March 20, 2025
IA Hubbub is a new podcast series on art, ecology, and public scholarship which spotlights projects from across the IA network that bring together faculty, students, and knowledge keepers from the community for collaborative learning. Explore the series on our website, and listen/subscribe to episodes on Podbean and iTunes.
March 18, 2025
In this month's member spotlight, we uplift a collaboration between institutes at University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) that are prioritizing community-engaged scholarship, and we invite a close look at Watsonville is in the Heart - a community research and archive initiative undertaken in collaboration with UCSC faculty and graduate students, currently housed at The Humanities Institute.
February 28, 2025
In this month’s member spotlight, we focus on the ‘Desert Forest’ project from IA member Reed College, that centers the Joshua Tree. Co-conceived and co-directed by Prof. Juniper Harrower, this multidisciplinary project brings together natural history, Indigenous knowledge, public policy, conservation science, and creative works by historic and contemporary artists to spotlight the threatened tree and preservation efforts around it. And we bring you a sneak peek from Reed College’s collaboratory project!