A post by guest blogger Luke Fidler.
When George Washington presided over the 1787 convention that brought about the Constitution, he sat in a chair designed by Philadelphia furniture-maker John Folwell. I find Washington’s armchair to be a fitting example for thinking about how to weaponize the medieval art history syllabus in 2017.
This year, we held a pair of roundtables, one on “Material” and the other on “Collective.” In the MC spirit, these write-ups were collectively written and assembled.
The Material Collective Plays with Food: Art and Activism at the 2017 College Art Association Meeting in New York
Ok, everyone — we’ve all been there. We write articles and books, choosing the best images for our arguments, edit, revise, maybe get some feedback from a friend, make it through the agonies and ecstasies of peer review, and land a publication contract that specifies that “the author is solely responsible for obtaining permissions for […]
In the light of recent events, The Material Collective would like to affirm the following about our work to reform art history, medieval studies, and academia in general.
A large and growing portion of the academy is unemployed or underemployed, and we all must consider how we can address the situation.