I hope this post finds you well, and enjoying the holiday
season!
The Material Culture Focus Group has been staying active and
having fun over the past few months. In
September we had our annual potluck dinner with students and faculty, and in
October we visited the UW Dairy Barn to learn about the history of the building
and the discovery of Vitamin D. Most
recently, we completed a mini-series of pottery courses at Wheelhouse Studios
in the Wisconsin Union.
There will be more fun activities and events to look forward
to when we return in January. Sarah
Carter from the Chipstone Foundation is planning an object-based workshop for
us, and we will be hosting TWO special lectures! Dr. Paula Lupkin from the University of North
Texas will be here in March (exact date TBD) to talk about her recent work on
the cultural landscapes of beer, and Dr. Michael Dietler from the University of
Chicago will be here on April 10th to give his lecture entitled: “Material Culture and Colonial
Encounters: Consumption and Entanglement in Ancient Mediterranean France.”
More
information to come soon - we look forward to seeing you at some of these
events!
