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: PSU Center for Virtual and Material Studies 2022-2024 Research Theme – Fabrication: Virtual and Material Approaches to Global Textiles
The Center for Virtual and Material Studies in the Department of Art History at Penn State announces its research theme for 2022-2024, Fabrication: Virtual and Material approaches to Global Textiles. From the beginning of the fall semester in 2022, and continuing until the spring of 2024, The center will host lectures, collaborative panels and workshops… Read more
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DH Monday: DAHJ Editions
DAHJ Editions is a new publication series with a wide ranging content of research projects, conferences, workshops, and other programs for scholars and artists within the field of digital art history. The first DAHJ Edition, “‘The Digital Image’ – a Transdisciplinary Research Cluster” (published October 15, 2021) is edited by Hubertus Kohle and Hubert Locher.… Read more
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DH Monday: 2022 Method Acts – Open Call for Doctoral Candidates and Emerging Scholars to Present on New and Reconsidered Methods
Deadline to submit: October 25, 2021, at 11:59 PM CDT The two workshops will take place online: *Friday, December 17, 2021, 1PM PST / 3 PM CST / 4PM EST *Friday January 21, 2022, 1PM PST / 3 PM CST / 4PM EST From the Open Call: Method Acts is a series of virtual workshops… Read more
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DH Monday, Part II: Library of Congress Connecting Communities Digital Initiative (CCDI) Grant Opportunites
The Connecting Communities Digital Initiative (CCDI) currently has three open grant opportunities including 1) a higher education grant and 2) a library, archives, and museums grant, and 3) a program for an artist or scholar in residence. The award amounts range from $50,000 to $150,000. Read more about each award here. Applications close November 15… Read more
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DH Monday: Digital Art History: Methods, Practices, Epistemologies III (online / Oct. 12-13, 2021)
Virtual Conference (University of Zagreb), Oct 12–13, 2021 International conference “Digital Art History – methods, practices, epistemologies III” organized by the Institute of Art History, Zagreb, and SRCE – University of Zagreb, University Computing Centre. The conference will be held online. Also, if you haven’t registered before the Monday, October 11th deadline, the conference will… Read more
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How Architecture Depends on Photography
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZmj_JOjBzU] Architecture with Stewart is a YouTube journey exploring architecture’s deep and enduring stories in all their bewildering glory. Weekly videos and occasional live events breakdown a wide range of topics related to the built environment in order to increase their general understanding and advocate their importance in shaping the world we inhabit. Read… Read more