All around the community in the Macarthur region are cultural artefacts that are representations of the settler-colonial narrative of the Cowpastures, which was variously a colonial frontier, a government reserve, and a formal region.
Today, the material culture of the Cowpastures is hidden in plain sight and appears to have been ‘forgotten’ by…[Read more]

Centering on the poetry of Şeyh Galib (1757–1799), this article considers Ottoman imperial sovereignty in tandem with the discourse of mysticism that underpinned it. A key rhetorical device that enables the abstraction of the politics of empire in this discourse is the metaphor of the beloved sovereign. In the mystical writing of Galib, this me…[Read more]

Las ferias agroecológicas han surgido como una respuesta a la preocupación por la calidad de los alimentos, la sostenibilidad ambiental y la equidad en la relación entre productores y consumidores.

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The Collaborative ART Archive (CARTA), formerly called Consortial Action to Preserve Born-Digital Web-Based Art History & Culture, is a project that preserves at-risk web-based art materials, making them accessible for art historians, critics, curators, and other individuals involved in art research and scholarship.

Designed by Women, a digital resource organized by the Stewart Program for Modern Design, is an effort to focus attention on the many significant examples of women’s contributions to design around the globe from 1900 to the present. The scope of objects covered includes furniture, textiles, jewelry, tableware, and some graphic design. This site w…[Read more]

Textile Hive is an online repository of more than 40,000 textiles, featuring high-quality photos and information designers can use to inspire, enrich, and enhance their creative projects. This database originated from the Andrea Aranow Textile Design Collection, an extensive personal collection and physical textile library located in Portland,…[Read more]

Se presenta una tipología de las relaciones sociales basada en tres tipos: acciones, estrategias e instituciones, estos se caracterizan por sus grados de formalización, organización y diferenciación, así como por sus interacciones y entrecruzamientos que configuran la complejidad de lo social, entonces: ¿Por qué es importante entender la interd…[Read more]

The Artists Studios Resources guide offers valuable information for emerging studio artists such as books and databases, as well as links to websites on artists (such as artist archives), grant resources, podcasts, and artist interviews related to studio practice and the fine arts. Created by a Senior Art Librarian at the New York Public Library…[Read more]

All Light, Expanded is the digital companion to the 2021 film, All Light, Everywhere, which won the U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Nonfiction Experimentation. The film itself is a non-linear experimental documentary that explores the intertwined histories of cameras, weapons, and policing. The director, Theo Anthony, is a Baltimore native…[Read more]

Mapping Philippine Material Culture (MPMC) is a project that aggregates digital images of Philippine objects in museums worldwide, contextualizing these objects in collaboration with Philippine scholars and “culture bearers.” The online platform relies on images that are either in the public domain or have creative commons licenses, and cur…[Read more]

Las sociedades son mundos de relaciones sociales que pueden ser abordados desde distintas perspectivas. Cada una de ellas pretende, en mayor o menor medida, describir y explicar las características, dinámicas, estructuras y procesos de las complejas sociedades humanas. Las sociedades parecen aumentar en complejidad y confusión con el paso del ti…[Read more]