MIRL, the Material / Image Research Lab, is the research and teaching lab of the Department of History of Art & Architecture at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
We support innovative visual pedagogy, and we research emergent digital technologies and methods in art, art history, and architecture.
As a site for collaboration, the lab is a space for faculty and students across the UCSB campus to investigate art objects and related materials for instruction and research purposes.
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A Discussion with Jackie Amézquita and UCSB Faculty November 2, 11am, AD&A Museum A roundtable discussion with Amézquita and UCSB faculty Omar Pimienta, Priscilla Ybarra, and Alicia Boswell, about Gemidos de la Tierra (Wailings of the Land/Soil) and Amézquita’s activation of the exhibit on Nov 1st. Discussion will take place within the exhibit at the AD&A Museum.… Read more
When: October 22, 9:00AM – 12:00PM Where: UCSB Library, Room 2509 This workshop covers the advantages and best practices of sharing, reusing, and analyzing qualitative data using open tools. Learners will explore secondary datasets from the Qualitative Data Repository (QDR) and master QualCoder—an open-source qualitative data analysis program. Participants can expect to learn how to… Read more
When: October 13, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm Where: UCSB Library, Room 2509 This hands-on workshop covers AI-assisted coding techniques, emphasizing research data analysis, reproducibility, and Open Science best practices. Learners will use real-world scenarios to explore coding agents and LLM-based techniques across the research lifecycle, from data discovery to visualization and publication. This is… Read more