Author: v736p828@wichita.edu

The Digital Methodologies for Print Culture and Archives Workgroup will hold its next session from 1 to 2 p.m. Wednesday, April 1 in 103A Ablah Library. As part of the group’s ongoing exploration of metadata practices, Lizzy Walker will present her collaborative project, “Indeks of Women in Horror.”

Workgroup sessions are open to all who are interested in attending, whether as audience members or active participants.

The “Building Futures: Printing Women” exhibition is currently on view at the Project Space Gallery at the McKnight Art Center and will run through March 27. A public reception will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, March 13 on the second floor of McKnight Art Center East.

The exhibition is part of an applied learning project in graphic design at the School of Art, Design, and Creative Industries, funded through the Kansas Applied Learning initiative. The project engages students in interdisciplinary research that combines archival investigation, historical analysis, independent publishing and exhibition design.

Through the project, “From Archive to Audience: Building Creative Entrepreneurship Through Editorial Design,” students engaged in research on print history. Working within a faculty-led research initiative, students learn about systems thinking, visual storytelling and the ability to translate historical research into contemporary design outcomes, preparing students to apply these skills in branding, identity design and other professional design contexts.

All faculty interested in interdisciplinary exchange and collaboration are invited to join this new workgroup, Digital Methodologies for Print Culture and Archives. The first orientation meeting will take place 2-3 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 4 at 202 Rhatigan Student Center, Shocker 70 Room.

The workgroup explores participatory digital archives as an evolving landscape of research infrastructure situated between digital humanities and digital cultural heritage. Participants will focus on how changing conditions, technologies and scales of participation are shaping the ways archival material is collected, structured, shared and interpreted.

The group is particularly attentive to preservation practices of printed matter produced in regions and contexts shaped by linguistic diversity and fragmented archival practices, where print production is inherently decentralized. The group explores heritage infrastructures in digital humanities as cultural, political and methodological systems.

The group aims to share methodologies, identify needs and explore collaborative possibilities across disciplines. Together, participants will have the opportunity to examine existing platforms and practices and begin shaping a collaborative research direction that connects print culture, archival work and digital methodologies.