Monday, November 20, 2006
Listen to “The Day of the Dead” online
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Thanks to the efforts of Jenny Medcraft, computer systems analyst in the colleges of Liberal Arts and Business, and Robert Threet, systems manager in the Computer Center, “The Day of the Dead” International Interdisciplinary Colloquium presentations are now available as downloadable audio files on the colloquium Web site. You also can subscribe to a podcast of the event on the site. Threet took on the time-consuming task of converting audio from film of the event to digital. “You can either download the mp3s and listen to them on your computer or mp3 player, or you can subscribe to the podcast,” he said. “The podcast just makes it a little more handy for people. It makes more sense for content that changes, but also makes it easy for people to subscribe.” Plans are in the works to add audio files from the previous colloquia, “The Ram in the Thicket” and “The Parthenon,” to the Web site as well. Medcraft said, “Now that we have mastered the technology, we hope to utilize it more in the future.” “The Day of the Dead” drew thousands of students, faculty, staff and community members to Carter Hall on October 31. Mexican Day of the Dead memorials, constructed by Michael Aakhus, associate dean of the College of Liberal Arts, were covered with flowers, mementos and photographs of departed family, friends, and pets, brought by those in attendance. Next year’s colloquium, “The Gothic Imagination,” is scheduled for Friday, October 5, 2007, with presentations including “Light and the Genesis of Gothic Cathedrals,” “Werewolves, Mermaids and Harpies: Grotesques from Arles to the Vatican,” “The Ghastly Girlish Gothic of Emily Dickinson,” and “Things That Go Bump in the Brain: Gothic Horror and the Study of Fear.” For more information, contact Pat Aakhus, director of International Studies and assistant professor of English, at 812/465-7088. |
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