James Madison Center for Civic Engagement: Democracy Matters
125 episodes - English - Latest episode: 12 months ago - ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsA podcast exploring themes related to civic engagement in order to build a more inclusive, just, and equitable democracy.
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Episodes
Episode 16: Evaluating Political News in an Election Year
February 24, 2020 00:00 - 29 minutes - 27.3 MBIn this episode, we talk with JMU School of Media Arts and Design Assistant Professor Ryan Alessi about the best strategies for evaluating political news stories in a hyperpartisan election year. See the show notes with links mentioned in this episode at https://j.mu/news/civic/2020/02-24-democracy-matters-episode-16.shtml
Episode 15: Banking on Civic Learning
January 21, 2020 00:00 - 27 minutes - 25.4 MBCommunity banks are vital to the American economy and society. In this episode, we talk with JMU College of Business Finance Professor Dr. Carl Larsson, and with Katie Jarrett, a senior in the School of Media Arts and Design and Corinne Barbieri, a senior Finance major, who are members of JMU's Banking Team. See the show notes with links mentioned in this episode at https://j.mu/news/civic/2020/01-22-democracy-matters-episode-15.shtml
Episode 14: Plan, Do, Check and Prove: Educating for Democracy on Campuses and Beyond
January 06, 2020 00:00 - 44 minutes - 41 MBIn this episode, we talk with Ian Simmons, the Founder and President of the Foundation for Civic Leadership and a member of the Madison Center's advisory board, about best practices and promising projects for enhancing democracy. See the show notes with links mentioned in this episode at https://j.mu/news/civic/2020/01-01-democracy-matters-episode-14.shtml
Episode 13: Talkin 'bout the Revolution: What we can learn from women breaking barriers in early America
November 12, 2019 00:00 - 42 minutes - 59 MBHistory doesn't always move toward the inclusion of groups. Sometimes rights can be lost as well as gained. Take, for example, the American Revolutionary period, which created opportunities for women to participate in politics. By 1828, however, women's politicization was seen more as a liability than as a strength, and contributed to a divisive political climate that brought the country to the brink of civil war. In this episode, distinguished American historian Dr. Rosemarie Zagarri joins ...
Episode 12: The Ballot Box: The Only Place Where Jeff Bezos and the Janitor of McDonalds Are Equal
November 06, 2019 00:00 - 33 minutes - 46.5 MBAlthough there have been many advancements since the passage of the 19th amendment to the U.S. Constitution, there is much to be done to improve the status of women, including among other things: ending sex-based discrimination, improving maternal mortality rates for black women, ensuring equal pay for equal work, increasing protections for the LGBTQ+ community, and addressing challenges faced by veterans and those who live in poverty. In this episode of Democracy Matters, we play a recordin...
Episode 11: Women Breaking Barriers: A Timeline
September 04, 2019 00:00 - 27 minutes - 51 MB2019-2020 marks the 100th anniversary since the passage and ratification of the 19th amendment to the U.S. Constitution which articulated that, "The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex." The 19th amendment was the result of centuries of activism and contributions from many social movements to ensure through the highest law of the land a "right through which all other rights could be secured." Bu...
Episode 10: Inclusive Music and the Value of ‘Being With’
August 18, 2019 00:00What is inclusion and how can inclusive music contribute to a culture of democratic engagement through authentic experiences of participatory musicking? JMU’s Center for Inclusive Music Engagement is facilitating innovative opportunities for all persons—particularly those are often marginalized in institutional music education contexts—to create, perform, respond, and connect with, in, through, and around music in ways they find meaningful. In this episode we talk with Dr. Jesse Rathgeb...
Episode 10: Inclusive Music and the Value of 'Being With'
August 18, 2019 00:00 - 44 minutes - 40.9 MBWhat is inclusion and how can inclusive music contribute to a culture of democratic engagement through authentic experiences of participatory musicking? JMU's Center for Inclusive Music Engagement is facilitating innovative opportunities for all persons-particularly those are often marginalized in institutional music education contexts-to create, perform, respond, and connect with, in, through, and around music in ways they find meaningful. In this episode we talk with Dr. Jesse Rathgeber, a...
