Art History in Quarantine: Digital Transformations, Digital Futures Original Conference Date: April 10, 2020 From DAHJ: In the age of shelter-in-place, digital literacy is no longer optional. In just a few weeks, we have seen an unprecedented infrastructural shift to video conferencing, online pedagogy, and project management software. What presents itself as a challenge to…
What is the role of the humanities in extraordinary times and conditions? How do they help us prepare for, respond to, understand, and heal from upheavals caused by events such as the COVID-19 outbreak? This collection of recent articles explores the value and interventions of the humanities in the midst of pandemic, both historically and currently.…
Places Journal has published a six-part series of essays addressing and exploring the shift to online teaching. From their summary: The massive move to online teaching has raised acute challenges and general anxieties. Some are practical and technical; others are more conceptual, political, and even philosophical, involving the importance of campus community, the role of…
The SAH Data Project is gathering quantitative and qualitative information about the status of architectural history as a field in higher education in the United States. The study is supported by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and scheduled to be completed in December 2020. A full report of the findings will be available on the…
The US/Mexico border is home to unique spatial practices and resources, locally grounded but geographically distributed along its 1,954-mile length. This workshop provides a rare opportunity to condense this distributed content by convening a diversity of spatial practitioners, researchers, and educators in one virtual space, in order to outline challenges and opportunities specific to the…
Because Monday is a holiday, we’re having a DH Friday instead! Join Moderator Sarah M. Dreller, Society of Architectural Historians (SAH Data Project Researcher), for a SAH webinar, “The SAH Data Project Presents a Data-Driven Conversation about the Potential Future of Architectural History Research and Publishing” on Tuesday, May 26 at 9:00 AM (Pacific Time).…