Together with Katrīna Teivāne-Korpa (National Library of Latvia) and Inese Sirica (Art Academy of Latvia), I organized a photo research symposium and summer school “Mapping Materials and Methods: Photographic heritage in cultural and art-historical research.” Riga, Latvia, August 16-20, 2021.
Learn more about “Mapping Methods and Materials” on its website https://vasarasskola.lnb.lv/program/ (in Latvian only).
Download the program of “Mapping Methods and Materials” research symposium and summer school as a pdf here or by clicking on any of the three images below:
The symposium was live-streamed and recorded at the National Library’s professional recording studio.
View the recording of symposium day 1, August 16 below. Keynote talk (in English) by Maria Garth, Graduate Curatorial Assistant (Dodge Fellow) at the Zimmerli Art Museum, “Issues, Challenges, and Insights: Art Historical Research on Latvian Photography at the Zimmerli Art Museum (USA)” begins after a short break at 1:58:15.
View the recording of symposium day 2, August 17 below. Keynote talk (in English) by Leila Anne Harris, the Edith Gowin Curatorial Fellow in the Photography Department at the Morgan Library & Museum, “Traveling Pictures & Rough Drafts: Edward S. Curtis and Peter Hujar Collections at the Morgan Library & Museum” begins after a short break at 2:05:10
Some highlights of research symposium and summer school “Mapping Methods and Materials” include:
1) Day 1 of the symposium and summer school, August 16: I moderated the symposium with participating speakers Baiba Tetere, Līga Goldberga, and Aigars Lielbārdis, and a special keynote lecture by Maria Garth, Graduate Curatorial Assistant (Dodge Fellow) at the Zimmerli Art Museum, “Issues, Challenges, and Insights: Art Historical Research on Latvian Photography at the Zimmerli Art Museum (USA).” The symposium was live-streamed and recorded at the National Library’s professional recording studio.
2) Day 2 of the symposium and summer school, August 17: I moderated a special keynote lecture by Leila Anne Harris, the Edith Gowin Curatorial Fellow in the Photography Department at the Morgan Library & Museum, “Traveling Pictures & Rough Drafts: Edward S. Curtis and Peter Hujar Collections at the Morgan Library & Museum.”
3) Day 3 of the symposium and summer school, August 18: I gave a lecture “Methods in art and photography history” for the summer school students at the Art Academy of Latvia where I focused on sociology of culture, postcolonial studies, and cultural analytics. Together with the students we read authors such as Pierre Bourdieu, Ariella Azoulay, and Lev Manovich.
Photo: Katrīna Teivāne-Korpa.
Photo: Katrīna Teivāne-Korpa.
4) Day 5 of the the symposium and summer school, August 20: summer school student presentations, instructor evaluations and feedback, and discussions at the National Library of Latvia.
