51. Gerry Gray and the Family Reunion String Band (2008 Indiana State Fair Master) (12:11)

Date:
2016-08-10
Main contributors:
Gerry Gray and the Family Reunion String Band (Masters), Jon Kay (Director), Ben Schreiner (Videographer/Editor) Cynthia Hoye (Executive Director of the State Fair)
Summary:
Beginning in 1975 when Gerry Gray, known as the "Mother Hen" was asked to play dulcimer and talk to visitors at the State Fair Pioneer Village, the Family Reunion String Band has entertained fairgoers for over thirty years. Playing for twelve hours a day for twelve days of the fair, the band is happy to see people come back year after year and become part of their extended family at the State Fair. Filled with jokes, improvisation, and good humor, the magnetism of the band and its members has encouraged enthusiastic listeners to become fellow musicians, making their performances into reunions of an ever-expanding musical family.

52. Stephen Porges on the Causes of Distorted Social Engagement (06:39)

Date:
2016-07-22
Main contributors:
Porges, Stephen W.
Summary:
In this clip from his Keynote address at the 2016 Networker Symposium, "The Science of Therapeutic Attachment," Stephen Porges explains why the fabric of modern relationships is changing rapidly, due to technology shifting our neurophysiological states. This disrupts coregulation and is immediately visible in your clients' body language and facial expressions. Similar cues are apparent in the aftermath of conflict and trauma. Did you enjoy this clip? Check out more from Stephen at www.psychotherapynetworker.org Original publication: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqftT6e1gYA

53. Using NSSE Data to Assess and Enhance High-Impact Practices (1:01:29)

Date:
2016-06-28
Main contributors:
Jillian Kinzie, John Zilvinskis
Summary:
During the webinar, the presenters will demonstrate ways NSSE data can be leveraged to measure student participation in HIPs. Furthermore, there will be an emphasis on how to relate aspects of engagement with institutional measurements of HIP participation. The overall aim is to prepare participants to facilitate campus dialogue about high-impact practices and maximize the benefits of the updated NSSE survey data and reports.

54. Overview of NSSE's Academic Advising Topical Module (31:12)

Date:
2016-05-23
Main contributors:
Amy Ribera
Summary:
This pre-recorded webinar provides an overview of NSSE's most popular topical module-Academic Advising module. Learn about the item set and ways you can explore the data by relating it to student engagement and your own institutional data. The webinar will also highlight reports provided back to participants and helpful online resources for dissemination.

55. The Polyvagal Theory in Action: How Heart Rate Figures Into Trauma Treatment with Stephen Porges (03:13)

Date:
2016-04-27
Main contributors:
Porges, Stephen W.
Summary:
We've known for years that the mind and body can have a profound effect on each other, but we are still discovering new ways that this relationship works. We're now seeing how our nervous system makes adjustments in the body in response to stress. Listen in as Dr. Stephen Porges explains how our heart rate can act as a window into understanding our internal balance.

56. Trends in Digital Scholarship: Stories from Indiana University Bloomington (54:32)

Date:
2016-04-20
Main contributors:
Dalmau, Michelle, Homenda, Nick
Summary:
The Indiana University Bloomington Libraries' Digital Collections Services department has offered Digital Project Planning consultation services twice a week since the opening of the Scholars' Commons in September 2014. Data collected from these consultation sessions provides insight into the individuals engaged in digital scholarship projects and initiatives at Indiana University. Building upon analysis performed by Meridith Beck Sayre, Council on Library and Information Resources Data Curation Postdoctoral Fellow for Data Curation in the Humanities, Dalmau and Homenda will provide an overview of emerging digital project planning and data curation trends and needs demonstrated by Indiana University Bloomington faculty, students and staff as well as recommendations for ongoing support of digital scholarship projects and initiatives on the Bloomington campus and beyond.

57. New First-Year Experiences Topical Module (26:35)

Date:
2016-04-13
Main contributors:
Sarah Hurtado
Summary:
The 30-minute webinar provides a quick review of some literature related to first-year experiences, an introduction to the module items, an in-depth look at aggregate findings, and suggestions for using results on your campus. For example, ideas for developing structured peer support, may arise from results showing that first-year students are most likely to seek help with coursework from friends or other students. We also highlight the importance of disaggregating data by various population, by highlighting some differences between female and male students.

