Gabriela Chitwood is a second year PhD student in the History of Art and Architecture at the University of Oregon. She holds a BA in Art History from UCLA where she also minored in Digital Humanities.

Her current research delves into the relationship between architecture and liturgy, with a particular focus on papal coronations at the French papal palace of Avignon. This focus on late medieval architecture is a change from her earlier work, which focused on early gothic architecture of the twelfth century.

More broadly, Gabriela’s research approaches gothic architecture as embodied space – fundamentally connected to how people use the space. She is also interested in the life of buildings and how the relationships between buildings and people change over time.

Gabriela’s engagement with the NMCC is rooted in her interest in digital modeling and architectural reconstructions. Her digital humanities approach concentrates on using digital tools to excavate lost architecture. She is currently experimenting on how to best integrate this formalist approach into her research on the use of buildings.

Recommendations:

St. Paul’s Outside the Walls: A Roman Basilica, from Antiquity to the Modern Era by Nicola Camerlenghi

International Journal for Digital Art History

Forensic Architecture

Dissimilar Similitudes: Devotional objects of Late Medieval Europe by Caroline Walker Bynum

The Gothic Screen: Space, Sculpture, and Community in the Cathedrals of France and Germany, ca 1200-1400 by Jacqueline Jung

The UO Libraries Digital Scholarship Services Department and Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art are seeking teaching faculty, students, museum education staff, museum and archive curators, librarians, humanities, and social science researchers to help enhance the digital exhibits created in partnership with UO faculty members during the 2018-2020 Andrew W. Mellon GLAM collaboration that brought the following digital projects to the University of Oregon:

Madness Outside In
Tekagami and Kyōgire
The Artful Fabric of Collecting
The March
United Collections
Yōkai Senjafuda

We hope with this user experience study that your feedback regarding paint points, opportunities, and successes will guide us to create better user interface interactions for digital exhibits hosted in partnership between the UO Libraries and JSMA.

Below is information about the research study that will take place during June 2021.

Who can participate?

Participants must meet the following criteria to join the study: 

Must be teaching faculty, students, museum education staff, museum and archive curators, librarians, humanities, and social science researchers at the University of Oregon
Must be over the age of 18
Must have experience and access to Zoom
Complete this recruitment survey
Be available at some point during June 2021 to participate in a remote user test
Individuals with no to a lot of specific knowledge or experience with digital exhibits

How will you participate in this study?

If you are selected to participate then you will be invited for a one-on-one 45-minutes Zoom video call in mid-June.  You will be asked to perform a set of tasks on the website and share with us your feedback.

The session will be video recorded so that we can conduct a detailed analysis of how participants engage with the digital projects.

Will you be compensated for your participation?

Yes, At the end of the session, you will receive a $20 Visa gift card for supporting this study. 

Interested in participating?

If you are interested in participating then please consider completing this recruitment survey.

Do you have questions about this research study?

Please contact
Anna Lepska, alepska@uoregon.edu, Mellon GLAM Library/Museum Collaboration UX GE at the University of Oregon
Kate Thornhill, kmthorn@uoregon.edu, Digital Scholarship Librarian at the University of Oregon Libraries

Constellations 2021: UO’s Queer Film and Media Festival, April 23rd to 25th

This year’s virtual edition of Constellations brings together a series of live conversations addressing the question of what it means to be a queer creator today. The festival will open on April 23rd at 6pm with our 2021 Keynote: animator, illustrator, and Youtuber Kat Blaque.

Constellations, previously known as QFF, has been—since 1992—UO’s queer film and media festival for queer creators to come together in collective queer world-making. It makes space at UO for queer creators of films, media, and art. By queer creators, we mean those in the business of collectively drawing their own constellations: connected and overlapping paths binding us together across generations and histories. We also mean those who are bold, daring, original and visionary in their use and mastery of storytelling through cinema and new media. Finally, by creators we mean those makers of orientation devices. They boldly ask, where to go next with our words, our stories, our joys and our pains? Where to go next to build a better world, to make more space for us in the world in our fullness?

To register and attend virtually: constellations.eventive.org

Follow us on social media: @uoconstellations (on Instagram and Facebook)

See below for a full schedule of events:

Center for Art Research publishes “Papers on Power” ///
“Language Game #1” by manuel arturo abreu 

“Papers on Power” is a series of commissioned essays for which artists, writers, activists, and cultural producers have been asked to respond to the question “What is power?” in whatever form best relates to their work and thinking. For more information about the series and to download a pdf of  “Language Game #1” click here.