Episode 9: Beyond the Lens: Justice Through Photography
August 12, 2019 00:00 - 39 minutes - 36 MBFrom Richmond to the West Bank, from Kentucky to Tanzania, photography has the potential to communicate lived experiences and complex social issues to those in power. In this episode, we talk with internationally acclaimed photographer Wendy Ewald about her work in Virginia and beyond using photography as a collaborative process to strengthen democracy. Ewald has spent more than 40 years collaborating with children, families, and teachers all over the world. In her work, she encourages her c...
Episode 8: So Much Noise and No One Needs A Broadcast Message
August 05, 2019 00:00 - 39 minutes - 54.4 MBStudent attention is a scarce commodity. What are the best opportunities for capturing student attention to engage them in civic learning and democratic engagement? In this episode we talk with Jennifer Domagal-Goldman, Executive Director of the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge, and Michael Peshkin, Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Northwestern University. As a first step to deeper engagement in civic life, Northwestern University registers every incoming student to vote during orient...
Episode 8, So Much Noise and No One Needs A Broadcast Message
August 05, 2019 00:00Student attention is a scarce commodity. What are the best opportunities for capturing student attention to engage them in civic learning and democratic engagement? In this episode we talk with Jennifer Domagal-Goldman, Executive Director of the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge, and Michael Peshkin, Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Northwestern University. As a first step to deeper engagement in civic life, Northwestern University registers every incoming student to vote during o...
Episode 7: Bring on the Democracy Midwives!
July 28, 2019 00:00 - 47 minutes - 65.9 MBJohn Dewey said that "Democracy has to be born anew every generation, and education is its midwife." Although people who go to college are slightly more likely to vote, their participation in other forms of political engagement are actually slightly depressed. There is more we can do in both academic AND student affairs to really make a difference in preparing students to be actively engaged in democracy. In this episode, we speak with Dr. Elizabeth Bennion, Political Science Professor and f...
Episode 7, Bring on the Democracy Midwives!
July 28, 2019 00:00John Dewey said that "Democracy has to be born anew every generation, and education is its midwife." Although people who go to college are slightly more likely to vote, their participation in other forms of political engagement are actually slightly depressed. There is more we can do in both academic AND student affairs to really make a difference in preparing students to be actively engaged in democracy. In this episode, we speak with Dr. Elizabeth Bennion, Political Science Professor ...
Episode 6: The SOUL of Campus Civic Life
July 18, 2019 00:00 - 37 minutes - 34.6 MBAcademic communities can be major drivers of civic engagement and critical thought around major issues. JMU Senior Ethan Gardner talks with Anna Williams and Yeimy Gamez Castillo, two students from the Rutgers-Newark University Honors Living Learning Community who attended the 2019 Civic Learning and Democratic Engagement Conference. Their conversation covers a variety of important topics on how academics can be infused with civic engagement initiatives. Additionally, they discuss the inspir...
Episode 5: Don't Cook Tonight! Call Ceola. Or How to Build Non-Colonial University-Community Partnerships with a Blue Hair Brigade
July 17, 2019 00:00 - 1 hour - 56.4 MBCommunities around the world are demanding full participation in every step of the research process, from identifying the issues to be looked at, to prioritizing them, to developing the research design, to creating the instruments used to collect the data, to being involved in the analysis of the data and in the development of policy prescriptions. As a result, increasingly university-based researchers are finding that a collaborative or participatory approach in which they co-investigating ...
Episode 4: Beware the Shrinking Imagination!
July 16, 2019 00:00 - 42 minutes - 38.7 MBTwo questions animate our work: What if? How so? The work of imagining is something we should take very seriously in civic engagement. It's difficult to engage our senses in this difficult and academic work and the shrinking imagination stifles our work. Professor Tim Eatman, Dean of the Honors Living-Learning Community and Associate Professor of Urban Education in the College of Arts and Sciences at Rutgers University, discusses the five senses to engage in the work of imagining: hope, hist...
