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Clever with Amy DeversEp. 215: Kinfolk’s Idris Brewster Uses AR to Empower Collective Memory Building [rebroadcast]Artist, creative technologist, and educator, Idris Brewster grew up in Brooklyn, being filmed for a documentary about his education as a black student at a prestigious, primarily white, school. His coming-of-age, only partially caught on camera, included a lot of basketball and hands-on artistic development. A grant awarded in college gave him early access to VR technology which opened a path to combining all of his talents and interests and expressing them through new media. Now, as co-founder and Executive Director of Kinfolk Foundation, he’s harnessing augmented reality, location-based technology, and community to engage in placing digital monuments in...2025-04-1557 min
Design BetterIdris Brewster: Bringing history to life with augmented realityFind bonus content and more on our Substack: https://designbetterpodcast.com/p/idris-brewsterIn Berlin, there are memorials to the Holocaust called Stolpersteine, or “stumbling stones,” that memorialize some of the victims of the tragic event with small brass stones placed into the cobblestone streets outside their last-known residence. These poignant objects create moments for reflection, and awareness of the invisible history that hides behind modern city streets.Here in the United States, we have important points of history that often go unnoticed. Our guest today, Idris Brewster, aims to change that with the Kinfolk Founda...2025-02-0428 min
Clever with Amy DeversEp. 215: Kinfolk’s Idris Brewster Uses AR to Empower Collective Memory BuildingArtist, creative technologist, and educator, Idris Brewster grew up in Brooklyn, being filmed for a documentary about his education as a black student at a prestigious, primarily white, school. His coming-of-age, only partially caught on camera, included a lot of basketball and hands-on artistic development. A grant awarded in college gave him early access to VR technology which opened a path to combining all of his talents and interests and expressing them through new media. Now, as co-founder and Executive Director of Kinfolk Foundation, he’s harnessing augmented reality, location-based technology, and community to engage in placing digital monuments in...2024-06-1157 min
Urgent Futures with Jesse DamianiIdris Brewster: Why AR MattersWelcome to the Urgent Futures podcast, the show that finds signal in the noise. Each week, I sit down with leading thinkers whose research, concepts, and questions clarify the chaos, from culture to the cosmos.The best way to support the show, you ask? Pop over to YouTube and hit that Subscribe button. You hear it all the time for a reason—nothing will help the channel grow more than that simple click.🎧 For audio-only, subscribe to Apple Podcasts & Spotify so you never miss an episode!My guest today is Idris Brewster.Idr...2024-04-301h 45
The Truth In This Art: Stories That MatterDisrupting Narratives Through XR: A Conversation with Idris Brewster, Founder of KinfolkEngage in a meaningful conversation with the innovative and passionate Idris Brewster, founder of Kinfolk, an augmented reality archive of Black and Brown history.In this episode, we explore:Idris Brewster's journey into XR and the interplay between artistry, storytelling, and technology.A simple definition of XR and its distinctions from VR and AR.The founding of Kinfolk and its mission to make Black and Brown narratives accessible through XR.Join us for an insightful exploration of Idris Brewster's journey in the XR industry, the founding of Kinfolk, and the profound...2023-07-1059 min
Bill BrewsterDJ History Podcast #545 | Bill BrewsterWeekly podcast presented by Bill Brewster, wit, DJ, raconteur, idiot. Featuring a mixture of brand new dance music, mixed with classics of all styles, put together in Brewster's inimitably incompetent style. This week's show is includes music from Fila Brazillia, Eddie Fowlkes,Les McCann, The Maghreban, Hawke and more more more!
CAPCO - No Vayas A Sol
HAWKE - We Are One
NATALIE SLADE - Love Light
THE MAGHREBAN & IDRIS RAHMAN - Lions of Judah
SOUL OF HEX FT MORE LOTION - Punch
ZITO MOWA - Galaxy Kapa Space
FILA BRAZILLIA - Hush Hush
CLEO SOL - When I'm in...2020-04-1750 min
Talk! with Audrey5G Tech in the ClassroomThe Verizon 5G EdTech Challenge is a new initiative to bring cutting-edge technologies to underserved middle school classrooms throughout the country. My guests are, Justina Nixon-Saintil, Director, Corporate Social Responsibility for Verizon and two of the winners, Glenn Cantave, Founder and CEO, Movers and Shakers and Idris Brewster, Co-Founder and CTO, of Movers and Shakers.2019-03-1835 min
Talk! with Audrey5G Tech in the ClassroomThe Verizon 5G EdTech Challenge is a new initiative to bring cutting-edge technologies to underserved middle school classrooms throughout the country. My guests are, Justina Nixon-Saintil, Director, Corporate Social Responsibility for Verizon and two of the winners, Glenn Cantave, Founder and CEO, Movers and Shakers and Idris Brewster, Co-Founder and CTO, of Movers and Shakers.2019-03-1835 min
Glitter & DoomBlack Narratives at the Intersection of Art and TechFor the second year in a row, comic book writers, illustrators, and fans will be coming together at BAM to celebrate diversity and inclusion at the Black Comix Expo on Sunday. Among them will be an Ashley Baccus-Clark, artist and neuroscientist, who joins us to talk about representations of black women in sci-fi. Then, filmmaker Idris Brewster suggests a hack for getting rid of racist monuments without the help of politicians.2019-02-0630 min
