Joel Dinerstein — Why cool matters
/What is the definition of 'cool' and why is it essential to social innovation?
Joel Dinerstein's talk focuses on the concept of "cool,' and draws from his book and popular culture exhibit, American Cool, as curated for the National Portrait Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution in 2014.
Joel Dinerstein is the author and curator of American Cool: a photography and popular culture exhibit at the National Portrait Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution.
Dinerstein has been writing and lecturing on the concept of cool for more than a decade and for 15 years he has taught a course entitled, "The History of Being Cool in America." Joel is the Clark Endowed Chair in American Civilization and the Director of American Studies at Tulane University.
