Dr. Amy Shuman moderated Bodies in Public Space | Bridging Distance in Arts and Humanities Methods and Practices for the Global Arts & Humanities Discovery Theme. Drs. Katherine Borland and Gabriella Modan served as panelists. 

In June 2020, GAHDT sponsored the first Methods Conversation, “Bodies in Virtual Space,” sharing several practitioners’ ways of grappling with the digital spaces for their work. In their second Methods Conversation, “Bodies in Public Space,” they sought a new understanding of both public and intimate spaces and shared ways of “bridging distance” with new configurations of space. They asked how to meaningfully and safely navigate the public spaces of arts and humanities methods and practices, and what happens with the increased visibility and vulnerability of the practitioners.