About the Author

manuel arturo abreu (b. 1991, Santo Domingo) is a poet and artist from the Bronx. They studied linguistics (BA Reed College 2014). abreu works in text, ephemeral sculpture, and what is at hand in a process of magical thinking with attention to ritual aspects of aesthetics. They are the author of two books of poetry and one book of critical art writing. Their writing has appeared at Rhizome, Art in America, CURA, The New Inquiry, Art Practical, SFMoMA Open Space, AQNB, etc. abreu also composes club-feasible worship music as Tabor Dark, with 13 releases to date. They also co-founded and co-run home school, a free pop-up art school in Portland in its sixth year of curriculum. Recent solo and duo shows: Portland State University, Portland; Yaby, Madrid; the Art Gym, Portland; Open Signal, Portland; Institute for New Connotative Action, Seattle. Recent group shows: Kunstraum Niederösterreich, Vienna; Superposition, LA; Haus Wien, Vienna; Veronica, Seattle; Felix Gaudlitz, Vienna; Critical Path, Sydney; Studio Museum in Harlem, NYC; NCAD Gallery, Dublin; online with Rhizome and the New Museum; Centre d’Art Contemporain, Geneva. abreu has also curated projects at: Yale Union, Portland; Center for Afrofuturist Studies, Iowa City; SOIL, Seattle; Paragon Gallery, Portland; old Pfizer Factory, Brooklyn; S1, Portland; AA|LA Gallery, LA; MoMA PS1, NYC.

Currently on view at the Center for Art Research Exhibition

Garrick Imatani: Monologue
ANTI-AESTHETIC, 245 W. 8th Ave, Eugene, OR 97401
Gallery hours: Saturdays & Sundays from noon-4:00p.m. by appointment through May 1

Upcoming public program:

Making After Melancholia: A discussion between Garrick Imatani, Lynn Yarne and Lu Yim
Sunday, April 18th at noon
Free, via Zoom with registration

For More information visit the Center for Art Research and the Department of Art websites for further information or Join the Center for Art Research and Department of Art on Instagram.

The UO Libraries’ DreamLab presents

WordPress for Digital Humanists Workshop Series (Week 3-5)

Workshop 1 of 3: Setting up Website Infrastructure (Week 3)

Find the April 16, 2021 from 12-2 pm RSVP here!

This remote workshop will introduce learners to:

• Exposure to digital humanities projects built with WordPress
• Identifying different elements of WordPress websites using digital humanities projects as examples
• Setting up a WordPress website using UO Blogs
• Making WordPress pages and menus

You do not need WordPress experience to take this free workshop! However, we ask all attendees to review the UO Blogs policy before the workshop.

Workshop 2 of 3: Adding Content to Your Website (Week 4)

Find the April 23, 2021 from 12-2 pm RSVP here!

This remote workshop will introduce learners to…

• Adding text and images to the pages and posts
• Embedding video and documents
• Basic accessibility considerations (use of headings, alternative text, colors, contrast, and type size)

You need to know how to set up a UO Blog, pages, posts, and a menu to take this free workshop. We ask all attendees to review the UO Blogs policy before the workshop. After you register for this class, we will send you a Zoom link to join the remote workshop.

Workshop 3 of 3: Working on Look & Feel of Your Website (Week 5)

Find the April 30, 2021 12-2 pm RSVP here! 

This remote workshop will introduce learners to…

• Customizing the WordPress themes to look certain ways
• Introduction to widgets and plugins

You need to know how to set up a UO Blog, pages, posts, menus, and how to add content to WordPress to take this free workshop. We ask all attendees to review the UO Blogs policy before the workshop. After you register for this class, we will send you a Zoom link to join the remote workshop.

WordPress for Digital Humanists Workshop Series (Week 6-8)

Workshop 1 of 3: Setting up Website Infrastructure (Week 6)

Find the May 7, 2021 from 12-2 pm RSVP here!

This remote workshop will introduce learners to:

• Exposure to digital humanities projects built with WordPress
• Identifying different elements of WordPress websites using digital humanities projects as examples
• Setting up a WordPress website using UO Blogs
• Making WordPress pages and menus

You do not need WordPress experience to take this free workshop! However, we ask all attendees to review the UO Blogs policy before the workshop.

Workshop 2 of 3: Adding Content to Your Website (Week 7)

Find the May 14, 2021 from 12-2 pm RSVP here!

This remote workshop will introduce learners to…

• Adding text and images to the pages and posts
• Embedding video and documents
• Basic accessibility considerations (use of headings, alternative text, colors, contrast, and type size)

You need to know how to set up a UO Blog, pages, posts, and a menu to take this free workshop. We ask all attendees to review the UO Blogs policy before the workshop. After you register for this class, we will send you a Zoom link to join the remote workshop.

