The Red Dot takes its name from the small sticker that once marked slides in a physical archive, flagging them as worth a second look. We’re keeping that spirit alive here.
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.
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DH Monday: Software and Data Carpentry Workshops – Winter 2025: Python, Geospatial, Computing, R, ML
This Winter, the UCSB Library’s DREAM Lab is excited to host six workshops on the following topics: Python, Working with Geospatial Data in R, Research Computing, Container-Driven Reproducible Research, Intermediate R, and Machine Learning. Find more details and registration information here! Additionally, mark your calendars for UC Love Data Week, scheduled for February 10-14. More info coming… Read more
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DH Monday: S.5379 – TRAIN Act
Also known as: Transparency and Responsibility for Artificial Intelligence Networks Act Introduced in the U.S. Senate (11/21/2024), the bill seeks “To create an administrative subpoena process to assist copyright owners in determining which of their copyrighted works have been used in the training of artificial intelligence models.” Read the complete initial text here. Read more
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OCEAN’s Litigation Update (online/Dec. 6, 2024 @ 9:00-10:00 AM PST)
Fall and Winter 2024-2025, Session 4: Litigation Update Dec 06, 2024, 12:00–1:00 PM EST / 9:00-10:00 AM PST Register to attend on Zoom The Open Copyright Education Advisory Network (OCEAN) Twice Yearly Litigation Update is an event dedicated to exploring the latest and most impactful developments in copyright law facing libraries, archives and museums. About… Read more
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DH Monday: CFP – UK-Ireland Digital Humanities Association 2025 (online/Glasgow, June 17-18, 2025)
2025 Theme: Collaboration beyond Boundaries / Co-obrachadh thar Chrìoch CFP Submission deadline: January 15, 2025 The UK-Ireland Digital Humanities Association is pleased to announce the call for proposals for the 2025 Annual Event, to be held at University of Glasgow from 17-18 June 2025 with selected sessions streamed online. This year’s event invites contributors to reflect on… Read more
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DH Monday: UMACj 16(3): STEM in the Art Museum: Innovative Pedagogies for the 21st-Century University
New thematic issue of University Museums and Collections Journal; issue 16 (3): STEM in the Art Museum: Innovative Pedagogies for the 21st-Century University. This issue is edited by Liliana Milkova from Yale University Art Gallery and Jodi Kovach from The Gund, Kenyon College, USA. This is the first issue of the journal that has been… Read more
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DH Monday: CFP – The Art Museum in the Digital Age (online/Vienna, Jan 20-24, 2025)
CFP deadline: November 11, 2024 The seventh edition of our conference series is dedicated to the ethical and social implications of the digital transformation in museums. Digital technologies present both opportunities and challenges. For example, museums can use digital media to make their collections accessible to a wider audience and create interactive experiences. At the… Read more