58. 34: The Science of Safety with Stephen Porges (1:09:21)

Date:
2016-04-11
Main contributors:
Porges, Stephen W., Sattin, Neil
Summary:
Have you ever wondered what exactly is happening in your body when you get triggered? Why do we go into rage, or feel like leaving, or completely shut down? Have you ever experienced conflict and thought something like “If only my body could just CALM DOWN then I might be able to actually resolve this?” - Or have you experienced that moment of getting nowhere in a conversation with your partner because they are triggered? There’s a reason that we keep coming back to this issue of safety and being triggered - that’s because both your ability to feel safe in the container of your relationship, and your ability to restore safety when, inevitably, you aren’t feeling it is at the heart of your being able to do relationship well - especially once the “honeymoon” stage of your relationship is over. Creating safety with your partner is at the heart of the work of people like John Gottman, Sue Johnson, Harville Hendrix and Helen LaKelly Hunt, and Stan Tatkin - and creating safety within yourself is at the heart of the work of Peter Levine, Dick Schwartz, and Margaret Paul. In other words, we’re diving deep because this understanding is KEY to helping you in almost every aspect of your relationship with others and your relationship with yourself. Today’s guest is Dr. Steve Porges, creator of The Polyvagal Theory, and a distinguished university scientist at the Kinsey Institute and a Research Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of North Carolina. For more than 40 years Steve has been working on this theory of how our vagus nerve works and his work has completely transformed our understanding of how we respond to obstacles, adversity, stress, and trauma. How the very same nerve pathways that support our health can also be recruited for defense, and create health problems. If you’ve heard of “fight/flight and FREEZE” - that’s all based on his work - and you have some idea of what I’m talking about. In today’s episode, we’re going to not only get a better understanding of how and why the body does what it does, but also get even more clear on how to come back into balance so that you can be in a state of healthy responsiveness, playfulness, and curiosity - not triggered and just trying to deal. Developing a neurophysiological understanding of our defense systems. A basic understanding of our autonomic nervous system provides insight into why we react the way we do in conflict and crisis, while also laying the framework for what we can do to help bring ourselves back into a physiological state in which we are available for connection, love, and intimacy. To begin, it is helpful to know that as humans we have developed (through our evolutionary history) two different major autonomic defense circuits: Sympathetic nervous system: The mobilization defense system is dependent on the activation of our sympathetic nervous system which is responsible the fight or flight response we know so well. The immobilization response- Our most ancient (meaning we share it with virtually every other vertebrate that has evolved) defense system is that of immobilization and shut down in the face of fear. This physiological state is regulated by the vagus and includes reduced oxygen demands, reduced metabolic demands, and can include dissociation, passing out, and defecation. Immobilizing in the face of fear is an adaptive behavior that allows us to disappear. Those who have experienced, or work with others who have experienced trauma, know this state well. There is no conscious input in how these systems activate- the concept of consciousness in this context can be very damaging because it suggests a degree of volition that can lead people who experience major trauma like rape, threat, or force, to feel ashamed of how their bodies reacted. Unfortunately our culture sometimes asks questions like “why didn’t you fight?”, or, “why didn’t you leave?” These questions do not respect the implicit and reflexive activity of the body to defend itself by freezing - based on these inherited circuits. Neuroception- Neuroception the term that Steve Porges created to describe how our body can sense something and react to it without it necessarily entering our conscious awareness. Our nervous system makes decisions and changes our biobehavior without any level of conscious awareness- despite the fact that we are profoundly aware of the impact on our physiology we are rarely aware of the triggers causing these state shifts. If our body detects risk or danger features in the environment we might have a sympathetic excitation (sweat, jumping out of our skin, etc)- we might not be aware of the cues, but our body is informing us! What is the vagus nerve? The vagus nerve (a major component of our parasympathetic nervous system) is a large nerve in our body that originates in our brain stem and goes to nearly every organ in our body. If you are interested in the mind-body connection, then you are interested in the vagus nerve. Amazingly, 80% of the fibers of the vagus are used to bring information from the organs to the brainstem, the other 20% is for information being sent from brain to the body. This means that our organs really carry the majority of our bodily information. The vagus has two branches- an older branch that can be recruited for defense as