Workshop 3 of 3: Working on Look & Feel of Your Website (Week 8)

Find the May 21, 2021 12-2 pm RSVP here! 

This remote workshop will introduce learners to…

• Customizing the WordPress themes to look certain ways
• Introduction to widgets and plugins

You need to know how to set up a UO Blog, pages, posts, menus, and how to add content to WordPress to take this free workshop. We ask all attendees to review the UO Blogs policy before the workshop. After you register for this class, we will send you a Zoom link to join the remote worksho

17th Annual University of Oregon Graduate Symposium in the History of Art & Architecture:

Tangible: Expanded Materiality and Art History

Symposium Date: April 17, 2021

As a discipline, art history is largely focused on physical materials. Canvas, clay, paper, and stone define works of art and reveal the hands of their artists. From formal analysis to new materialism, art historians espouse methods that recognize objects’ physical properties and provide insight into the context of their production. Though rooted in traditional art historical methodologies, material studies are increasingly situated in the expanded field. Art historians now examine the physical makeup of artworks in relation to site, social practice, and historical context. This new focus allows scholars to critically investigate methods of exchange, examining relationships between artists, media, and viewers. However, this turn to materialism has come at a time when digital technology frequently mediates access to physical objects. The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbates this tension, as access to archives and museums is limited. In this current moment, what does materiality offer to art history?

This symposium investigates the turn to materialism in art history, redirecting attention to physical objects, their entanglements within a site, and their relationship with viewers.

The symposium is free and open to the public. Email ahsa@uoregon.edu for Zoom link. For more info visit the symposium website. 

Schedule of Events:

all in Pacific Standard Time

9:45am: Opening Remarks

10:00-11:00am: The Ground Underfoot

• Srishti Sankaranarayanan, PhD Student, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, “Bound and Binding: Water’s Niche in the Temple Tanks of Tamil Nadu”

• Nicholas Fernacz, AM Student, University of Pennsylvania, “Safely Maneuvering Across Linhe Road and Infrastructure as Medium”

• Joseph M. Sussi, PhD Student, University of Oregon, “Cracks in the Void: Toxic Touring Between Activism and Visual Practice”

11:15am-12:30pm: The Metallic Interior

• Colton Klein, MA Student, Columbia University, “‘Rust-Flavored Air’: Materiality and Ecocriticism in Charles Burchfield’s Hillside Homes”

• Nicole Grewell, MA Candidate, George Mason University, “‘The Yellow Wallpaper’: How Domestic Victorian Material Culture Disproportionately Affected Female Health”

• Annemarie Iker, PhD Candidate, Princeton University, “Ironworks and the Secretive Art of Santiago Rusiñol and the Catalan Modernistes”

• Fionn Montell-Boyd, DPhil Student, University of Oxford, “‘(P)articles of Silver’: Photography, Metal, and the Myth of Dematerialisation”

12:30-1:30pm: Lunch

1:30-2:30pm: The Material at Hand

• Mia Hafer, PhD Student, University of Kansas, “Material Manipulation for Affective Invocation: The Case of a Walrus Ivory Christ”

• Zoey Kambour, MA Student, University of Oregon, “Journey of the Medieval Pigment: An Investigation on the Impact of Trade and Location on the Use of Pigments”

• Christine Stringer, MA Candidate, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, “Answering to Softness: The Materiality of Sumando Ausencias”

2:45-3:45pm: The Body Encountered

• Kathryn Barulich, PhD Candidate, University of California San Diego, “Annette Messager’s ‘Penetration’: The Microbial Self and Immersive Installation”

• Katherine Fein, PhD Candidate, Columbia University, “The Elephant in the Miniature”

• Cory Wayman, MA Candidate, University of Utah, “Flesh and Stone: The Performative Politics of Biography in Ada Pinkston’s Embodied Monuments”

4:30pm: Keynote Lecture

• “In the Streets and On the Walls: Documenting and Analyzing Protest Art”

The keynote lecture will be delivered by Dr. Heather Shirey and Dr. David Todd Lawrence. Dr. Shirey is a Professor of Art History at the University of St. Thomas in Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA. Her teaching and research focus on race and identity, migrations and diasporas, and street art and its communities. Dr. Lawrence is Associate Professor of English at the University of St. Thomas, where he teaches African-American literature and culture, folklore studies, and cultural studies. Together with geographer Dr. Paul Lorah, Dr. Shirey and Dr. Lawrence co-direct the Urban Art Mapping research team. Urban Art Mapping is a multi-disciplinary group of faculty and students from the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of St. Thomas. The group created and manages two street art archives: the Covid-19 Street Art Database and the George Floyd and Anti-Racist Street Art Database.

