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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DH Monday: Workshop – Images in Social Media Research: Digital Tools & Methodological Challenges (online / February 10, 2023)
Online Workshop: February 10, 2023, 9.00-16.30 (CET) / 12:00am – 7:30am (PST) Registration Deadline: February 9, 2023 This one-day workshop aims to bring together image researchers from different disciplines. On a very hands-on level, we want to explore digital tools that might offer pragmatic solutions for researching images on the web. Furthermore, the academic (re)use… Read more
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DH Monday: CFP – Histories of Media Art (Venice, 13-16 Sept 23)
Abstract Submission Deadline: Jan 30, 2023 Hosted by the Venice Centre for Digital and Public Humanities (VeDPH), Università Ca’ Foscari Venice, Italy, the 10th International Conference on the Histories of Media Art, Science and Technology – RE:SOURCE – will celebrate Media Art Histories and the role that its main agents have had in the multiple… Read more
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SoCal Museums Annual “Free-For-All” on February 5, 2023
Mark your calendars for Sunday, February 5, when Southern California museums from Long Beach to Santa Barbara will band together for their annual “Museums Free-For-All” Free Admission Day. The event will have over thirty museums—presenting art, cultural heritage, natural history, and science—opening their doors to visitors to explore their permanent collections (note that this offer… Read more
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The Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy’s “Wright Virtual Visits” returns for 2023
Launched in April 2020 as a social media initiative highlighting Frank Lloyd Wright-designed public sites that were closed due to the pandemic, Wright Virtual Visits 2023 will begin a fourth iteration on February 9, 2023 with a visit to the D.D. Martin House. As sites have reopened to visitors, the format has adapted in order… Read more
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DH Monday: Caribbean Digital Scholarship Summer Institute (Coral Gables, FL / June 11-17, 2023)
Application deadline: January 31, 2023 The Caribbean Digital Scholarship Collective invites applications for its inaugural Mellon Foundation-funded, week-long residential digital humanities institute, to be held at the University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, June 11-17, 2023. The Caribbean Digital Scholarship Summer Institute will be held annually for three summers and welcomes applications from all scholars… Read more
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DH Monday: Foundations & Applications of Humanities Analytics Course (virtual / January 17–May 11, 2023)
The Foundations & Applications of Humanities Analytics course is aimed at a broad range of humanities scholars. The course aims to empower scholars in the humanities by eliminating the “black box” of computational text analysis. Participants will gain a theoretical and practical understanding of text analysis methods, and will learn how to extract content and derive… Read more