it goes to the organs below the diaphragm and elicits immobilization behaviors, and another newer more evolved branch that, when functioning, keeps “fight/flight/freeze” in check, and supports our health, growth, and restoration! It is the part of our autonomic nervous system that is responsible for allowing us to connect, self-soothe, be playful, and be in relationship. This newer vagal circuit is linked to the features of the face (ears, eyes, mouth), enabling us to express our bodily state in our facial expression, in our voice, and to detect the intonation of other people's voices to screen for safety. This newer system has myelinated nerves which respond to voice intonation, smiling faces, playfulness, social referencing, and reciprocity. Hierarchy of defense systems: We use our three phylogenetically evolved systems of regulation in a hierarchical pattern. In an effort to create safety, we first use our most newly developed system (the myelinated vagus) to connect, when this fails we go into sympathetic mobilization (fight or flight), and if this fails we head into our most ancient defense system of parasympathetic immobilization. Our entire autonomic nervous system (ANS) is built to support health, growth, and restoration. The key way that we ensure that we are using our ANS in this way is through the vagal brake. Our newer myelinated vagus has the potential to inhibit the defensive structures of the other autonomic nervous system (ANS) pathways. This means that when we know how to recruit our vagus we can prevent ourselves from being hijacked by the more reactive and destructive patterns of either full mobilization or immobilization. Survival through cooperation: While being a mammal is a pretty great deal, there are a few things that we do not do very well. Namely we are not wired to deal well being by ourselves, and any extended or intensive isolation is not good. Mammals evolved to co-regulate - meaning that we help each other regulate our states through caregiving and reciprocity. It is important to remember that Darwin’s theory of survival of the fittest has been long misinterpreted, and that we survived due to cooperation, and not through aggression. Observations that may indicate that your system, or your partner’s system, is being recruited for defense: Is there reciprocity in facial expressivity? Eye gaze? Intonation of voice? Also ask whether the vocalization patterns lends themselves to reciprocal dialogue or are you stepping on each other’s words? Our culture is so focused on syntax and words that we have forgotten that one of the most important ways we detect safety is through prosody (varieties in tone/timbre/rhythm) in voice. It can be incredibly helpful to keep this in mind in your relationship and interactions. Every relationship has some minor to severe level of arguments - meaning people feel some semblance of danger and they get angry or scared. When this happens the neural tone of the muscles in the face is reduced which changes the tone of the middle ear - and literally people will have difficulty hearing you. In arguments with partners or children, it is likely the other person is having difficulty understanding you, because they are actually having difficulty hearing you! While communicating with your partner, regularly check in with not just what you are saying, but how you are saying it - what is your tone? What is your body communicating? And is your partner is a physiological state in which they are open to engage and hear you? It is the experience and not the event. Trauma leads to a lack of feeling, or difficulty feeling, one’s own body. Trauma histories have very little to do with the actual events that occurred, and more to do with the physiological responses that occurred. When considering your, or someone else’s trauma history, focus less on the objective events or facts of the experience, and become curious and become witness to their subjective experience. This will lead to an understanding of how and why the body is reacting in certain ways. If we don’t feel our own body - we have difficulty related to other people’s bodies. A feature of trauma histories is the lack of feeling one’s own body. In order to get a sense of how present you, or your partner is in their body, it is helpful to look at how well are you/they playing? Does the person have the ability to be spontaneous, reciprocal, and spontaneous in the interaction? Are they responding to cues? In addition to the question of how well you are playing, the other important question is how well are you pooping? This is important because the whole area below the diaphragm holds and reflects the effects of trauma on our bodies. Trauma is linked with IBS, constipation, and furthermore, the nerves that regulate this area also regulate the genitals. When we bottle up feelings in the subdiaphragmatic area, our sexuality is also impacted. Highly anxious or tightly wrapped individuals will have digestive systems that reflect this, and likely their sexual responses to intimacy will reflect these features as well. Our autonomic nervous system is there to support health, growth, and restoration! It is only when it is used chronically for defense that we begin to have dysfunctions and disorders manifest in our organs. Repair- We have violations of expectations ALL the time! However, when you have a violation it creates an opportunity for a repair. It is important