Connect; Michele M. Penhall, Jennifer Nez Denetdale, Gregory B. Taylor

KNME-TV (Television station : Albuquerque, N.M.) · July 19, 2012

What makes for a Photographic Masterpiece? Dr. Michele M. Penhall, Curator of Prints and Photographs at the University of New Mexico Art Museum, shares insights into the evolving understanding of the art of photography. “Any great picture that we can call a masterpiece has an enduring quality that lasts over time, and has something that you can come back to over a very long period of time and [it] still resonates with a person…”—Dr. Michele M. Penhall. The great, great, great granddaughter of legendary Navajo leaders Manuelito and Juanita, Dr. Jennifer Nez Denetdale shares with us her discoveries while writing the book, Reclaiming Dine History: The Legacies of Navajo Chief Manuelito and Juanita. “Manuelito is presented as a person who is dedicated to the protection and preservation of Navajo territory. [And] I came to be a bit more understanding of what her [Juanita’s] life must have been like as a leader of her people on her own terms...”—Dr. Jennifer Nez Denetdale. And Dr. Gregory B. Taylor answers questions about detecting distant planets using a new telescope called the Long Wavelength Array. “Radio at long wavelengths is the only method where we can directly measure the planet separate from the star because at low frequencies the planet actually outshines the stars they are orbiting.”—Dr. Gregory B. Taylor. Connect will be broadcast Thursday, July 19th at 7pm and Saturday, July 21 at 2am on New Mexico PBS 5.1 and Sunday, July 22nd at 5pm on New Mexico PBS 9.1. Host: Augusta Meyers. Guests: Michele M. Penhall, Ph. D. (Curator, Prints and Photographs, University of New Mexico Art Museum), Jennifer Nez Denetdale, Ph. D. (Associate Professor of American Studies, University of New Mexico), Gregory B. Taylor, Ph. D. (Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of New Mexico). Produced by New Mexico PBS, each month Connect shares the inspired thinking and innovative research of the University of New Mexico.