Sociology of Robots
Project Lead: Prof. Karla Erickson, Professor of Sociology Vivero Fellow (2021-2022, 2022-2023): Tanmaie Kailash I like to think (it has to be!) Of a cybernetic ecology where we are free of our labors and joined back to nature, returned to our mammal brothers and sisters, and all watched over by machines of loving grace. […]
Rootstalk: A Prairie Journal of Culture, Science, and the Arts
Project Leads: Jon Andelson (Professor of Anthropology), Mark Baechtel (Lecturer and Director of Forensic Activities & Club Sports), & Mark McFate (Digital Library Applications Developer) Vivero Fellow (2022-2023, 2023-2024): Mikey O’Connor Vivero Fellow (2021-2022): Senay Gokcebel ROOTSTALK began as an on-line publication project of the College’s Center for Prairie Studies, funded initially through a grant […]
Multicultural Alumni Crowdsourced Community Archive
Project Leads: Sarah Smith-Benanti (Development and Alumni Relations) and Chris Jones (Library, Archivist of the College) Vivero Fellow (Fall 2021, 2022-2023): Claire Burns An idea hatched during Multicultural Reunion planning weekend and debuted at the 2019 Multicultural Reunion, the Multicultural Alumni Archive is a collaboration between students, alumni, staff, and faculty that established an Internet-based […]
Mapping Racial Trauma
Project Lead: Dr. Stephanie Jones (Associate Professor of Education) Vivero Fellow (2025-2026): Karolina Calleros Vivero Fellow (2021-2022, 2022-2023, 2023-2024): Feven Adane Getachew This project is connected to Professor Jones’ research on racial trauma in schools. The purpose of the Mapping Racial Trauma (MRT) in Schools project is to identify the ways in which Black students and […]
Haitian Art Digital Crossroads
Project Lead: Dr. Petrouchka Moïse (Cultural & Community-based Digital Curator) Vivero Fellow (2024-2025, Fall 2025): Cadence Chen Vivero Fellow (2023-2024): Maddie Yu Vivero Fellow (2022-2023): Hyein Cho Vivero Fellow (2021-2022): Maddie Matsubara The Waterloo Center for the Arts, located along the Cedar River in Waterloo, Iowa, features the largest public collection of Haitian art in […]
Mapping Islamophobia Project
Project Lead: Dr. Caleb Elfenbein Vivero Fellow (2022-2023, 2023-2024): Ekta Shaikh Several Vivero Fellows have worked with Professor Caleb Elfenbein from the History and Religious Studies Departments at Grinnell College on his ongoing Mapping Islamophobia project. Islamophobia refers to anti-Muslim hostility, or negative attitudes towards Islam and Muslims. Like other forms of prejudice, it reflects […]
Mapping Absence in Shakespeare
The Mapping Absence in Shakespeare project utilizes digital mapping software (ArcGIS) in order to encourage users to think about Shakespeare’s work in new ways by exploring an evocative approach to literary analysis. The tool maps elements that play crucial roles in Shakespeare’s plots but do not appear on stage. This project links together the categories of “the […]
Digital Bridges to Dance
Obuchi Adikema is working with Professor Celeste Miller of the Theater and Dance department to create a digital archive for the Digital Bridges to Dance project. Digital Bridges to Dance is an online forum for the widespread exchange of choreography ideas and methods based in or inspired by technology . The goal of this Vivero […]
Native History Project
Project lead: Prof. Deborah Michaels (Associate Professor of Education Studies) Vivero Fellow (Fall 2024): Morgan Smith Vivero Fellows (Spring 2024): Leo Bucks & Princess Joseph American history is often sanitized and a rhetoric of expansion and progress is slapped over the injustices and crimes committed against Native Americans. Even when teachers want to challenge the […]
Investigating Digital Cartographies of Spanish Detective Fiction
Events and 2012 economic data Project Lead: Dr. Nick Phillips Vivero Fellow 2021-2022: Eva Román Aguilera Nick Phillips (Associate Professor, Spanish, Grinnell College) and undergraduate Margaret Giles have amassed a large collection of maps for their project “Investigating Digital Cartographies of Spanish Detective Fiction.” These maps cover four different novels and can be utilized in […]