to remember that it is not the words of an apology that matter as much as it is how the apology is said: the gestures, the words, and the intonation of voice. Your partner will only respond to a valid apology when the nonverbals are in concert with the intention. It is not the words! Culturally we function so much on syntax in our culture and not enough on the intonation of the words - in your relationship shift your attention to how you are interacting and how your body, and your partner’s body is responding to intonation. Remember to ask - how am I creating safety in this interaction? Am I speaking with prosody in my voice that will create comfort for my partner? Be more playful! Using gestures of engagement, and more playfulness, helps to regulate each other’s physiological state. The notion of connectedness is a biological imperative. The goal as mammals, and as good spouses, is to interact in a way that regulates each other’s physiology. It is a responsibility for individuals to interact to make each other feel safe. It is not just healing, and enjoyable, but it has great impact on our mental and physical health because it supports the circuits of health, growth, and restoration! Somatic experiencing: In efforts to recover from trauma, it is critical that we learn how to separate physiology from events. This occurs when we have the opportunity to be in the same physiological state in which we experienced the trauma, however in a way in which we have the control we did not have when we were in original event. It will not happen by telling someone to not get upset or not worry when they are triggered, but instead letting them experience their body reacting, but this time in a safe context. Doing this begins to take power away from the implicit body memories. Change your breathing pattern: Have you noticed how when you are upset with your partner, you begin to huff and puff? This is your body physically preparing to mobilize for a fight or to run. Can can change your physiological state towards social engagement through shifting your breathing. Long inhalations removes what is called the vagal brake and it allows us to get more mobilized. In an effort to slow down, we need to have long exhalations. Try extending your exhalations through intentional breathing and through singing. Singing is wonderful because it uses muscles of social engagement system. Another way to play with voice in your relationship is to improvise songs, and use gibberish in moments of tension to help change your intonation and move the focus away from the meaning of words, and towards how the voice can help build repair and closeness. Escalation is not coregulation! In most relationship conflicts, both individuals feel like victims - in order to de-escalate a situation and move in the direction of play and connection, one person must step up and take charge of noticing the pattern, and changing the way of engagement. This means meeting your partner on their level - often through touch, gentleness, and a prosodic voice. Hug your partner - not in an effort to fix, but rather in an effort to connect and bring back safety. Be respectful of your physiological state: Respect your body’s behaviors without judgement, and without justifying or making personal narratives. Our bodies are constantly sending us information about the world - be respectful of your body shifts, even in moments when your body is reacting in a way that feels exaggerated or maladaptive. Also be respectful of how your body state shifts affect those around you - knowing they are going to react to your shifts, whether you intended for that or not. Taking responsibility for your physiological state is not only about learning how to downregulate your system, but it is about communicating your state to those around you. We are human, and are not always going to be able to perfectly respond in a situation that triggers us, but what we can learn to do is to verbalize what is happening in our body to others! If you are angry about something that happened, or feel the signs of being triggered, share this out loud. This will help your family, your spouse, your partner be able to not take the visual and bodily cues you are sending personally. This will SAVE your relationship! Last bits of advice: Remember to change the prosody of your voice, bring in gentle touch, and see yourself as a vehicle for healing and safety for you and your partner! Before you react, listen! Don’t use the physiological state you are in as the motivator for behavior, just pause for a moment and get a better evaluation of the context. Add in a few long exhalations, and you will be more able to stay present and get back to a physiological state that allows you to be responsive, engaged, and connecting with your partner and those in your life! Resources Visit Stephen’s website for more information, a list of public speaking events, and links to previous interviews! If you want to gain an in depth understanding of Polyvagal Theory, read Stephen’s book The Polyvagal Theory: Neurophysiological Foundations of Emotions, Attachment, Communication, and Self-regulation www.neilsattin.com/safety Visit to download the show guide, or text “PASSION” to 33444 and follow the instructions to download the show guide to this episode. Text and original publication: https://relationshipalive.libsyn.com/34-the-science-of-safety-with-stephen-porges#1z8b0HZBdYOzR2mP.99

