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The Life of the Object:
An Experimental Workshop and Conference on
Production, Consumption, and Creative Reuse in American Culture
Thursday - Sunday, April 7 - 10, 2011
The Mid-America American Studies Association (MAASA) Conference at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
(Schedule Subject to Change)
THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 2011
5:00-6:30 PM, Conrad A. Elvehjem Building, L150: Pen-Making Talk and Demonstration by Lynn Sorgatz: "The Work Of A Rogue Wisconsin Fountain Pen Maker"
7:00 PM: MAASA Board Members Meet With American Studies Faculty at UW
FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 2011
8:30-9:30 AM, Elvehjem L160: Keynote Address/Public Lecture by Dr. Hanna Rose Shell, assistant professor at MIT in the Program in Science, Technology, and Society, and Junior Fellow at the Harvard Society of Fellows: "Textile Salvage"
9:45-11:30 AM: Concurrent Sessions: Production
SESSION 1: Producing America: Appropriation and Consumption in Twentieth-Century Design
Moderator: Julia Allen, Assistant Professor, Scandinavian Studies
Elvehjem L160
● “The Making of the Movie Queen Films: When Audience and Subject Are One.” Kara Fagan, University of Iowa
● “Made in Scandinavia – Copied in the US: The American Appropriation of Scandinavian Product and Design Culture in the 50s and 60s.” Jørn Guldberg, University of Southern Denmark at Kolding
● “You’d Swear They Were Modern: Ruth Reeves, the Index of American Design, and the Canonization of Shaker Material Culture.” William D. Moore, University of North Carolina-Wilmington
SESSION 2: Assemblage
Moderator: Martha Glowacki, Director of the James Watrous Gallery and independent artist
Elvehjem L170
● “Recovering the Rubble: Assemblage Art in Los Angeles.” Paul Von Blum, UCLA
● “The Lives in the Object: Figural Totems Made with Natural Detritus.” Beverly Gordon, University of Wisconsin-Madison
● “Material Evolution: Ugandan Bark Cloth.” Lesli Robertson, University of North Texas
11:30 AM-12:30 PM: Lunch on Your Own
12:00-1:00 PM: Brown bag lecture with Hanna Rose Shell
12:30-2:15 PM: Concurrent Sessions: Production
SESSION 1: Imagined Materialities
Moderator: Lauren Kroiz, Assistant Professor, Art History and speaker
Elvehjem L140
● “Farmville: Online Overconsumption, Clutter, Social Connections, Memory and Meaning.” Mark Nelson, University of Wisconsin-Madison
● “Harry Potter Scarves and Plushies: Fandom Craft and the Tangible in the Age of the Internet.” Rebecca Keyel, University of Wisconsin-Madison
● “Remaking Critique: Michel Gondry’s Sweeding Protocol.” Benjamin Wiggins, University of Minnesota
SESSION 2: The Legacy of Work: Technology, Craft, and DIY
Moderator: Kate Smith, Hummel Fellow, Chipstone Foundation, Milwaukee
Elvehjem L150
● “Sew It Yourself: Embroidery in the DIY Movement.” Malka Salomon, University of Wisconsin-Madison
● “Garment/Research: A Point of Reference, a Portable System of Investigation and a Tool of Connection.” Kelly Cobb, University of Delaware
● “Textiles and Technology in the Nineteenth and Twenty-First Centuries: Handcraft and Industrial Production in Contemporary and Historical Contexts.” Amanda Grace Sikarskie, Michigan State University
2:15-2:30 PM: Coffee Break
2:30-6:15 PM, Elvehjem L140: Experimental Workshop: Exploring State Street and Post-Workshop Discussion with Hanna Rose Shell
6:15-7:30 PM, University Club: Reception with Drinks and Light Snacks; Display of Images/Videos from Interactive Event
6:00-9:00 PM: MAASA Board Meeting/Dinner on Your Own For Others
7:30-9:30 PM: Exhibition Opening Night on Willy Street! Two exhibits will be available for viewing:
--“The Life of the Object,” Drift Studio, 819 Williamson St.
“The Life of the Object” Featured Artists:
● Kelly Cobb, “Garment/Research: A Point of Reference, a Portable System of Investigation and a Tool of Connection.”
● Peter Fine and Carmen Giménez-Smith, “re-use-niks”
● James Thurman, “Ancient Art-i-facts of the Early 21st Century”
● Carole Frances Lung, “Made in Haiti”
--“Present Tense: Push and Pull in Contemporary Ceramics," Midwest Clay Project, 918 Williamson St.
