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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MOCA Webinar: Uncommon Commons: Who is the Public in Public Art?
Tuesday, November 17, 4pm PDT To join, RSVP here. As the global Covid-19 pandemic continues to force many of us to conduct much of our lives outdoors, we at MOCA believe that it is an opportune time to focus our programming on outdoor art in the public sphere. In doing so, we aim to call… Read more
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DH Monday: CFP: AMDC 2021: Art, Museums and Digital Cultures
The International Conference on Art, Museums and Digital Cultures (AMDC; April 22-23, 2021, Lisbon) Submission Deadline: December 21, 2020 Notification of Participation: January 25, 2021 Final Version Deadline: March 8, 2021 This conference will bring together different scientific and creative perspectives on the crossovers between information technologies and the arts. How are museums, curators and… Read more
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Webinar: Digital Architectural Archive Collections: Expanding Practices & Future Uses
About this Free Event This session by Collections and Services, Library Services, Library of Congress, and co-hosted with the International Confederation of Architectural Museums (ICAM), will explore the strengths and challenges that born-digital design files present for collecting, accessing for research, and exhibiting. Four presentations from the critical perspectives of technologists, curators, academics, and archivists… Read more
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Seminar Series in Digital and Public Humanities
The Seminar Series in Digital and Public Humanities is organized by the Venice Centre for Digital and Public Humanities, Ca’ Foscari University, Venice The seminars will be held online as virtual events. Link for zoom subscription: https://unive.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUofu-ppjwvGd3BlvJLj6WZIOmyQYDoOzuM 11 November 2020, h 17:00 Sarah May Swansea University Infrastructure, Skills, Voice: Digital Participation Beyond Access in Post-Industrial… Read more
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DH Monday: Photogrammetric Survey for the Recording and Documentation of Historic Buildings
Efstratios Stylianidis, Assoc. Professor, School of Spatial Planning and Development at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, has written a book, Photogrammetric Survey for the Recording and Documentation of Historic Buildings (Chambridge: Springer, 2020), that (from the publisher) “…provides state-of-the-art information on photogrammetry for cultural heritage, exploring the problems and presenting solutions that are applicable under… Read more
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DH Monday: CFP – Matrix of Mobility: Networks of Objects and Exchange
“Matrix of Mobility: Networks of Objects and Exchange” Eighth Annual Wollesen Memorial Graduate Symposium (March 4–5, 2021, Online) CFP Deadline: Monday, January 11, 2021, at 5 PM ET The Graduate Union of the Students of Art (GUStA) at the University of Toronto is pleased to present the Eighth Annual Wollesen Memorial Graduate Symposium in cooperation… Read more