Our second season of UO PEP TV has been sent out to institutions statewide – sending an engaging and diverse set of content inside to an audience of up to 14,000 incarcerated folks. We have built on our initial partnership with the UO’s Oregon Humanities Center to now also feature content from the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art and the Wayne Morse Center.
People incarcerated in Oregon prisons have no internet access. It is very difficult for folks to learn about events and issues in a deep way – either topics on the current nightly news or to pursue the kind of intellectual curiosity that leads to enriching research and engagement with new ideas. We are hopeful that PEP TV will help us engage with those exact needs, and offer an intellectual and psychological space for learning and engagement – including for folks incarcerated in hard-to-reach rural areas who have even less access to programs.
Our PEP TV curator, Josh Cain, has selected a diverse range of topics and talks that include topics as diverse as the ethical and economic implications of the Covid pandemic to the neuroscience of memory, artist talks, civic engagement, social media, Oregon’s history in relation to its Black citizens, and an in-depth examination of a museum special exhibition on football in American art. With each selection we hope to speak to new and different perspectives, interests, identities, and questions.
We are extremely grateful for the support of the Lundquist College of Business for helping with video editing and DVD authoring.
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