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: DAHJ, vol. 5: History of Digital Art CFP
Deadline: Jan 31, 2020 For the upcoming issue – vol. 5: “History of Digital Art” – the International Journal of Digital Art History (DAHJ) asks for contributions on the following topics: New perspectives on traditional fields of the history of digital art, like early computer art, internet art, interactive computer-based art, and other forms Genealogies… Read more
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SAH Archipedia is now Open-Access
Histories, photos and maps for over 20,000 structures and sites in the U.S. are now freely available to the public via the new open-access, mobile-friendly edition of SAH Archipedia, an authoritative online encyclopedia of the built environment of the United States. Developed by the Society of Architectural Historians and University of Virginia Press with lead… Read more
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DH Monday: The inaugural workshops for the 2019-2020 IRC DIL Mapping Series
It will be DH Friday on October 11 when we host Smith College’s Andrew Maurer who will give two hands-on workshops on 3D Visualization for the Humanities: Photogrammetry Basics (9:00am-12:00pm) – Photogrammetry, the process of using still images to produce digital 3D models, provides new possibilities for visualizing and interpreting cultural objects. In this hands-on… Read more
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DH Monday: Upcoming UCSB Center for Black Studies Research Events
As the start of the new academic year approaches, already there are a couple of upcoming digital-scholarship related events in the UCSB Center for Black Studies Research to get on your calendar now! “Surveying the Terrain“: Session 1 of Race, Space, and Place Workshop, Tuesday, October 8, at 12:00pm. This is the first session of… Read more
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DH Monday: New on PLATFORM – City Smarts: An App for Civic Engagement
In her most recent article in PLATFORM, “City Smarts: An App for Civic Engagement,” History of Art & Architecture Professor Swati Chattopadhyay discusses how she gets undergraduates in her ARTHI 136I: The City in History class to think about power and agency in the metropolis — to get smart about cities — by using the… Read more
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Saturday, September 21 is Free Museum Day
This Saturday museums all over the country are opening their doors to visitors for FREE! Smithsonian Magazine Museum Day 2019 is a great chance to visit museums you’ve always wanted to see. Visit the Santa Barbara Museum of Art or LA-area museums such as the Autry Museum of the American West and the Japanese American… Read more