Not getting out much these days? Why not bring some social engagement home. Tune into “Threadtalks,” a podcast series available in a language-enhanced format featuring interdisciplinary exchanges – and guests from Canisius College and beyond.
The podcast started as an investigation of the many facets of the textile trade and industry with guests sharing their thoughts and expertise. Originally embedded in the interdisciplinary course FRC326 (“Threads: Weaving Industry, Culture and Commerce Through the History of Textiles), it provides Canisius students with an opportunity to share their exploration of the course outside the classroom.
In episode 1, Isabella Jankowski (a French minor, and journalism, communication and political science major) interviews Bruce Dierenfield, PhD, professor of history, on the confluence of slavery, inter-regional trade and the cotton industry in the early American republic.
In episode 2, Erin Metz (a French and adolescence education major) initiates a conversation with Erin Robinson, PhD, professor of sociology, about the contributions of Pierre Bourdieu, Roland Barthes and Jean Baudrillard to the semiology of taste and “distinction” and carries on with a discussion of the social consumption of fashion in today’s society.
The next episode will present a conversation with the historian Patrick Fridenson (Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris) about his collaboration with Larissa Zakharova considering the field of mass communications, its production and reception, across the past eighty years of its history, from early radio to the latest smart media.
To keep up to date with the episodes, subscribe to the podcast or visit www.threadtalks.org to explore more.
For questions, suggestions or comments, Email Emilie Pack, packe@canisius.edu, a clinical instructor for the Department of Modern Languages, Literature & Culture.
Submitted by: Emilie Pack, clinical instructor, Department of Modern Languages, Literature and Cultures
