Conversations by humanities faculty, researchers, and practitioners on a range of topics. Located at the University of Wyoming, the Wyoming Institute for Humanities Research strives to be an engine for producing interdisciplinary research in the humanities; a community for faculty, students, and the public; and a model of democratic education fit for our land-grant university.
Humanities Conversations
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Conversations by humanities faculty, researchers, and practitioners on a range of topics. Located at the University of Wyoming, the Wyoming Institute for Humanities Research strives to be an engine for producing interdisciplinary research in the humanities; a community for faculty, students, and the public; and a model of democratic education fit for our land-grant university.
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March 26, 2025
H. L. Hix & Stephen Dillon on Hix's book American Outrage
<p>In this episode, you’ll hear a conversation between Professors Harvey Hix and Stephen Dillon about Hix’s book <a href="https://www.blazevox.org/shop-1/p/american-outrage-by-h-l-hix" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">American Outrage: A Testamentary</a>, a work of poetry that is also a compendium of extensive research about gun violence in the United States. It memorializes the lives lost, while also representing the data, concepts, and ideas through which we attempt to make sense of the problem. </p><p>The conversation reflects the breadth and depth of the book under discussion, covering Hix’s motivation for writing American Outrage, the book’s unique structure, the challenges of comprehending gun violence, inequities in how human lives are valued and recorded, and much more.</p><p>If you'd like to read passages from the book before listening, you can find scans of pages read during the podcast <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-KXE6i42zRWnFo175UnzSlOebLmG_hIP/view?usp=share_link" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">here</a>. </p><p>To help us continue developing humanities content like this, please consider making a financial contribution. You can do so <a href="https://www.givecampus.com/campaigns/28749/donations/new" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">here</a>. We greatly appreciate your support!</p><p>---</p><p>(00:00) Intro reading: Excerpt of p. 61</p><p>(01:13) Episode overview</p><p>(02:38) Speaker introductions</p><p>(03:25) Motivations for writing the book</p><p>(07:52) Process: Deciding how to respect individual lives</p><p>(10:35) Modes of writing in the book</p><p>(11:37) Reading of p. 41</p><p>(13:43) Process: Organizing and representing the research</p><p>(20:19) The challenge of quantifying violence</p><p>(23:23) Factors affecting evaluations of human lives</p><p>(29:50) The episodic vs. the systemic</p><p>(37:11) The need to redefine violence</p><p>(41:21) Solutions to gun violence?</p><p>(49:55) Reading from p. 121</p><p>(51:18) Confronting the limitations of evidence</p><p>(55:52) The possibilities of form</p><p>(1:03:21) "What is your protective gear?"</p><p>(1:11:40) Outro reading: p. 61</p><p>---</p><p>Harvey Hix, who publishes as H. L. Hix, is a professor of Philosophy and Creative Writing at the University of Wyoming. His book <a href="https://www.blazevox.org/shop-1/p/american-outrage-by-h-l-hix" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">American Outrage</a> was published by BlazeVox [books]. Learn more about his work by visiting <a href="https://www.hlhix.com" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">his website.</a></p><p>Stephen Dillon is director of the School of Culture, Gender, and Social Justice at the University of Wyoming. His book <a href="https://www.dukeupress.edu/fugitive-life" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Fugitive Life: The Queer Politics of the Prison State</a> was published by Duke University Press. Check out some of his other work <a href="https://uwyo.academia.edu/StephenDillon" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">here.</a></p><p>---</p><p>References (in order of mention)</p><p>*<strong> </strong><a href="https://search.worldcat.org/title/55604617" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Beloved</a> by Toni Morrison</p><p>* <a href="https://search.worldcat.org/title/919041802" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">No Mercy Here: Gender, Punishment, and the Making of Jim Crow Modernity</a> by Sarah Haley</p><p>* Ruth Wilson Gilmore on guilt and innocence: see <a href="https://inquest.org/ruth-wilson-gilmore-the-problem-with-innocence/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">“The Problem with Innocence"</a></p><p>* Dean Spade on social movements redefining violence: see <a href="https://search.worldcat.org/title/1159853381" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Mutual Aid</a> and <a href="https://www.deanspade.net/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">his website</a></p><p>* <a href="https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)32545-9/fulltext" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">The