2018-2020 Intersections Group Resource Handbook The UF Intersections program is made possible with generous funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Table of Contents I. Convener Resources 1 - Map of Intersections Resources 2 - 2018-20 Intersections Consultants Meetings 3 - 2018-20 Intersections Groups 6 - Cooperation, Coordination & Collaboration (P.W. Mattessich & B.R. Monsey, 1992, Collaboration: What Makes it Work. St. Paul: Amherst H. Wilder Foundation) 7 - Intersections Groups Self-Evaluation Journal Activity 8 - Suggested Agenda Items for First Group Meeting 9 - Membership Roster Form (M. Winer & K. Ray, 1994, Collaboration Handbook. St. Paul: Amherst H. Wilder Foundation) 11 - Meeting Agenda and Summary (ibid.) 12 - Vision and Focus Statements (ibid.) 14 - Collaboration Structure (ibid.) 15 - Decision-Making Protocol (ibid.) 16 - A Guide to Systems Change(ibid.) 18 - Ending Rituals (ibid.) II. On Developing Strong Questions 19 - Architecture of Powerful Questions (a summary) 20 - Art of Powerful Questions (E.E. Vogt, J. Brown & D. Isaacs, 2003, The Art of Powerful Questions. Waltham: Pegasus) 34 - From Cool Phenomena to Hot Problems (R.F. Bendix, K. Bizer & D. Noyes, 2017, Sustaining Interdisciplinary Collaboration. Chicago: University of Chicago Press: 28- 45) III. Collaboration Resources 43 - Our Compelling Interests: The Value of Diversity for Democracy and a Prosperous Society (Andrew W. Mellon Foundation) 44 – Community and Pseudocommunity (Prof. Buffy Bondy, Intersections Consultant) 45 - Transparency (a summary) 46 - 25 Simple Trust-Building Behaviors (N.S. Russell, 2015, PychologyToday.com) 47 - Listening (a summary) 48 - IAP2’s Public Participation Spectrum (International Association for Public Participation) 49 - How Systems Thinking Prepares Students for a Complex World (S. Carlson, 2017, The Chronicle of Higher Ed, Sep 24.) 56 - Talking across Disciplines (M. Strober, 2011, Interdisciplinary Conversations: Challenging Habits of Thought. Stanford: Stanford University Press: 153-166.) IV. Further Reading The interdisciplinary field of science and technology studies has produced some of the most useful studies of how interdisciplinary collaboration occurs. We invite you to browse some of our favorite readings on the topic: Haraway, Donna Haraway. “Situated Knowledges: The Science Question in Feminism and the Privilege of Partial Perspective.” Feminist Studies, Vol. 14, No. 3. (1988), pp. 575-599. http://www.jstor.org/stable/3178066. o Haraway explains how there is no such thing as a singular, “objective” form of knowledge, and instead emphasizes the importance of acknowledging and respecting situated knowledges (from lived contexts) to communicate our field expertise in a meaningful, equitable, and inclusive manners with others. Latour, Bruno. "Why Has Critique Run out of Steam? From Matters of Fact to Matters of Concern." Critical Inquiry 30, no. 2 (2004). www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/421123. o Latour argues that the contemporary humanities are uniquely poised to “gather together” diverse forms of knowledge to address matters of shared concern. Star, Susan Leigh and James. R. Griesemer. “Institutional Ecology, ‘Translations’ and Boundary Objects: Amateurs and Professionals in Berkeley’s Museum of Vertebrate Zoology.” Social Studies of Science 19.3 (1989): 387- 420. http://www.jstor.org/stable/285080. o This reading examines how groups can latch on to particular “boundary objects”, such as grand-challenge questions, as ways to focus different epistemological views and recognize incommensurability without creating conflict. Intersections: Animating Conversations with the Humanities Resource Map Intersections Administrators: Angela Lindner (Provost-Undergraduate Affairs) Joe Spillane (CLAS Advising) Mark Law (Honors) Patrick Reakes (Smathers Libraries) Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere Intersections Leadership Team Barbara Mennel (CHPS Director) Sophia Acord (CHPS Assoc. Director) Bess de Farber (Libraries Grants Manager) Intersections Staff: Ethics Danielle Barrientos (Coordinator) Lauren Cox (PR) Student Adviser TBA Technology Global Blackness Mass Incarceration Intersections 1 Intersections Consultants Anticipated Meeting Schedule The Intersections program benefits greatly from the participation of a team of Intersections Consultants who have expertise in supporting collaborative and creative work. We will arrange meetings to introduce you to them. (A minimum of two members per Intersections Group must attend each meeting.) It is our hope that groups will develop relationships with particular consultants who can help them carry out their desired work, e.g., developing public-partnered programming, creating a novel class