Below, participants in our HPG Summer Internship program reflect on what the humanities mean in their workplace, how concepts and methods from their disciplines translate to their workplace, and they are reimagining their own research and writing in their scholarly work in light of their internship experiences.
Ashley Dorn by Ashley Dorn “You get stronger every single day”: Learning from Iowa Women in Trades Iowa Women in Trades (IWIT) exists to connect and support women seeking or practicing a skilled construction trade. Jobs in skilled construction are…
Read More Getting Stronger: A reflection on the Iowa Women in Trades Network
Dongilli - Public Archives Intern at PS1 - uses the history of Iowa City's public access channel to theorize a future for the Media Arts Co-Op and community media centers.
As I did my internship with the Englert and FilmScene this summer, I was also in the middle of preparing for my comprehensive exams, becoming an ‘expert’ in 20th/21st century literature. That means reading a hundred literary texts that cover…
When the Obermann Center announced this summer’s Humanities for the Public Good Internships, I eagerly read through them in hopes of finding a position related to my studies. One description and required qualification quickly captured my attention: “Ability to perform…
Read More Dirt, Plants, and Food: Bringing the Humanities into the Garden
In his book, Teacher Strike, historian Jon Shelton argues that teacher militancy and strike actions in the 1970s posed a problem for what he calls "Labor Liberalism," the dominant political ideology of the era, that American politicians were unable to…
As the digital storytelling intern for the Iowa Valley Resource Conservation & Development, my main focus was to facilitate and document untold stories from the food system. My goal was to use this opportunity to amplify the voices of those…
Read More Community Partner Spotlight: The Global Food Project
If there's something my opportunity with the HPG internship further reinforced and also more deeply entrenched in me, then it would be thinking more critically and being more actively engaged in producing work that highlights both gratitude and grace. Throughout…
The midpoint of an internship — in this case, week five of eight — is probably the best time to unwind and get to know your co-workers in a non-work setting. By then, you've had a few weeks to settle…
The object of confrontation politics is to polarize the slack by the impossible precept that you are either for children or against themRobert Leland, Keokuk School District Superintendent, 1970 When Iowa Republicans captured the state senate in the 2016 elections,…
Bronwyn Stewart, a PhD candidate in English, connects María Irene Fornés’ Fefu and Her Friends, the educational philosophy of Emma Sheridan Fry, and her work with the Englert and FilmScene.
