Oregon Humanities Spring 2008

Cover of Oregon Humanities Spring 2008
Kathleen Holt
EDITOR
Jennifer Viviano
GRAPHIC DESIGN
Leigh van der Werff
PUBLICATIONS ASSISTANT
Allison Dubinsky
COPY EDITOR
Editorial Advisory Board
Tom Booth
Brian Doyle
Debra Gwartney
Julia Heydon
Marianne Keddington-Lang
Guy Maynard
Win McCormack
Camela Raymond
Kate Sage
Rich Wandschneider
Curt Yehnert

Oregon Humanities, a journal of ideas and perspectives about the humanities, is published triannually by the Oregon Council for the Humanities, 812 SW Washington Street, Suite 225, Portland, Oregon 97205.

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Strangers

On Paper Wings
by Brett Campbell
A local filmmaker's first documentary explores grief and forgiveness among strangers affected by tragic acts of war.
Social Exercise
An interview with Danielle Allen, author of Talking to Strangers, about cultivating trust among fellow citizens.
A Signora and a Stranger
by Gigi Rosenberg
An American woman in Italy speaks out when enough is enough.
Envisioning a Better Oregon
by Greg Holmes
Oregonians from all walks of life convene to discuss what they value about the state and their hopes for the future.
The Comfort of Strangers
by Melissa Madenski
Adrift in a landscape of grief after her husband's death, a teacher finds a sense of home among strangers.
Designed for Living Together
by Caroline Cummins
A cohousing project in Corvallis lays the groundwork to make friends out of strangers.
On the Bus
by Alice Tallmadge
An idealistic young white woman bears witness to racial desegregation in 1970s Boston.
Common Ground
Photographer and Oregon Chautauqua scholar Joel Preston Smith records the daily lives of Iraqis.
Friend Me?
by Caitlin Baggott
How the website Facebook has changed the way the Millennial Generation views friends and strangers.
The Scent of a Stranger
by Monica Drake
A woman watches as her daughter sniffs out the world around her.

Departments

Letter from the Editor: A Small, Generous World

Field Work:
Of Time, the River, and Big Shiny Things: David Oates waxes poetic as one of the artists in residence at Linda K. Johnson's South Waterfront program
By David Oates
The Ultimate Experiment: Humanity in Perspective student Riko Whirl gives school another shot.
By Leigh van der Werff
Unearthing Our Past: Oregon Chautauqua Scholar Dennis Jenkins.
By Leigh van der Werff
First Amendment, the Musical: OCH board member John Frohnmayer is putting his embattled NEA tenure to music.
By Sarah Van Winkle
Boots to the Pavement, Poems to the Parapet: Pacific University political scientist Jules Boykoff talks about dissent and the need for political art.
By Todd Schwartz
Short Takes
Excerpts on the theme of Strangers: University of Oregon professor Susan Hardwick's OCH Commonplace Lecture, "Far from Home: Slavic Refugees and the Changing Face of Oregon" -- Former University of Oregon professor Arlene Stein's The Stranger Next Door -- OCH Chautauqua Scholar Richard Etulain's Beyond the Missouri -- Lewis & Clark professor Robert J. Miller's Native America, Discovered and Conquered.

Posts: Readers Write about Strangers

Review: Collaborations among Strangers by Jim Carmin. Two books by Portland poet Paul Merchant.

Croppings: The National Endowment for the Humanities' Picturing America Initiative