WorldCanvass

Series produced by Joan Kjaer

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Image by: Benjamin Partridge 

Intriguing, internationally focused conversations on issues with global impact featuring renowned scholars and thought leaders.

WorldCanvass explores topics that are international in scope and central to our understanding of ourselves as part of the global landscape.

WorldCanvass host Joan Kjaer leads discussions of culture, history, literature, language, politics, and art in an effort to illustrate and illuminate the complexities that make us distinct from one another while celebrating our common humanity.

Each WorldCanvass program embraces a different theme and is taped before a live audience at MERGE in Iowa City, Iowa.

WorldCanvass is produced by International Programs at the University of Iowa. Programs are recorded by Kyle Marxen.


227 Pieces

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WorldCanvass: The Passion that Drives Innovation (Part 2)
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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Host Joan Kjaer and WorldCanvass guests discuss how personal passion can turn a shapeless idea into a tangible reality. They also explore the role ...

  • Added: Sep 09, 2014
  • Length: 24:53
WorldCanvass: The Passion that Drives Innovation (Part 3)
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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Host Joan Kjaer and WorldCanvass guests discuss how personal passion can turn a shapeless idea into a tangible reality. They also explore the role ...

  • Added: Sep 09, 2014
  • Length: 25:10
WorldCanvass Studio: Hoba Hoba Spirit
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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Members of Morocc'n Roll band Hoba Hoba Spirit join WorldCanvass host Joan Kjaer to talk about their music and their month-long performance tour th...

  • Added: Sep 29, 2014
  • Length: 34:29
WorldCanvass: Snapshot Brazil (Part 1)
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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An exploration of Brazil's diverse culture, complex past, artistic traditions, and modern aspirations.

  • Added: Oct 18, 2014
  • Length: 24:36
WordCanvass:Snapshot Brazil (Part 2)
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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An exploration of Brazil's diverse culture, complex past, artistic traditions, and modern aspirations.

  • Added: Oct 18, 2014
  • Length: 26:28
WorldCanvass: Snapshot Brazil (Part 3)
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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An exploration of Brazil's diverse culture, complex past, artistic traditions, and modern aspirations.

  • Added: Oct 18, 2014
  • Length: 29:02
WorldCanvass:The Tenacious Cycle of Poverty, Hunger, and Disease (Part 1)
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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The focus of this WorldCanvass is the tenacious cycle of poverty, hunger, and disease which afflicts so many parts of our globe—and some of the cre...

  • Added: Dec 01, 2014
  • Length: 24:44
WorldCanvass: The Tenacious Cycle of Poverty, Hunger, and Disease (Part 2)
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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The focus of this WorldCanvass is the tenacious cycle of poverty, hunger, and disease which afflicts so many parts of our globe—and some of the cre...

  • Added: Dec 01, 2014
  • Length: 22:43
WorldCanvass: The Tenacious Cycle of Poverty, Hunger, and Disease (Part 3)
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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The focus of this WorldCanvass is the tenacious cycle of poverty, hunger, and disease which afflicts so many parts of our globe—and some of the cre...

  • Added: Dec 01, 2014
  • Length: 23:26
WorldCanvass: Gender and Identity (Part 1)
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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Understanding gender and identity--what do we mean by these terms and how do they affect the ways in which we see ourselves and others?

  • Added: Dec 22, 2014
  • Length: 23:20
WorldCanvass: Gender and Identity (Part 2)
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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Understanding gender and identity--what do we mean by these terms and how do they affect the ways in which we see ourselves and others?

  • Added: Dec 22, 2014
  • Length: 23:17
WorldCanvass: Gender and Identity (Part 3)
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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Understanding gender and identity--what do we mean by these terms and how do they affect the ways in which we see ourselves and others

  • Added: Dec 22, 2014
  • Length: 24:27
WorldCanvass: Food for Thought (Part 1)
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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The University of Iowa's “Food for Thought” project—its first ever theme semester—offers a platform for engagement on campus and throughout the sta...

  • Added: Jan 27, 2015
  • Length: 23:07
WorldCanvass: Food for Thought (Part 2)
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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The University of Iowa’s “Food for Thought” project—its first ever theme semester—offers a platform for engagement on campus and throughout the sta...

  • Added: Jan 27, 2015
  • Length: 27:06
WorldCanvass: Food for Thought (Part 3)
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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The University of Iowa’s “Food for Thought” project—its first ever theme semester—offers a platform for engagement on campus and throughout the sta...

  • Added: Jan 27, 2015
  • Length: 27:35
WorldCanvass: Tobacco, Pot, and the Public Interest (Part 2)
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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WorldCanvass explores the complicated and controversial issues surrounding the legality and use of tobacco and marijuana with a special focus on th...

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  • Added: Feb 13, 2015
  • Length: 26:29
  • Purchases: 1
WorldCanvass: Tobacco, Pot, and the Public Interest (Part 1)
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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WorldCanvass explores the complicated and controversial issues surrounding the legality and use of tobacco and marijuana with a special focus on th...

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  • Added: Feb 13, 2015
  • Length: 25:54
  • Purchases: 1
WorldCanvass: Tobacco, Pot, and the Public Interest (Part 3)
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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WorldCanvass explores the complicated and controversial issues surrounding the legality and use of tobacco and marijuana with a special focus on th...

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  • Added: Feb 13, 2015
  • Length: 26:31
  • Purchases: 1
WorldCanvass: Energy Cultures and the Age of the Anthropocene (Part 1)
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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Host Joan Kjaer and her guests explore the age of the Anthropocene through the lens of energy, investigating the global environmental transformatio...

  • Added: Mar 29, 2015
  • Length: 25:25
WorldCanvass: Energy Cultures and the Age of the Anthropocene (Part 2)
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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Host Joan Kjaer and her guests explore the age of the Anthropocene through the lens of energy, investigating the global environmental transformatio...

  • Added: Mar 29, 2015
  • Length: 27:53

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