SATURDAY, APRIL 9, 2011
8:00-8:30 AM, University Club: Continental Breakfast
8:30-10:15 AM: Concurrent Sessions: Consumption
SESSION 1: Material Negotiation of Social Control
Moderator: TBD
Elvehjem L140
● “The Tyranny of Bric-a-Brac.” Lauren Kroiz, University of Wisconsin-Madison
● “For the Articles: the Cultural War over Braille Playboy.” Alexis Stevens, University of Iowa
● “From Artifacts to People Facts: The Archeological Origins of Middle East Area Studies,” Matt Kohlstedt, George Washington University
SESSION 2: Reconsuming Art
Moderator: Sarah Fayen Scarlett, PhD Student, Art History
Elvehjem L150
● “The Work of Tapestry in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction.” K. L. H. Wells, University of Southern California
● “Change for Art: Repackaging Art Experiences through the Art-o-Mat.” Jennifer Scott, University of North Carolina-Wilmington
● “The Obsolete Becomes Eternal: the Paint-by-Numbers Fad and Its Reception.” Stephen Knott, Royal College of Art/Victoria & Albert Museum
SESSION 3: (De)constructing Class in Consumption and Design
Moderator: Jane Simonsen, Associate Professor of History and Women’s & Gender Studies, Augustana College
Elvehjem L160
● “Consuming Class: How the Media Portrays the Object as Wealth Signifier.” Simone Serwer, Independent Scholar
● “The Behavior Objective: Examining the Social Corrective in the Context of Sustainable Consumption.” Julia Dault, Parsons, The New School for Design
● “Thrifting: Trash to Treasure in the Goodwill ‘Bins,’” Jen Ayres, Cornell University
10:15-10:30 AM: Coffee Break
10:30-12:15 PM: Concurrent Sessions: Consumption
SESSION 1: Consumer Needs: Past, Present, and Future
Moderator: Mark Nelson, Associate Professor, Design Studies
Elvehjem L140
● “‘Hemingway Amidst Cheese and Crackers’: Booketerias, Public Culture, and Consumer Capitalism.” Derek Attig, University of Illinois-Urbana-Champagne
● “The Greed Imperative: The Role of User Needs in Design.” Prasad Boradkar, Arizona State University
● “What About Clothing? Exploring Material Culture Theory and Sustainability Issues in Clothing Practices.” Margarete Ordon, University of Wisconsin-Madison
SESSION 2: Materiality of Sound
Moderator: Stefan Osdene, PhD Student, Art History
Elvehjem L150
● “Boom! The Anti-Supersonic Flight Movement and the Materiality of Sound.” Craig Eley, University of Iowa
● “The Theremin at Home, on Stage and in Cinema.” Kelly Hiser, University of Wisconsin-Madison
● Jeremy Zima, Sounding and Visualizing Authenticity in Electric Guitar Culture, University of Wisconsin-Madison
12:15-1:15 PM: Lunch on Your Own
1:30-3:15 PM: Concurrent Sessions: Reuse
SESSION 1: Reconsuming and Remembering
Moderator: Diane Al Shihabi, PhD Student, Design Studies
Elvehjem L140
● “Eighteenth-Century Jewelry and the Recycling of Luxury.” Louisa E. Brouwer, University of Delaware
● “Remembering Grant Wood’s Veterans Memorial Window.” Allison Wanger, University of Iowa
● “Recycled Information: Consumption, Production, and Reuse in The Ethel Index.” Donald Snyder, University of Maryland-Baltimore
SESSION 2: Creating a Material Past
Moderator: Ann Smart Martin, Professor, Art History
Elvehjem L140
● “‘Nothing Material Happened’: The Materials of Matter in John Fitch’s Autobiography.” Ashley Hetrick, University of Illinois-Urbana-Champagne
● “Making an Alternative Past: Steampunk and Participatory Consumerism.” Sara K. Brunkhorst, University of North Carolina-Wilmington
● “Creating Stories, Consuming Memories: Western Vacation Scrapbooks, Albums and Slideshows.” Cinda Nofzinger, University of Iowa
3:15-3:30 PM: Coffee Break
3:30-5:15 PM: Concurrent Sessions: Reuse
SESSION 1: Changing Space, Changing Memory
Moderator: Sissel Schroeder, Professor, Anthropology
Elvehjem L140
● “Recycling Black Hawk: Ethnic Commodification and the Production of Leisure Space.” Jane Simonsen, Augustana College
● TBD
● “Creating Geodæsia: Land and Memory.” Kalie Wetovich, Miami University
SESSION2: Making Meaning and the Life Cycle of Objects
Moderator: Anna Andrzejewski, Associate Professor, Art History
Elvehjem L150
● “Dismantling the Ivory Tower: The Life and Times of the George L. Mosse Humanities Building.” Travis Olson, Independent Scholar
● “Dirty, Rotten Technology: The Social History of Compost in the United States.” Vanessa Nakoskie, University of Iowa
● “Driving Downtown: The Standardization of Urban Space and Meaning Making in Kansas City, Missouri.” Andrea Clark, University of Kansas
6:15-8:15 PM, University Club: Banquet and Closing Address by Ann Smart Martin
SUNDAY, APRIL 10, 2011
9:00 AM-11:30 AM, Elvehjem L150: MAASA/UW-Madison Roundtable
“Academic Work in the Age of the Neoliberal University: A MAASA Discussion on Contingency, Casualization, and the Campus Labor Movement.”
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