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I thought I’d also chime in by saying that I too wish I could attend such a session, and by sharing a quote from Gustav Ecke that my husband likes to repeat. My husband was part of one of the first classes of students admitted at the East West Center at the Univ. of Hawaii. Gustav Ecke offered a casual, open-ended, Saturday art history class at the Honolulu Academy of Art. The quote involves Gustav holding a Chinese jade ritual object in his hands, closing his eyes, rubbing his fingers lovingly over the surface, and then exclaiming with delight as he opened his eyes: “soooo sensual, but abstract and spiritualized, don’t you know!” I know I can’t do him justice, but the point is that even in the analog age, object-centered learning was rather poignant.

On another point, perhaps related or parallel to this topic, it seems to me that material samples collections have grown in importance in architectural education during this ‘digital age.’ Presumably in response to the need for our students to be exposed to the physical properties of materials (weight, texture, light reflection, transparency, etc.).

Kudos to the symposium organizers,

Janine J. Henri

Architecture, Design, and Digital Services Librarian

and Arts and Humanities Collections Strategist

UCLA Arts Library

1400 Public Affairs Library

Box 959312

Los Angeles, CA 90095-1392

Tel: 310-206-4587

Fax: 310-825-1303

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From: ARLIS/NA List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Peter P Blank
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Subject: Re: [ARLIS-L] Object-Centered Learning symposium at Columbia University Libraries

Dear Roberto and colleagues,

I regret that it is not possible for me to attend this very interesting symposium offered by our good friends at Columbia. Nor will I be able to attend ARLIS in Texas.

But I do want to put a shout out to support a broader discussion across ARLIS regarding "object-centered learning," and what that means for us a collection builders and access providers in the 21st century art, architecture, and design library. At Stanford we are investing considerable time in working with faculty, students, and... what to call it? Object based instruction? Object based study? Good old "primary sources"?

Now at this point I either embark on the long harangue or simply state, whether I am working with students and our run of Novyi Lef, or squeezing one of our Kim Jones toy plastic rats ("...squeek, squeek, squeek..."), I am hoping to imbue the moment with some notion of the "authenticity."

Workshop, session, "Ask ARLIS" (remember those), seems a natural for conference programming in the future.

Required reading:

Pierre Bourdieu. The Field of Cultural Production. 1993.

This is a huge issue for us.

Huge.

Regards all,

Peter

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Subject: [ARLIS-L] Object-Centered Learning symposium at Columbia University Libraries

OBJECT-CENTERED LEARNING:

Experiencing the Authentic in a Digital Age

Symposium sponsored by Art Properties, Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library, Columbia University Libraries

Tuesday, February 17, 2015

9:00 am – 12:30 pm

Butler Library, Room 523

Columbia University

535 W. 114th St., New York, NY

Please join us for an engaging discussion of how close interactions with art works and cultural artifacts enhance classroom teaching across the disciplines, where digital presentation is often the norm. If you are in town for College Art Association's annual conference in New York City, be sure to stay a few days longer and attend this free symposium, open to the public at Columbia University.

Speakers include:

Deborah Cullen, Director and Chief Curator

Wallach Art Gallery, Columbia University
The Object in the Gallery: Teachable Moments in and along the Way

Roberto C. Ferrari, Curator of Art Properties

Avery Library, Columbia University
Buddhas, Bronzes, Ceramics, and a Cradleboard: Columbia’s Art Collections in the Classroom

Senta German, Andrew M. Mellon Foundation Teaching Curator

Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology, University of Oxford

Teaching and Learning at the First University Museum: The University Engagement Programme of the Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology at the University of Oxford

Michele D. Marincola, Sherman Fairchild Distinguished Professor of Conservation

Institute of Fine Arts Conservation Center, New York University

Partnering with Conservators for Object-Based Study and Learning

Avinoam Shalem, Riggio Professor of the History of the Arts of Islam

Department of Art History and Archaeology, Columbia University
What Do Objects Want?

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Roberto C. Ferrari, Ph.D.
Curator of Art Properties
Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library
Columbia University
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New York, NY 10027
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