59. Transcodes and Transfers: Exploring the MDPI Back-end Processing (56:15)

Date:
2016-04-06
Main contributors:
Wheeler, Brian
Summary:
The process of converting the digitized MDPI media into something that can be used for web delivery is conceptually simple: transcode each one into derivatives and transfer them to the delivery system. However, like most things, the devil is in the details. Data corruption, tape latency, and managing large amounts of data are just a few of the problems which must be overcome. This session will follow the steps that MDPI digital objects take during processing and explore the solutions used to create a system which must reliably process hundreds of hours of audio and video content daily.

60. [Untitled]: How to lose your metadata and keep your search results (56:00)

Date:
2016-03-30
Main contributors:
Hardesty, Juliet
Summary:
It is an interesting time in the libraries for metadata. We have a lot of things described and described well, but is it feasible to keep all of that description in a useful way moving forward? And how do we offer up a ton of items all at once for online access? Whether it's cataloging records or other descriptive metadata, we seem to now be in transition in the libraries. New systems require that we move metadata into new formats. New massive digital collections require description at a scale previously not encountered. We know the metadata we're going to have after these moves and massive description efforts take place will not be complete or perfect and will probably not be the exact metadata we had before. We have to strategize about what information is going to be the most important for search and discovery and aim to have that information available as accurately as possible, regardless of the transition or the scale. Join us for a look at the systems and approaches we are taking to manage these messy metadata scenarios. We'll discuss the Libraries' move from Fedora 3 to Fedora 4 and the metadata transition happening there, the Media Digitization and Preservation Initiative's influx of items requiring mass description and the ramifications and methods being employed, and the future of cataloging records as all libraries look to transition to systems using BIBFRAME. The strategies we employ this time around will inform future metadata moves and mass description efforts.

62. A Collaboration of 3-D Modeling and Automated Box Manufacture for Library Special Collections Enc... (29:11)

Date:
2016-03-09
Main contributors:
Sanders, Doug
Summary:
The manufacture of protective enclosures is part of routine work in many libraries and museums. This presentation summarizes a novel collaboration of 3-D scanning and modeling technology provided by digital technology available on campus with automated box making services internal to Library Preservation. A custom-fitted enclosure for a painting on wood panel within the Lilly Library collections was the net result. This developmental method holds promise for specialized storage and shipping protection of library, scientific research and museum collections.

65. Introduction to Web Scraping with Python (1:41:35)

Date:
2016-02-05
Main contributors:
Brodnax, NaLette
Summary:
Web scraping is a method of extracting and restructuring information from web pages. This workshop will introduce basic techniques for web scraping using popular open-source tools. The first part of the workshop will provide an overview of basic HTML elements and Python tools for developing a custom web scraper. The second part will enable participants to practice accessing websites, parsing information, and storing data in a CSV file. This workshop is intended for social scientists who are new to web scraping. No programming experience is required, but basic familiarity with HTML and Python is helpful. NaLette Brodnax is a data scientist and fourth-year doctoral student in the Joint Public Policy program administered by the School of Public and Environmental Affairs and the Department of Political Science at Indiana University. Her research interests include education policy, policy analysis and program evaluation, and quantitative research methodology. As a graduate assistant for the Center of Excellence for Women in Technology, she is working on a number of projects intended to expose women to technology and to support women using technology in their studies and careers. Prior to entering the doctoral program, NaLette spent nine years in corporate finance roles, managing large data sets and developing financial models for large companies such as Abbott Laboratories and Nokia. She holds a BSBA from The Ohio State University with a concentration in Finance and a Master's in Public Policy from Loyola University Chicago.

66. Introducing graphical access to IU's supercomputers with Karst Desktop Beta (1:01:57)

Date:
2016-01-29
Main contributors:
Thota, Abhinav
Summary:
Supercomputers are designed to use a command line interface and batch processing system. This means users accustomed to modern graphical interfaces must overcome a steep learning curve when switching to supercomputers. Learn how UITS Research Technologies is tackling this problem using a new graphical interface for the Karst supercomputer. Participants will have the opportunity to test the service after the presentation on their laptop/desktop devices. Abhinav Thota is a Principal Engineer in the Research Technologies division of UITS/PTI. He is part of the Scientific Applications and Performance Tuning (SciAPT) team and helps users efficiently use HPC resources at IU.

67. Decoding Digital Preservation (46:25)

Date:
2016-01-27
Main contributors:
Dowding, Heidi
Summary:
Digital preservation is one of those phrases that means a lot to a few people and a little to a lot of people. It is often confused with digitization (preservation by digital), digital curation (of which preservation is a piece), digital asset management (another variant of digital curation), and so on. This talk will lay out the unique characteristics of digital preservation, as well as the practical applications. Expect to learn about recent developments in both the field and within the IU Libraries.

68. The Center for Biological Research Collections and the Path To Digitization for IU's Natural Hist... (57:35)

Date:
2016-01-20
Main contributors:
Motz, Gary
Summary:
The Center for Biological Research Collections is a consortium of research-based scientific collections at Indiana University that works in close collaboration with the IU Libraries, the Advanced Visualization Laboratory, University Information Technology Services, and a number of other campus wide organizations to promote the preservation, digitization, and discoverability of IU's natural history collections. The CBRC enhances collection-based research, education, and outreach in biodiversity science, botany, paleontology, zooarchaeology, and related disciplines by providing shared infrastructural and data management support. The Center focuses on collections of biological specimens, including fossils and archaeological remains, that have shared taxonomic, geographic, and temporal metadata requirements. The CBRC provides institution-wide support for a collections management information system, Specifyåü and is working to facilitate the interoperability of this bio-collections data platform with the new Fedora 4 digital content management system being developed by the IU Libraries. This presentation will provide an overview of the university-wide resources committed to the digitization of biological research collections, prospects for future research, education, and outreach opportunities, as well as a mention of some of the challenges that may arise in the digitization of the several million collections objects for which the CBRC is tasked. This grand challenge of specimen preservation, metadata maintenance, and data discoverability is a service and responsibility of the entire university community to enhance and augment the commitment of nearly 200 years of biological research in many scientific sub-disciplines focused on Indiana and beyond.

