TAKE NOTE at Emory University is a series of short documentary films made in partnership with the Academic Production Team. The series of films focuses on faculty research and scholarship at Emory University. Each segment highlights the relationship between Emory scholars, the work they produce, and the communities they impact.
Héctor Álvarez (he/him) is an interdisciplinary artist and scholar working in performance, theater, film, and contemporary opera. This episode features Héctor Álvarez directing Emory University students in a performance of My Foot My Tutor (1968) by Peter Handke.
Pellom McDaniels III, Curator of the African American Collections at the Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library at Emory University, discusses Daguerreotypes (circa 1840) from the Robert Langmuir African American Photograph Collection in the Rose Library.
Michelle A. Taylor and Dan Sinykin discuss Dan’s new book “Big Fiction: How Conglomeration Changed the Publishing Industry and American Literature.”
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Pellom McDaniels III, Curator of the African American Collections at the Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library at Emory University, reads an excerpt from “Walker’s Appeal, in Four Articles.
Erin Bonning discusses the inspiration that led her to a career focused on researching black holes and teaching with the planetarium facility at Emory University.
Emory University Faculty member Dana Haugaard produces kinetic sculptures, sound–based participatory experiences and static three-dimensional works that beckon the viewer to consider their own presence in physical space.