assignment, etc. Fall 2018 UF Quest • Trysh Travis, Ph.D. (UF Center for Gender, Sexualities and Women’s Studies Research) • Andrew Wolpert, Ph.D. (UF Department of Classics) Full Participation, Inclusion, and Diversity in Teaching – October 2018 • Buffy Bondy, Ph.D., UF School of Teaching and Learning • Lauren Pearlman, Ph.D., UF African American Studies and History Public and Community-Partnered Programs: • Keith Simmons, Florida Humanities Council • Michael Spranger, Ph.D., UF Department of Family, Youth, and Community Sciences Spring 2019 Exhibitions/Collections, Partner Engagement, and Public Presentations • Eric Segal, Ph.D., Harn Museum of Art • Laurie Taylor, Ph.D., UF Smathers Libraries Creative Class Assignments • Jessica Aberle, Ph.D., UF Smathers Libraries-Architecture • Mickey Schafer, Ph.D., UF University Writing Program Public and Scholarly Communications • Ann Christiano, UF Department of Public Relations • April Hines, UF Smathers Libraries-Journalism Fall 2019 Collaborative Grant-Seeking with Bess de Farber Teaching Excellence and Course Development • Jennifer Smith (UF Office of Faculty Development and Teaching Excellence) • TBD (UF Center for Instructional Technology and Training) Intersections 2 Intersections Research-Into-Teaching Grant Competition Results May 2018 2018-2020 Mellon Intersections Groups at the University of Florida 1. Intersections on Ethics and the Public Sphere How can we think critically about the ethical dimensions of divisive public issues? This Intersections Group will examine how to understand and address ethical issues in the public arena including contemporary moral issues such as gun control, climate change, and reproductive rights. The group emphasizes ethical thinking and action through a combination of research, teaching, and service to produce engagement with the public. In addition to developing coursework incorporating reflection, service learning, and research, the group will produce a set of resources to enable UF students to connect ethical decision- making to service in our community. This group will enable students to think critically about issues and develop skills to be effective moral agents in their professional, personal, and public lives. Convener: Anna Peterson (Religion), [email protected] Co-Convener: Jaime Ahlberg (Philosophy), [email protected] Members: o Elaine Giles (Brown Center for Leadership and Service), [email protected] o April Hines (Smathers Libraries-Journalism), [email protected] o Whitney Sanford (Religion), [email protected] o Kim Walsh-Childers (Journalism), [email protected] 2. Intersections on Global Blackness and Latinidad How does blackness travel locally and across the globe? This Intersections Group aims to further our understanding of how Blackness travels across the globe via diverse Black communities, politics, and identities. The group addresses the increasing role that globalization plays in our everyday lives, cultural consumption, and production, transnational communities, social inequalities, and how we understand difference. The group will focus on the role of popular culture, the visual arts, performance, and media as places where we examine what it means to be black. The group plans to create an interdisciplinary course, organize a speaker series featuring scholars in diverse fields, and host art events that bridge the local Black community and UF. Convener: Tanya Saunders (Latin American Studies/Gender, Sexualities, and Women’s Studies), [email protected] Co-Convener: Manoucheka Celeste (Gender, Sexualities, and Women’s Studies/African American Studies), [email protected] Intersections 3 Members: o Benjamin Hebblethwaite (LLC-Haitian Creole), [email protected] o Michael Leslie (Telecommunication), [email protected] o Paul Ortiz (History/Samuel Proctor Oral History Program), [email protected] o Nick Vargas (Sociology and Criminology & Law/Latin American Studies), [email protected] o Bryce Henson (African American Studies), [email protected] Affiliated Members: o Efraín Barradas (Romance Languages/Latin American Studies), [email protected] o Coco Fusco (Art + Art History), [email protected] o Lillian Guerra (History), [email protected] o Sharon Austin (African American Studies/Political Science), [email protected] o Christopher Busey (Teaching and Teaching Education), [email protected] o Jillian Hernandez (Gender, Sexualities, and Women’s Studies) o Agnes Leslie (African Studies), [email protected] 3. Intersections on Mass Incarceration What would a future without mass incarceration look like and how do we get there? The United States has the world’s highest prison population and also incarcerates a higher percentage of its population than any other country, despite declining crime rates. This Intersections Group unites