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Category Archives: News & Information
“Insurgent Public Space” book chapter is published
April 2010 — Irina, Tom, and Giorgia published their chapter in a book edited by UW Professor of Landscape Architecture Jeffrey Hou. Their chapter discussed the Urban Archives project as well as larger ideas about digital archiving and the use … Continue reading
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Ghost signs on Evening Magazine on KING-5 TV
July 14th, 2010 — Tom spoke with KING5 reporter Michael King about some of Seattle’s ghost signs, as well as these types of historic advertisements in general. Some of the ghost signs found in the segment, as well as others … Continue reading
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Students at Colorado State U create visual research projects
Spring 2009 –Students at Colorado State University create visual research projects on Flickr about different aspects of the city of Fort Collins, CO, such as the rich presence of ghost signs, the renovation and regulation of downtown alleyways, the local … Continue reading
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St. Martin’s U students create visual essays
Summer 2008–Students at SMU create Visual Essays about Olympia and Lacey, WA using Google MyMaps and Flickr. View Larger Map
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Urban Archives @ iSchool Research Conversation
[Link to the iSchool's events calendar] March 2008–Giorgia and Tom presented the Urban Archives project at the Information School‘s Research Conversation, a colloquium and discussion. The presentation addressed our project’s multiple aspects: a teaching tool, a resource and vehicle for … Continue reading
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Catalyst Spark Session on Student-Created Digital Content in UW Courses
Thursday, November 1, 2007 3:00 – 4:30 p.m. Odegaard Library, Room 220 Tom and Giorgia will join a panel of UW instructors to discuss how we have incorporated student-created content into the learning experience. Spark discussion and presentation points will … Continue reading
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KUOW decodes the writing on the wall
Irina appeared on local public radio station KUOW’s Weekday program, hosted by Steve Scher. Previously, Weekday producer David Hyde took a walking tour of University District graffiti with the Urban Archives. Listen to the program in MP3 or RealAudio.
New Search page for Digital Collections!
During the Spring Quarter of 2007, Jessie Shulman, an Informatics major at the UW’s Information School worked with us to research, design, and implement a new, custom interface to search our Digital Collections housed at the University of Washington Libraries. … Continue reading
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Experiments with technology
Spring 2007–This quarter students researched the histories of Seattle’s Central District One project, for example, focused on the history of the the people whose names were used in naming the parks and streets in Seattle’s Central District. Communication senior Jordan … Continue reading
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Seattle Times explores the meaning of graffiti
by Richard Seven, March 18, 2007 “FREMONT BUSTLES at its odd Bohemian-yuppie pace, but Tom Dobrowolsky, a University of Washington graduate student rapt by how we communicate in, and with, public space, stops to regard a metal door. Set back … Continue reading
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