69. TRE® WEBINAR - Interview with Dr Stephen Porges about the Polyvagal Theory and TRE® (04:26)

Date:
2016-01-20
Main contributors:
Porges, Stephen W.
Summary:
Dr. Stephen Porges, PhD, is a Distinguished University Scientist at the Kinsey Institute at Bloomington, Indiana University. Dr. Porges has proposed and developed the Polyvagal Theory. In this webinar, Dr. David Berceli, the creator of TRE®, interviews Dr. Porges about how the Polyvagal Theory and his concept of Social Engagement relates to TRE® and the tremor mechanism. Visit http://tre-webinar.com/ to view all our online courses and visit http://tre-webinar.com/courses/interv... to learn more about the Polyvagal Theory and how it specifically relates to TRE®. Including bonus interview with Dr Robert Scaer, MD, and 90 min of extra material.

70. Introduction to Human Subjects and KC IRB at IU (1:51:00)

Date:
2016-01-15
Main contributors:
Benken, Sara
Summary:
This workshop will provide an overview of human subjects research and submitting an application through the KC IRB system. Representatives from the IU Human Subjects Office will provide a brief introduction to human subjects research, then focus the remaining time on learning how to navigate the IU IRB process. Sara Benken is an Associate Director in the IU Human Subjects Office. Adam Mills and Andrew Neel are Research Compliance Associates in the IU Human Subjects Office.

71. Adding Context to NSSE with FSSE (47:38)

Date:
2016-01-12
Main contributors:
Allison Brckalorenz, Bridget Yuhas
Summary:
This webinar will review how to use FSSE with NSSE results to compare student and faculty perspectives, to search for reasons for high or low student results, and to develop strategies to increase student engagement.

72. Bill Harshbarger: Sheep Shearer Sharpener (State Fair Masters 2006) (07:57)

Date:
2016-01-08
Main contributors:
Bill Harshbarger (Master), Jon Kay (Director), Kenny Stone (Music), Nicholas Blewett (Videographer), Buki Long (Assistant Editor), Traditional Arts Indiana
Summary:
In 1952, Bill Harshbarger began showing sheep on the county and State Fair level, and continued to exhibit until the early 1960s. After going to shearing school in Warsaw, Indiana, he began shearing at the State Fair. 2006 marked his 52nd consecutive year competing in the State Fair Sheep Shearing Contest. Harshbarger is also a fixture at the Sheep Barn, having helped generations of State Fair participants by sharpening their shears.

73. Gerry and Ralph Dunkin: Master Miniature Donkey Breeders (Indiana State Fair Masters 2007) (11:19)

Date:
2016-01-08
Main contributors:
Gerry and Ralph Dunkin (Masters), Jon Kay (Director), Matt Stockwell (Videographer/Editor), Deborah Justice and Rachel Sprinkle (Music), Traditional Arts Indiana
Summary:
Gerry and Ralph Dunkin are largely responsible for the increased appreciation for miniature donkeys in the last two decades. They enjoy introducing people of all ages to these intelligent and companionable animals. Their greatest reward is the camaraderie between exhibitors and visitors that extends beyond the Fair, to home and farm.

74. JACK RODIBAUGH AND FAMILY, JASPER COUNTY (07:40)

Date:
2016-01-08
Main contributors:
Jack Rodibaugh (Master), Jon Kay (Director), Cynthia Hoye (Executive Director of the State Fair), Kenny Stone (Music), Nicholas Blewett (Editor and Shooter), Buki Long (Assistant Editor), Traditional Arts Indiana
Summary:
Jack Rodibaugh and his family operate a hog business where they produce swine for breeding, market and 4-H youth. Rodibaugh's career began when his uncle gave him two piglets during the Depression. While he admits that he did not know much about pigs those first few years, he learned from older farmers and has spent the last 63 years perfecting breeding stock and competing at the State Fair. Today, he and his family encourage the tradition by producing and selling quality hogs to 4-H youth.

