hi all,
i've been reading this discussion with interest--but finally felt like
weighing in..i, for one, would seriously not like losing the designation
of being a 'library' association....that term has legitimacy, concerning
documentation, as sherman mentionned. there is a link to scholarship
and subject depth. the field has changed, obviously, and the VRA is also
a significant organization; i'm not saying otherwise.
but being a 'library' association has cultural meaning all it's own.
Anne Haas
Bowdoin College
Brunswick, Maine
Sherman Clarke wrote:
>Kathy,
>Your suggested name "Visual Culture Association of North America" is
>interesting to me, as is your tale of Miss Lucas, Wolfgang Freitag, and
>the Fogg then and now. You, of course, also remember some of the
>society discussions in the last 1970s about name changes. What is
>especially interesting to me about your name suggestion is the lack of
>any element of documentation.
>
>While the name is only part of the game, there is a Visual Culture
>Caucus in College Art as well as all sorts of Google hits for
>organizations using "visual culture" in their name.
>
>Sherman Clarke
>NYU Libraries
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