Episode 5, Don't Cook Tonight! Call Ceola. Or How to Build Non-Colonial University-Community Partnerships with a Blue Hair Brigade
July 15, 2019 00:00Communities around the world are demanding full participation in every step of the research process, from identifying the issues to be looked at, to prioritizing them, to developing the research design, to creating the instruments used to collect the data, to being involved in the analysis of the data and in the development of policy prescriptions. As a result, increasingly university-based researchers are finding that a collaborative or participatory approach in which they co-investiga...
Episode 6, The SOUL of Campus Civic Life
July 15, 2019 00:00Academic communities can be major drivers of civic engagement and critical thought around major issues. JMU Senior Ethan Gardner talks with Anna Williams and Yeimy Gamez Castillo, two students from the Rutgers-Newark University Honors Living Learning Community who attended the 2019 Civic Learning and Democratic Engagement Conference. Their conversation covers a variety of important topics on how academics can be infused with civic engagement initiatives. Additionally, they discuss the i...
Episode 3, Bringing Democracy to Life
July 15, 2019 00:00From teaching information literacy, to providing community gathering spaces, to fostering access to information, to connecting people with each other, and more, James Madison University Librarians Kristen Shuyler and Liz Chenevey discuss their research about how libraries of all types in Virginia and across the country support democracy and the civic life of their communities. A Visual History of the American Public Library Fulfilling Our Potential: Libraries Supporting Civic Engageme...
Episode 3: Bringing Democracy to Life
July 15, 2019 00:00 - 41 minutes - 38.2 MBFrom teaching information literacy, to providing community gathering spaces, to fostering access to information, to connecting people with each other, and more, James Madison University Librarians Kristen Shuyler and Liz Chenevey discuss their research about how libraries of all types in Virginia and across the country support democracy and the civic life of their communities. See the show notes with links mentioned in this episode at https://j.mu/news/civic/2019/07-15-democracy-matters-ep...
Episode 4, Beware the Shrinking Imagination!
July 15, 2019 00:00Two questions animate our work: What if? How so? The work of imagining is something we should take very seriously in civic engagement. It’s difficult to engage our senses in this difficult and academic work and the shrinking imagination stifles our work. Professor Tim Eatman, Dean of the Honors Living-Learning Community and Associate Professor of Urban Education in the College of Arts & Sciences at Rutgers University, discusses the five senses to engage in the work of imagining: hope, h...
Episode 2: Real Democracy Needs Everyone's Perspectives
June 24, 2019 00:00 - 24 minutes - 34.3 MBDr. Barbara Schaal, Dean of Arts and Sciences and Mary-Dell Chilton Distinguished Professor Professor of Biology at the Washington University in St. Louis discusses the importance of a liberal arts education, and of including science and scientific expertise in policy and decision-making processes to strengthen democracy.
Episode 2, Real Democracy Needs Everyone's Perspectives
June 24, 2019 00:00Dr. Barbara Schaal, Dean of Arts and Sciences and Mary-Dell Chilton Distinguished Professor Professor of Biology at the Washington University in St. Louis discusses the importance of a liberal arts education, and of including science and scientific expertise in policy and decision-making processes to strengthen democracy.
Episode 1: A Place to Start: Conversation with Professor, Artist, Community Organizer Pato Hebert.
June 17, 2019 00:00 - 47 minutes - 65.8 MBArtists use so many different mediums to comment on their surroundings, some use it as an opportunity to make a statement on current events and government action. Photographer and activist, Pato Hebert, sits down with us to discuss art's undeniable place in the conversation about democracy.
Episode 1, A Place to Start: Conversation with Professor, Artist, Community Organizer Pato Hebert.
June 17, 2019 00:00Artists use so many different mediums to comment on their surroundings, some use it as an opportunity to make a statement on current events and government action. Photographer and activist, Pato Hebert, sits down with us to discuss art's undeniable place in the conversation about democracy.