75. Noble Melton, Old-time Fiddler (State Fair Master 2007) (05:30)

Date:
2016-01-08
Main contributors:
Noble Melton (Master), Jon Kay (Director), Matt Stockwell (Videographer/Editor), Cynthia Hoye (Executive Director of the Indiana State Fair), Traditional Arts Indiana
Summary:
Noble Melton is a minister in Indianapolis, who earns the title of State Fair Master for his decades of commitment to the fiddler’s art and playing at the Fair. His musical education was informal,. Growing up in Crawford County, Noble was exposed to old time fiddle music at house dances and later in the dance halls where he first played. For more than 30 years he has become a staple act at the Fair’s Pioneer Village.

76. The Huber Family: Master winemakers from Clark County (02:38)

Date:
2016-01-08
Main contributors:
Carl and Gerald Huber (Masters), Jon Kay (Director), Traditional Arts Indiana
Summary:
Since 1843, the Huber family has worked a small homestead located in the Knobs of Clark County, Indiana. Originally from Baden Baden, Germany, the family brought a fruit-growing and winemaking tradition with them to Southeastern Indiana. Like many of their neighbors, generations of Hubers have made a couple of barrels of wine each year for their own table. Winemaking was not a commercial venture until 1972, when Indiana passed the Small Farm Winery Act. Since the Huber family operated a fruit-based farm and had made wine as far back as they could trace their history, they decided to transform their retail fruit farm into the Huber Orchard and Winery. Knowing that amateur winemaking was different from running a commercial winemaking operation, brothers Carl and Gerald Huber researched the business and trained themselves for their new agricultural venture. In 1979, they produced their first wine for sale. Gerald began competing and winning the Governor's Cup at the Indiana State Fair's International Wine Competition, which is the third largest competition of its kind in the United States. The competition helped the Hubers improve and develop their winemaking tradition and secure their reputation as a premier Indiana winery. Gerald's son, Ted, began working in the vineyard as a young boy and in the winery as a teenager. At 21, he became the Huber Winery's head winemaker, after his father and uncle transferred the family business to Ted and his cousin Greg. Today, Ted oversees the winery and vineyard on the six-generation farm, while Greg manages the orchard and retail operations, which attract 550,000 visitors each year.

77. The Piecemakers : Master quilters from Vanderburgh County (12:50)

Date:
2016-01-08
Main contributors:
The Piecemakers, Jon Kay, Traditional Arts Indiana
Summary:
In 1982, Minnie Marchant visited the Indiana State Fair's Pioneer Village and saw that no one was demonstrating quilting. She quickly volunteered her home quilt group to fill this void. Ever since, the Piecemakers, a group that quilts at the Salem United Methodist Church in Evansville, has been a staple at the Pioneer Village. In addition to demonstrating, the group donates a one-of-a-kind quilt to be auctioned at the Fair. Like clockwork, each Wednesday throughout the year, the Piecemakers gather at the church to quilt. Some of the members also assemble on Mondays to make a quilt for the State Fair, a project that requires more than 200 hours of shared labor and talent. "Putting a quilt together is an art -- putting the colors and designs together and being able to see it in your mind before it actually happens," explains Jane Eberhart. All of the members came to quilting in different ways. Some learned to quilt at their mother's knee while others taught themselves. The making of each quilt teaches the group more about the art and draws the circle of friends closer.

78. Adventures in Brass : Anthony Plog, composer. (2:39:45)

Date:
2016
Main contributors:
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Summary:
A note from College Audition Preparation: Adventures in Brass is a project by the College Audition Preparation (CAP) of the Jacobs School of Music. The project was prompted by a lack of brass repertoire appropriate for collegiate auditions. CAP brass faculty thus commissioned renowned composer Anthony Plog to write a set of six new works for trumpet, trombone, horn, tuba, euphonium, and bass trombone. Dee Stewart and CAP assembled a roster of world-class performers and pedagogues to premiere these six compositions. In addition to recordings of the premieres, Adventures in Brass contains interviews with these faculty in which they provide technical, artistic, and practical guidance to young brass players preparing to apply to college. These videos were captured by and are shared with the help of Tony Tadey and the MITS Video production team of the Jacobs School of Music. We hope that the videos can be an inspirational and motivational force in your own adventures in brass.

