The journey seeking sites and connections to renowned artist Ana Mendieta has been slow but rewarding. As the heat and humidity of summer persist, tainted with a haze of smoke from the millions of acres burning in Canada, I look for Ana’s voice in the present– how the artist would have responded to the earthContinue reading “Searching for Sites of Renowned Intermedia Artist in Iowa City”
Category Archives: Studio Fellows
Cointelshow 2.0
With support from the Digital Studio and Publishing Studio, I am continuing work to adapt and remix a play that presents historical research in a provocative and entertaining way. The original play, Cointelshow: A Patriot Act, by L. M. Bogad, explores the workings of counterintelligence programs (COINTELPROs) that the FBI used to “discredit, disrupt,” andContinue reading “Cointelshow 2.0”
Mennonite Colonies in Latin America
As a PhD student in the History Department researching the Low German Mennonite network in Latin America, I am found it pertinent to create an interactive map of the Mennonite colonies throughout Latin America. Working with Jay Bowen, we have begun to create a virtual map with the datasets developed by Dr. le Polain deContinue reading “Mennonite Colonies in Latin America”
Flowers in Concrete
Mary Ellen Solt (1920–2007) was an avant-garde poet from Gilmore City, Iowa. She worked in the concrete style: many of her poems are shaped as flowers or plants. For Solt, though, the flower was not just a thing of beauty: writing amid the cultural upheaval of the sixties and seventies, she found in the flowerContinue reading “Flowers in Concrete”
Introducing the Digital Scholarship & Publishing Studio’s 2023 Summer Fellows
The University of Iowa Graduate College and the UI Libraries Digital Scholarship & Publishing Studio are excited to announce that 11 graduate students have been selected for the 2023 Studio Summer Fellowship program. These individuals will soon take part in an 8-week course that provides mentored digital scholarship experience, as well as training in skillsContinue reading “Introducing the Digital Scholarship & Publishing Studio’s 2023 Summer Fellows”
Making Calligraphy Digital
For my Digital Publishing Scholarship & Studio Fellowship this summer, I am working with master calligrapher Cheryl Jacobsen to design her first textbook that will support the introductory calligraphy course she has taught at the University of Iowa for more than 20 years. As an MFA Candidate at the Center for the Book, I haveContinue reading “Making Calligraphy Digital”
“Getting situated, sizing down and translating across”
I began the Digital Publishing fellowship motivated to use the protected time to build a project that utilized digital methodologies to explore the impact of racism on maternal and infant health outcomes. As an applied Sociologist with interdisciplinary training, I wanted to use GIS mapping to visualize fruitful opportunities to build on existing quantitative measuresContinue reading ““Getting situated, sizing down and translating across””
The Incomplete Archive and Stories that Need to be Told
As I reflect on my work this summer, I stand amazed by how much is required to feel a finished project pull through. When I first started, I expected to create a complete archive of the aspects of the Great Migration that would make a holistic understanding of the period’s impact, reach, and legacies. However,Continue reading “The Incomplete Archive and Stories that Need to be Told”
Confronting Digital Architecture
This second half of my time with the fellowship has been marked by momentum, exploration, and maybe a little clarity! I have been amazed by how staying open to the lessons of the Digital Publishing Studio have nudged me in exciting but unforeseen directions, especially when I had imagined that at the very least, IContinue reading “Confronting Digital Architecture”
The Wallach Project
For the second portion of this summer fellowship, I’ve been focused on editing and organizing the digital collection for the Wallach Project. This requires editing, formatting, tagging, and categorizing hundreds of items before they are able to “go live” on the site. I am still making my way through these items, and imagine that thisContinue reading “The Wallach Project”