Usually, when I mention conferences on this blog, I talk about the research I presented. This past week though, I participated in two conferences in a different role. Instead of presenting my own research, I served as moderator, helping to provide a space for others to share their work. The first was the annual symposium… Continue reading CDHC and CAA, 2022
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Ukraine: Some Resources for Learning and Taking Action
This week’s post is a list of resources for those interested in learning more about what’s happening in Ukraine and how to help. This is by no means an exhaustive list, but it will get you started. These recommendations come from people I’ve been following on Twitter who are much more knowledgeable about the current… Continue reading Ukraine: Some Resources for Learning and Taking Action
Dissertation Work, February Update
The most exciting update about my dissertation is that next month I’ll be resuming archival research by returning to the Met to look at the documents relating to their Neighborhood Exhibition Program. While I did visit a retrospective about the initiative last year, the archives were still closed at that point, so I was more… Continue reading Dissertation Work, February Update
Now on View: Motion/Emotion
On Friday, February 11, we officially opened Motion/Emotion: Exploring Affect from Automata to Robots to the public. For the past few days, I’ve been busy with press previews, VIP tours, and the public opening. After more than a year of research, on-site visits, virtual meetings, and writing, this exhibition is finally on view. Let’s take… Continue reading Now on View: Motion/Emotion
A Story About Pedagogy
Brandon and I traveled to Florida last week for his grandfather’s funeral, so here’s a post from the stash I keep handy for when I don’t feel up to writing. Today, we’re going back in time, to the 1996-1997 academic year, and an experience I had in fifth grade. Overall, I remember fifth grade as… Continue reading A Story About Pedagogy
Exhibition Work, January Update
We’ve moved into what is arguably one of the most exciting parts of the exhibition process: the installation! This is when all the ideas, research, and objects you’ve been cogitating on for months finally come together, when the show expands from a drawing or 3D model to an actual space visitors can engage. Let’s take… Continue reading Exhibition Work, January Update
Dissertation Work, January Update
This first month of the new year has been spent organizing for the year of research and writing to come. Partly it’s because I’m playing catch-up from December. Due to our recent move and the projects we needed to complete along with it, I didn’t do any dissertation work last month. But the new year… Continue reading Dissertation Work, January Update
We Bought a House, Part II
Last week I talked about the process of buying our first house. Today, I’ll share how we’ve started making this place our own. As I had mentioned in that previous post, the house itself was structurally sound, and Brandon and I liked the overall layout. Although it’s about the same square footage as our old… Continue reading We Bought a House, Part II
We Bought a House, Part I
In my final post from 2021, I mentioned that Brandon and I bought a house. Let’s talk about that. Contrary to my rather abrupt announcement, this wasn’t a spontaneous decision. It’s been on our long-term list of goals for a few years now. Initially we imagined we’d buy a house after I finished my PhD,… Continue reading We Bought a House, Part I
Blogging, 2022 Style
Last year I made a resolution to be better about sharing work in progress, with this blog becoming a place to hold myself accountable. Every month, I had a set week designated for a specific aspect of my work, from dissertation research to sketching. Throughout the year, I maintained that consistent schedule, whether the post… Continue reading Blogging, 2022 Style