The Red Dot takes its name from the small sticker that once marked slides in a physical archive, flagging them as worth a second look. We’re keeping that spirit alive here.
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.
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Get oriented at The Red Dot
Welcome to the new blog of the Visual Resources Collection at UCSB, The Red Dot. In case you don’t get that reference, it’s the little red dot in the corner of our 35mm slides that help you with orientation. And that’s what we’re here for – orientation, information, hot tips, and more. We’ll be posting… Read more