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: Digital Humanities 2020: “Carrefours/Intersections” CFP
The Alliance of Digital Humanities Organizations (ADHO) invites submission of proposals for its annual conference held July 20-25, 2020 at Carleton University and the University of Ottawa in Ottawa, Canada. From the organizers: The theme of the 2020 conference is “Carrefours/Intersections,” a place where roads or streets meet. We specifically invite proposals that relate to… Read more
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DH Monday: How To Create 3D Environments From Images Taken With Drone
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwqNn1x7OoE] An added bonus: Lumion is free for students in the US, but many comments point out you could use Google Earth images as well. Read more
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Slides from the Eames Collection now available
The Library of Congress announced the availability of slides from the Eames Collection that document the work and interests of Charles and Ray Eames and projects undertaken by the Office of Charles and Ray Eames. The slides feature graphic design projects, architecture, furniture, exhibitions, publications, films, family, friends, travels, office staff and professional colleagues, as… Read more
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DH Monday: Conference Call for Abstracts – IASTE 2020: Virtual Traditions
The 18th Biennial Conference of the International Association for the Study of Traditional Environments (IASTE), Virtual Traditions: The Transience of Tradition in Changing Geographies and Global Landscapes, has put out a call for Paper and Poster Abstracts that support any of the three tracks within the conference theme: Theorizing the Virtual and the Traditional in… Read more
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DH Monday: Dynamic Maps Using CSV, Google Earth, KML and ArcGIS Online
The Digital Scholarship Lab at University of Rochester’s River Campus Libraries outlines the process and outcome of the final course project for History 252: Immigration in the Americas, where students created Dynamic Maps Using CSV, Google Earth, KML and ArcGIS Online. In the project, “…[s]tudents developed original research based on archival and primary sources to… Read more
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DH Monday: Mapping the Whitney Biennial
According to the creators of Mapping the Whitney Biennial, “[m]apping these [artists’s] locations tells a story of influence and power — but also one of friendships and creative communities, of housing prices and economic change, of landscape and light. Here are some of its facets.” Methodology: Between 1932 and 1975, the Whitney’s Annual and Biennial… Read more