How might museums engage their visitors in dialogue and deliberation surrounding the content of their exhibits? This is a question that IF has been exploring in very real terms with the National Building Museum in Washington DC. IF Vice President Jeff Prudhomme has...
What would the future look like if there were no sports? What would be missing in a society without sports? Those questions kicked off IF’s project on the Future of Sports and Society. They helped the citizen participants to explore the different roles that sports...
Suppose you’re interested in teaching a team-based undergraduate research course. You might be wondering how to structure the class experience so that students learn how to collaborate productively by harnessing the diverse perspectives of a research team without...
What makes a “home”? What different values come to mind when you think of “home”? What goals or purposes might we target when we think about housing? These are some of the questions that spurred a lively discussion with staff at the National Building Museum. The...
As a follow up to the Youth Creativity IF Discussion Training at the Joan Mitchell Foundation in NYC, IF Fellow Ieva Notturno and IF Vice President Jeff Prudhomme led two days of training for youth interested in participating in a similar Youth Creativity Summit in...
For the past two years, Wesleyan College students have worked with the help of faculty and staff to develop a discussion-based peer-to-peer program. The Diversity and Inclusion Discussions (DID) aims to empower students to become agents of change through civil...
In November IF Fellow Ieva Notturno and IF Vice President Jeff Prudhomme delivered a two-day training workshop for twelve young artists at the Joan Mitchell Foundation in New York City. The trainees are part of the Youth Leadership Council working to develop and...
Who has responsibilities for higher education? What are different ways to envision these responsibilities? Eleven discussion participants came together using the Zoom videoconferencing platform for a mini-series of discussions to explore questions such as these....
Thanks to you all for coming—and thanks especially to Gene Policinski and the Newseum Institute for hosting us today. I’m Jeff Prudhomme, a Fellow and vice president of the Interactivity Foundation. On behalf of the Foundation, I’d like to welcome you to our...
Responsibilities for the future of higher education? What responsibilities are there for the future of higher education? Who has these responsibilities? To whom might they answer for these responsibilities? We'll explore big questions like these in a mini-series of...
