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Humanities 101, or HUM, or HUM 101, is a free, university-level non-credit course that challenges conventions of university learning by recognizing and valuing multiple ways of knowing and learning. HUM strives to make engaged learning as accessible as possible by eliminating financial barriers, and pushing against the situational and institutional barriers put in place to exclude many people from attending post-secondary.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 62 minutes
- Episodes
- 11
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2021
Writing Revolution in Place
This week is another take over class by the incredible Writing Revolution In Place Collective (WRIP). WRIP is a “community based research collective that uses poetic and creative research strategies …
01:04:20 |
Fri 08 Jan 2021
Life Writing, Drag and Poetry
This week on Hum we focus on life writing -- we talk autobiography with Dr. Julie Rak, speak to local playwrite, composer, and drag queen Darrin Hagen about documenting queer Edmonton history, and he…
00:59:27 |
Fri 18 Dec 2020
Music and Storytelling, Part 3
A few weeks ago we met up with Chubby Cree, a women-led Indigenous drum group, at the Starlite room. We were able to record 5 songs and an amazing interview with Carol, Robyn, and Noah of Chubby Cree…
01:03:43 |
Sat 12 Dec 2020
Music and Storytelling, Part 2
This week's class is introduced by a UofA instructor, Brian Fauteux, who teaches classes in popular music. He shares a bit of the long and complex history of American recorded popular music. We also …
01:00:15 |
Fri 04 Dec 2020
Music and Storytelling, Part 1
This week is the first of a two part class on storytelling and music. We will hear from Kris Harper, from nêhiyawak and Ag47, who shares with us a bit of his journey as a storyteller. We also meet a …
01:07:08 |
Fri 27 Nov 2020
More than Words
This week we meet Zane Hamm, Mpoe Mogale, and Morẹ́nikẹ́ Ọláòṣebìkan. Zane is an instructor from the UofA that spends a lot of time thinking about how images can be used as a way to share and explore…
01:06:08 |
Fri 20 Nov 2020
East African Storytelling
Take a trip across the ocean with us this week as we learn about the traditions, practice, and role of storytelling in East Africa. Not only is this week’s class full of interesting ideas, learning, …
01:03:10 |
Fri 13 Nov 2020
Storytelling and Food
This week we will be meeting Kyla Pascal, Juanita Gnanapragasm, Mishma Mukith, and Alexis Hillyard as we discuss how food tells a story, and how food creates space and comfort for storytelling. Each …
00:59:08 |
Fri 06 Nov 2020
Indigenous Storytelling, Part 2
In our second class on Indigenous storytelling, Josh Languedoc tells us about his play Rocko and Nakota, Elder Bonny Spencer shares a story about star blankets and poet, writer and educator Naomi McI…
00:59:21 |
Fri 30 Oct 2020
Indigenous Storytelling, Part 1
In part 1 of a 2 part class on Indigenous Storytelling, we talk to Elder Bonny Spencer about storytelling as medicine and ceremony, Josh Languedoc about theatre and the importance of positionality in…
01:02:12 |
Thu 22 Oct 2020
Welcome All to Humanities 101
In the first class of Humanities 101 (Hum) Fall 2020, we welcome learners, share how Hum is adapting to the conditions of covid, and outline the weeks ahead. We speak to Elder Bonny Spencer about Ind…
00:58:07 |
Fri 16 Oct 2020
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