Lancet journal article</a></p><p>* <a href="https://search.worldcat.org/title/1025373533" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Ten Arguments for Deleting your Social Media Accounts Right Now</a> by Jaron Lanier</p><p>* <a href="https://search.worldcat.org/title/930576184" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">The Hatred of Poetry</a> by Ben Lerner</p><p>* Saidiya Hartman: see <a href="https://search.worldcat.org/title/1130021476" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Wayward Lives</a>, <a href="https://search.worldcat.org/title/173807565" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Lose Your Mother</a>, and <a href="https://watermark.silverchair.com/2-sa26%20hartman%20(1-14).pdf?token=AQECAHi208BE49Ooan9kkhW_Ercy7Dm3ZL_9Cf3qfKAc485ysgAAA2AwggNcBgkqhkiG9w0BBwagggNNMIIDSQIBADCCA0IGCSqGSIb3DQEHATAeBglghkgBZQMEAS4wEQQM47ejJQ4ArWMxu9_qAgEQgIIDE8N38z78aV423p2uYRC-HQwiwQL4NSe8MCJEWt4jp21eY70zQxxJ6A3IixYCtdouStMzsHCvsfpsZN1lYubpVO_YOx0DlIkrQ8dteSgkdllob1AIUKNTfeBvgwMho7wvdh4bvtqxm69FQ4Zf9pBd3i6iS0njjRxSMd51ksIV7wAaa0m8AhXXwxn_dNclwoPY9vgNRlvoMvgfAlQAvRwDfOtb8S5uhwbIQ7zzAeMCR5lPS4TXTeXz6MzeE0EUs5yM3TYsMUGEdCWvMaYPYRdK3lRKIkmcgzC7Mj_l9RCguy5-SUKVowKejHmUtOUb_uHnoqzFvHtLLjekK8mCT7Z_68lrQTAQ4ZHxUhPurKIIJxxosS7zBbuRDQD55a-2uzDpP2dyZJ8xb-MWrkHFM55hOQATC3q3e7dBHa7CL0ojvaf8EhMd2gWmDfe-KzPlVBjnzGk3e5YVWYLbu217exoy0prg9crRr6sAAUK4MWm4puELyEcAJXNaCkaGghxOkU62HAG9xGqnOdGxlBiNld186L5BrvBtO1RERMdUSJ3NOoKSu6LByIG_LuQB3NJgUzXfn6vCWlGGioB2f16kpmOHp4BvzE-4vHeOHKbemdes-Y0rh_W12rJ872p35sAcgL9hA7dtx6ROaPlqDojKkY0JweitDkOsLGkao536b5KQx2VT1ogSgPBzPoeAUohH86kFi0oy3XLbKWmkreUjbQS1K-RigX7aYPfBfUuRd5lddlbmvvDaEFVZt7vkMe1VOi9EKEBfrJbIHx7kyyf3oxwfbHHf11F1MZCJT7KwU2h4VaY6a0Y86zg_COqKNFj7Hk4GSFn633IZNEkIEVTPGr06LmgLfTj332lfXHmOr6YgJftpLDQchLAmdp57vOlCLuc9goPsFrCjKBps0j9g8TVhVHR7TajU_U0skaIDzPt8Df8m5duFjAG5n7nKoNJvu1CMgYtC7P6oyjh0ej-1bAWeV2T8fpl6-PZ0yuWtWeRM0SwvEm_AEei8LdqIkAoWCK3WsHRUM2xqPY6e3uFByww8isTXo9A" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">“Venus in Two Acts”</a></p><p>---</p><p>Music: 'The Spaces Between' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0, www.scottbuckley.com.au.</p>
February 25, 2025
Margo Guernsey, Director & Producer of The Philadelphia Eleven
<p>Margo Guernsey’s documentary The Philadelphia Eleven tells the story of eleven women were ordained to the Episcopal priesthood in 1974 in violation of church policy, transforming an institution despite threats to their personal safety and risk of rejection from the church they loved. “It is about how to break down barriers with grace,” according to Guernsey, “and be true to oneself in the process.”</p><p>In this episode, you’ll hear the discussion with Margo Guernsey which followed the screening of The Philadelphia Eleven hosted on the University of Wyoming campus last semester. If you would like to watch the film before listening, it can be accessed <a href="https://uwyo.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01UOW_INST/1rdn3cf/alma991024538786808111" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">here</a> by all UW students, faculty, and staff. Members of the public should visit <a href="https://www.philadelphiaelevenfilm.com/watch.html" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.philadelphiaelevenfilm.com/watch.html</a>. </p><p>The screening and discussion were sponsored by UW Philosophy & Religious Studies, UW Libraries, Canterbury Fellowship in Laramie, and the Wyoming Institute for Humanities Research.</p><p>Subscribe to our podcast on your favorite app, so that you’ll be sure to catch more exciting content coming soon!</p><p>To help us continue developing humanities content like this, please consider making a financial contribution. You can do so <a href="https://www.givecampus.com/campaigns/28749/donations/new">here</a>. We greatly appreciate your support!</p><p>—</p><p>Music: 'Solecism' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au. </p>
December 3, 2024
Dr. Allison Caine, 2024 Sandeen Lecturer in the Humanities
<p>Ahead of her Sandeen Lecture on Dec. 9, "The Herder's Laboratory: Indigenous Climate Science in the Peruvian Andes," Dr. Allison Caine was interviewed by Dr. Kayla Burd. Listen in to learn more about her background, the research she conducted in Peru, and her ongoing work. </p><p>Dr. Caine is a cultural anthropologist with a research focus on the environment, climate change, rural health, and well-being. She works primarily with Quechua alpaca herders in Peru, with ties to sheep ranching in Wyoming. Her research in Peru takes a multidisciplinary and collaborative approach to understanding contemporary environmental problems.</p><p>To help us continue developing humanities content like this, please consider making a financial contribution. You can do so <a href="https://www.givecampus.com/campaigns/28749/donations/new">here</a>. We greatly appreciate your support!</p><p>---</p><p>Music: 'The Spaces Between' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0, www.scottbuckley.com.au.</p>
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