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: CFP – TAD Vol. 9, Issue 1: Generative
Submission Deadline: June 15, 2024 by 11:59 (EDT) / 8:59 (PDT) Editor’s Note: All Topics Welcome at All Times TECHNOLOGY | ARCHITECTURE + DESIGN welcomes all original research in technology, architecture, and design. Submissions may choose to address the focus area identified in this call for papers but are not required to do so. All… Read more
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DH Monday: Webinar – Copyright AI and TDM (May 3, 2024/Zoom)
Open Copyright Education Advisory Net (OCEAN) webinarCopyright AI and TDMFriday, May 3 at 12:00 PM (EDT) / 9:00 AM (PDT) There is absolutely no doubt that research institutions and copyright law have entered the age of artificial intelligence! Please join OCEAN for a discussion that will tackle emerging copyright issues and the application of fair… Read more
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DH Monday: Mellichamp Initiative in Mind & Machine Intelligence Summit 2024: AI and Human Creativity (April 18-19, 2024/Henley Hall 1010)
AI’s capabilities to create visual art, music, stories, and videos are improving exponentially. AI can teach innovative new strategies, unknown to humans, in games such as chess or Go and promises to revolutionize human problem-solving. These advances motivate important questions relating to AI and Human Creativity. Join us at the 2024 Mellichamp Mind and Machine… Read more
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DH Monday: Ten art world things that have happened in VR since Meta bought Oculus 10 years ago
Written by Gretchen Andrew, published on March 15, 2024 on TheArtNewspaper.com. In a 2014 bombshell, Facebook (now Meta) made a bold near $3 billion bet on the future, acquiring Oculus VR, a fledgling company pioneering virtual reality (VR) headsets. This audacious move, while initially met with skepticism, positioned Facebook at the forefront of a potentially… Read more
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DH Monday: Conference CFP – Born-Digital Collections, Archives and Memory (London, UK & Online)
CFP Submission Deadline: May 15, 2024 The Digital Humanities Research Hub at the School of Advanced Study, University of London, invites submissions for the inaugural Born-Digital Collections, Archives and Memory conference, to be hosted at the University of London from 2-4 April 2025 in collaboration with colleagues from Aarhus University, the British Library, and the… Read more
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DH Monday: Conference CFP – Sixteenth Century Society (October 31 – November 2, 2024/Toronto, ON)
Proposal Submission Deadline: Monday, April 22, 2024 The Sixteenth Century Society (SCS) is pleased to invite proposals for individual presentations, panels, and roundtables for its annual conference, which will take place October 31-November 2, 2024, at the Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel. Please note that this conference will begin on Thursday morning and end on Saturday evening.… Read more