Named after the small red sticker that once guided scholars through legacy 35mm slides, The Red Dot is here to help you navigate the ever-evolving landscape of visual and material research. While rooted in the University of California, Santa Barbara community, our posts are open to all.
At MIRL, we engage with art history, digital humanities, and material culture through hands-on research and archival projects. Guided by our core principles—critical engagement with visual and material culture, ethical stewardship of images and data, and innovative approaches to research and pedagogy—we work at the intersection of technology and the humanities. We are especially interested in how digital tools can expand the study of images, objects, and spaces.
Here, we’ll share insights on Digital Art History and Architectural History, highlight new image and data resources, discuss copyright and ethical considerations, and spotlight events that shape our field.
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U.S. Copyright Office and USPTO Conclude Joint Study on Non-Fungible Tokens
Published by the U.S. Copyright Office’s notification system NewsNet, Issue No. 1040 – March 12, 2024. Today, the U.S. Copyright Office and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) (collectively the “Offices”) published the results of their joint study on the intellectual property (IP) law and policy implications of non-fungible tokens (NFTs). The Offices conducted… Read more
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DH Monday: A definite Dürer? AI research says German artist 82% likely to have painted portrait of peasant woman
Written by Gareth Harris, published on March 11, 2024 on TheArtNewspaper.com. A Swiss company that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to authenticate Old Master paintings says that a portrait of a peasant woman is likely to have been made by one of the greatest artists of the German Renaissance, Albrecht Dürer. The latest claim fuels the… Read more
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DH Monday: CFP – Quart, Issue 74: Representations in Knowledge Production
Manuscript submission deadline: June 20, 2024Publication: December 2024Thematic editor of the issue: Dr Emilia Kiecko Representations in the form of drawings, infographics, images, models, films and other visualisations seem almost indispensable in the production and transmission of knowledge. They give the impression of being universal tools that help objectively ‘embody’ any data and ideas and… Read more
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DH Monday: Call for Participants: 2024 NEH Institute on Born-Digital Scholarly Publishing (Summer 2024/hybrid)
Applications Due: April 1, 2024 Brown University Digital Publications invites applications for participation in an NEH Institute on Advanced Topics in the Digital Humanities, Born-Digital Scholarly Publishing: Resources and Roadmaps, which supports scholars who wish to pursue interpretive projects that require digital expression and are intended for publication by a scholarly press, but who may… Read more
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Save the Date: SoCal Museum’s Annual Free-for-All (Saturday, March 23, 2024)
On Saturday, March 23, 2024, over thirty museums—presenting art, cultural heritage, film, natural history, and science—will open their doors and offer free general admission. With museums from Long Beach to Los Angeles to Santa Barbara, there is so much to explore. View the full list of museums here and plan your visits now. This offer… Read more
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DH Monday: Unkonferenzen #arthistoCamp (March 12, 2024/online)
Am Vortag des 37. Deutschen Kongresses für Kunstgeschichte veranstaltet der Arbeitskreis Digitale Kunstgeschichte als Vorkonferenz-Programm das dritte #arthistoCamp als Online-Veranstaltung. Wir laden zum #arthistoCamp – dem Barcamp für Kunstgeschichte – ein, um über aktuelle Themen in den Digital Humanities aus Perspektive der Kunstgeschichte zu sprechen. Von Interesse sind dabei Erkenntnisse aus nationalen und internationalen Forschungsprojekten… Read more