Enoch Pratt Free Library PodcastTalking About Race: Promises Kept: Raising Black Boys to Succeed in School and in LifeAs parents, Michele Stephenson and Joe Brewster, M.D., recognized that all black boys must confront and surmount the "achievement gap," regardless of how wealthy or poor their parents are. To understand why this occurred, they filmed their son, Idris, as he struggled through high school and produced an award-winning documentary, "American Promise." In their book, Promises Kept, they discuss the reasons for the gap; practical, innovative solutions to close it; and a call to action to eliminate it.A 10 minute video from the New York Times, An Education in Equality, was shown during the...2014-09-171h 15
Grab the Top Full Audiobooks in Non-Fiction, Social SciencePromises Kept: Raising Black Boys to Succeed in School and in Life by Hilary Beard, Michele Stephenson, Joe BrewsterPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/206152 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Promises Kept: Raising Black Boys to Succeed in School and in Life Author: Hilary Beard, Michele Stephenson, Joe Brewster Narrator: Bahni Turpin, Dominic Hoffman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 41 minutes Release date: January 14, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Social Science Publisher's Summary: As seen on PBS’s POV An unprecedented guide to helping black boys achieve success at every stage of their lives—at home, at school, and in the world Regardless of how wealthy or poor their parents are, all black...2014-01-1410 min
Grab the Top Full Audiobooks in Non-Fiction, Social SciencePromises Kept: Raising Black Boys to Succeed in School and in Life by Hilary Beard, Michele Stephenson, Joe BrewsterPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/206152to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Promises Kept: Raising Black Boys to Succeed in School and in Life
Author: Hilary Beard, Michele Stephenson, Joe Brewster
Narrator: Bahni Turpin, Dominic Hoffman
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 12 hours 41 minutes
Release date: January 14, 2014
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2
Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1
Genres: Social Science
Publisher's Summary:
As seen on PBS’s POV An unprecedented guide to helping black boys achieve success at every stage of their lives—at home, at school, and in the world Regardless of how wealthy or poor their parents are, all black boys...2014-01-1412h 41
Your Story, Your Way: Full AudiobookPromises Kept: Raising Black Boys to Succeed in School and in Life Audiobook by Hilary BeardListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 206152
Title: Promises Kept: Raising Black Boys to Succeed in School and in Life
Author: Hilary Beard, Joe Brewster, Michele Stephenson
Narrator: Bahni Turpin, Dominic Hoffman
Format: Unabridged
Length: 12:41:00
Language: English
Release date: 01-14-14
Publisher: Random House (Audio)
Genres: Non-Fiction, Social Science, Education
Summary:
As seen on PBS’s POV
An unprecedented guide to helping black boys achieve success at every stage of their lives—at home, at school, and in the world
Regardless of how wealthy or poor their parents are, all black boys must confront and surmo...2014-01-1412h 41
Telling The StoryPODCAST EPISODE #12: Joe Brewster and Michèle Stephenson, American Promise
One of the biggest challenges of storytelling -- particularly when dealing with stories of emotion -- is determining what to leave out.
As a reporter for a local news station, I will regularly shoot several hours of video for a story that lasts several minutes. I realized early in my career I would never be able to tell someone's full story -- only as much of that story as I could fit into the allotted space. A news director of mine once crystallized the appropriate mentality: it's all about eliminating the "good" in one's story a...2013-11-2100 min
Wanda's PicksWanda's Picks Radio Show: Family LegaciesToday we look at Family Legacies, first in the life of Margo Hall as she pays tribute, in BeBop Baby: A Musical Memoir at Z Space, Nov. 19-23, 2013, to the life of her beloved step-dad, artist and musical ambassador of Detroit, Teddy Harris, Jr. and her biological dad, Armsby Hall. We conclude with an extended conversation with directors, husband and wife team, Joe Brewster and Michelle Stephenson, whose American Promise, covered 13 years of their lives as they document their son, Idris and his best friend, Seun's educational journey kindergarten to high school in one of this nation's most prestigious private...2013-11-201h 31
Wanda's Picks Radio Show: Family LegaciesToday we look at Family Legacies, first in the life of Margo Hall as she pays tribute, in BeBop Baby: A Musical Memoir at Z Space, Nov. 19-23, 2013, to the life of her beloved step-dad, artist and musical ambassador of Detroit, Teddy Harris, Jr. and her biological dad, Armsby Hall. We conclude with an extended conversation with directors, husband and wife team, Joe Brewster and Michelle Stephenson, whose American Promise, covered 13 years of their lives as they document their son, Idris and his best friend, Seun's educational journey kindergarten to high school in one of this nation's most prestigious private...2013-11-201h 32
Know-It-All: The ABCs of EducationAmerican Promise - Where Opportunity & Success Should MeetAmerican Promise is a documentary that has generated incredible buzz and won critical acclaim. Husband and wife filmmakers, Michèle Stephenson and Joe Brewster, will join us to discuss this important work.
In the film, the exclusive and private Dalton School in NYC has recently committed to opening its doors to a more diverse student population. The film follows Idris and Seun, two African American boys, and their families from the day the boys first enroll as 5-year-olds at Dalton through to their graduation 12 years later. The audience is allowed to enter an intimate space with the families as race and...2013-09-1746 min