80. Annunciation (05:00)

Date:
2016
Main contributors:
Lasater, Michael (artist)
Summary:
Annunciation is a video object operating within the aesthetic of painting. Each panel's background cycles through images sampled from an original digital abstract composition. One sees this composition in fragments across time controlled by an algorithm derived from 12-tone musical composition in which no fragment is repeated until all are shown. The motion background plays against and through the static black/white paired elements in the foreground, making them appear somewhat unstable. In the audio a noise sound floor supports a repeated claves + voice pair mirroring the motion + static structure of the video. The composition chases György Ligeti’s idea of using time to hold on to time, suspending its disappearance, confining it in the always present moment. –Michael Lasater

86. Fairbanks, Richard M. (01:54)

Date:
2016
Main contributors:
Fairbanks, Richard M.
Summary:
Video bio of Richard M. Fairbanks, inducted to Indiana Broadcast Pioneers Hall of Fame in 2016; For more than 50 years, Richard M. Fairbanks of Indianapolis was a leader and innovator in radio broadcasting. His company owned and operated 20 radio stations around the country, a television station in Atlanta, cable television systems, a charter airplane company and had interests in real estate. Fairbanks established the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Network when he owned and operated WIBC-FM. He was very involved with professional, civic and cultural organizations and served on many boards including Butler University, Better Business Bureau, United Way of Central Indiana and the Indianapolis Museum of Art. Fairbanks was also a director of Merchants National Bank for 20 years. The Richard M. Fairbanks Foundation, established in 1986, has been a benefactor of the Indiana Broadcast Pioneers. Fairbanks died in 2000. --Words from the Indiana Broadcast Pioneers

90. Kevoian, Bob and Tom Griswold (02:27)

Date:
2016
Main contributors:
Kevoian, Bob, 1950-, Griswold, Tom, 1953-
Summary:
Video bio of "Bob (Kevoian) & Tom (Griswold)", inducted to Indiana Broadcast Pioneers Hall of Fame in 2016; Bob Kevoian and Tom Griswold began their on-air partnership in 1981, hosting mornings in Michigan at WJML-AM in Petoskey. In 1983, they joined WFBQ-FM in Indianapolis as the station’s morning team. Once there, The Bob & Tom Show became the city’s top-rated morning show. The Bob & Tom Show has offered an unpredictable blend of news from Kristi Lee, sports from Chick McGee, talk, celebrity guests, in-studio musical performances, sketch comedy and topical, sometimes irreverent, humor. The Bob & Tom Show is recognized for giving national exposure to young and developing comedians including George Lopez, Brad Garrett, Tim Allen and Rodney Carrington. In 1995, The Bob & Tom Show began national syndication. The show has been heard on more than 400 stations nationwide and The American Forces Radio Network. The show has won over twenty major industry awards, including five Marconi Awards from The National Association of Broadcasters, and the show has released more than 60 comedy albums. --Words from the Indiana Broadcast Pioneers

95. Lecture Exchange – International Distance Learning: String Pedagogy (February 12, 2016) (2:50:48)

Date:
2016
Main contributors:
Géza Szilvay, lecturer, Yvonne Frye, lecturer, Mimi Zweig, lecturer, Päivyt Meller, moderator
Summary:
A Videoconference Event presented by Sibelius Academy’s Distance Learning Program & the Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University. Includes: Géza Szilvay and Yvonne Frye of the East Helsinki Music Institute and the Sibelius Academy of the University of the Arts Helsinki on The Colourstrings, Mimi Zweig of the Jacobs School of Music on String Pedagogy, and An Overseas Panel Discussion: What is a Good Violin Teacher Like? Discussion led by Päivyt Meller of he Sibelius Academy of the University of the Arts Helsinki, with panelists Géza Szilvay, Yvonne Frye, Réka Szilvay, Valerie Albrecht, Mimi Zweig, Grigory Kalinovsky, Asia Doike, and Rose Scioroni.

99. One, Two (09:38)

Date:
2016
Main contributors:
Lasater, Michael (artist)
Summary:
One, Two is a self-portrait. The image of me as a boy is split left and right, one side the echo of the other. In the audio, a single claves strike, doubled at the octave, mirrors the visual motif. The video, developing in multiple planes, and the audio, mirroring that development in multiple voices, express a time object – a moment continuously redefined – unified by its genesis in a single image, a single sound. One, Two is composed in Bogen (arch) form, a musical architecture. The piece begins in unity, develops to maximum complexity at mid-point, then resolves again to unity at the end. –Michael Lasater