Department at the U of M, Crookston. Learn more about visual communication and interdisciplinarity and an upcoming conference exploring these two topics.
Hosted by Elizabeth Tollefson, assistant director of communications.
Institute for Advanced Study
UMC Liberal Arts and Education Department
UMC Office of Students with Disabilities
UMC Coca-Cola Beverage Partnership
This activity is funded, in part, by a grant from the Northwest Minnesota Arts Council and the Minnesota arts and cultural heritage fund as appropriated by the Minnesota State Legislature with money from the vote of the people of Minnesota on November 4, 2008.
Institute for Advanced Study Conference Committee Members
Mark Huglen, chair, associate professor, Liberal Arts and Education Department
Kevin Thompson, assistant professor, Liberal Arts and Education Department
Kenneth Johnson, instructor, Business Department
Laurie Wilson, coordinator/counselor, Office for Students with Disabilities
Molly Ramey, senior, communication major
Elizabeth Tollefson, assistant director of communications.