Visiting Artist Lectures

Sofia Vicente-Vidal is a fourth year PhD student in Anthropology at the University of Oregon. She holds a BA in Anthropology from the University of Colorado, Boulder and a BA in English from San Diego State University. She will also be a featured speaker at the NMCC’s 2021 Data|Media|Digital Graduate Symposium panel, giving a talk entitled “Networks of World Heritage Management.”

Her current research interests include the anthropology of time and space, examining the different ways tourists and Maya tourist industry workers conceptualize time and how those frameworks affect their construction of personal and social memory. She makes a broader argument that illustrates the continuities of Eurocentric conceptions of time that manifest themselves in the lives of workers living in the municipality of Tinúm in which Chichén Itzá is situated as a symbol of world heritage and Mexican nationalism.

More broadly, her research is focused on the relationships between different stakeholders in the tourist spaces of world heritage designated by the U.N. Specifically, she investigates how Mexican nationalism is contested or reinforced by constructions of race and ethnicity, how varying versions of indigenous identity are constructed in relation to states and coloniality, and how Maya workers in the municipality of Tinúm navigate and exert autonomy within the political economy of the tourist industry.

She is in the New Media and Culture Certificate program because she wants to acquire skills that could help her shape her research and findings into accessible visual forms. This term she is working on creating a visual representation of networks of heritage management.

Recommendations:

• Emergent Strategy by Adrienne Maree Brown
• “Sonny’s Blues” short story by James Baldwin
• Abby Martin interview with Dr. Gerald Horne  — About Professor Horne: He is “chair of History and African American Studies at the University of Houston and is the author of over 20 books on slavery and the Black liberation movement; most recently ‘The Counter-Revolution of 1776: Slave Resistance and the Origins of the United States.’”
• Bad Faith Podcast “A Liberalism of Scolds w/Thomas Frank”
• Tangerine movie by Sean Baker
• Close Up movie by Abbas Kiarostami

Bryce Newell  is an Assistant Professor in the School of Journalism and Communication (SOJC). He is a lawyer, qualitative social scientist (with a PhD in Information Science from the University of Washington’s Information School), and documentary filmmaker. His research examines issues of law and technology, surveillance, policing, and migration through the lenses of information studies and law. Bryce is Dialogue Editor for Surveillance & Society, the international surveillance studies journal, and a Board Member of the Surveillance Studies Network (SSN),  a registered UK charity/nonprofit organization that publishes the journal and sponsors the biannual Surveillance & Society Conference.

Bryce’s book, Police Visibility: Privacy, Surveillance, and the False Promise of Body-Worn Cameras is forthcoming in June 2021 with University of California Press. Among other things, the book addresses the privacy implications of police body-camera footage making its way to online social media after public disclosure by police departments under state freedom of information law. His research has also been published in journals such as New Media & Society, Government Information Quarterly, Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology (JASIS&T), The Information Society, Law & Social Inquiry, and Surveillance & Society; law reviews (including Indiana Law Journal, North Carolina Law Review, Hastings Law Journal, UC Irvine Law Review, and BYU Law Review); peer-reviewed, archival conference proceedings; and a number of edited books. He has also edited three books: Police on Camera: Surveillance, Privacy, and Accountability (Routledge, 2021), Surveillance, Privacy and Public Space (Routledge, 2019), and Privacy in Public Space: Conceptual and Regulatory Challenges (Edward Elgar, 2017).

Prior to coming to the University of Oregon, Bryce was an Assistant Professor at the University of Kentucky (Information Science with a joint appointment in Sociology) and, before that, a Post-Doctoral Researcher at the Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology, and Society (TILT) within the Law School at Tilburg University (in the Netherlands). During his PhD, he was a Google Policy Fellow, hosted by the Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC) at the University of Ottawa Faculty of Law (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada).

His documentary and video production work has been exhibited at museums in the United States, Germany, and the Netherlands, and has been screened at film festivals and on university campuses across the United States. He has discussed his research on NPR (All Things Considered) and written about body-worn cameras for Slate. His research has been cited in a variety of academic journals as well as the New York Times Magazine.

Bryce is a proponent of open access publishing. He recommends the following openly accessible resources related to new media and technology studies:

Data Justice and COVID-19: Global Perspectives, edited by Linnet Taylor, Aaron Martin, Gargi Sharma and Shazade Jameson. Meatspace Press, 2020

COVID-19 from the Margins: Pandemic Invisibilities, Policies and Resistance in the Datafied Society, edited by Stefania Milan, Emiliano Treré, and Silvia Masiero. Institute of Network Cultures, 2021

Surveillance & Society (journal)

Technology and Regulation (TechReg) (journal)

The Internet’s Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz (documentary film)