Comments on: Two Epiphanies and a Manifesto http://smarthistory.org/blog/231/two-epiphanies-and-a-manifesto/ Our Thoughts on Teaching & Technology Thu, 19 Aug 2010 15:31:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Art History Newsletter : Smarthistory http://smarthistory.org/blog/231/two-epiphanies-and-a-manifesto/comment-page-1/#comment-39685 Art History Newsletter : Smarthistory Wed, 25 Feb 2009 16:19:48 +0000 http://smarthistory.org/blog/?p=231#comment-39685 [...] are academics and the creators of smarthistory.org, where they also maintain a blog. In one recent entry, they contrast Stanley Fish’s recent obit for the humanities with the Digital Humanities [...] [...] are academics and the creators of smarthistory.org, where they also maintain a blog. In one recent entry, they contrast Stanley Fish’s recent obit for the humanities with the Digital Humanities [...]

]]> By: Juliana http://smarthistory.org/blog/231/two-epiphanies-and-a-manifesto/comment-page-1/#comment-38784 Juliana Thu, 29 Jan 2009 01:03:37 +0000 http://smarthistory.org/blog/?p=231#comment-38784 Peter - These are great identifications for the Höch photomontage...all of my (or should I say "our") knowledge (correct or not) about the image comes from a lot of looking and reading—and now, because of these website podcasts, Flickr photos, Twitter posts, and blogging, we're incorporating social networking into the learning model for art history! This is one of the goals of Smarthistory, so I guess we're…scoring? Winning? Maybe everyone wins with this. One of the best parts of Smarthistory is our emphasis on participatory learning. To that end, we're modifying our site to enable visitor contributions and commentary. Such changes, of course, do not happen as instantaneously as we'd like: in the meantime, however, what would be ideal is for you to visit the Hannah Höch Flickr page [http://www.flickr.com/photos/32535532@N07/3179940950/in/pool-smarthistory] and do some notations on the image! Wouldn't it be great if we could identify all the figures in the piece? I'm sure one or two scholars have already done all that hard work, and you also have some great factoids to add, but I've never seen her fantastic work mapped out completely, with everything and everyone identified for all to see—and don't you think it should be done here?!? Flickr may not be perfect for this undertaking, but it's a great start…so go for it! Make notes, write comments, and contribute! And if anyone else has more info for Höch's "Cut with the Kitchen Knife," please add what you can! Peter –
These are great identifications for the Höch photomontage…all of my (or should I say “our”) knowledge (correct or not) about the image comes from a lot of looking and reading—and now, because of these website podcasts, Flickr photos, Twitter posts, and blogging, we’re incorporating social networking into the learning model for art history! This is one of the goals of Smarthistory, so I guess we’re…scoring? Winning? Maybe everyone wins with this.

One of the best parts of Smarthistory is our emphasis on participatory learning. To that end, we’re modifying our site to enable visitor contributions and commentary. Such changes, of course, do not happen as instantaneously as we’d like: in the meantime, however, what would be ideal is for you to visit the Hannah Höch Flickr page [http://www.flickr.com/photos/32535532@N07/3179940950/in/pool-smarthistory] and do some notations on the image! Wouldn’t it be great if we could identify all the figures in the piece? I’m sure one or two scholars have already done all that hard work, and you also have some great factoids to add, but I’ve never seen her fantastic work mapped out completely, with everything and everyone identified for all to see—and don’t you think it should be done here?!? Flickr may not be perfect for this undertaking, but it’s a great start…so go for it! Make notes, write comments, and contribute!

And if anyone else has more info for Höch’s “Cut with the Kitchen Knife,” please add what you can!

]]> By: Peter http://smarthistory.org/blog/231/two-epiphanies-and-a-manifesto/comment-page-1/#comment-38760 Peter Tue, 27 Jan 2009 13:40:46 +0000 http://smarthistory.org/blog/?p=231#comment-38760 Good points. Snow day here today. No snow days online. Started putting lectures on itunesu last spring. NB: Just listened to the discussion on "Cut With the Kitchen Knife." Pretty good. But, after saying it's so chaotic, you all point out (some) of the organization. It's very organized, composed, as is all of her work. Also, no Karl Liebknecht in it (that's a guy named Trost, speaking at a rally of sailors), or (here to the Flickr site) Walter Rathenau (an common misidentification, probably the hardest one in the work) but an obscure artistocrat. Watch for my forthcoming book "Objects as History in 20th-Century German Art (California, 2010), which offers in one of its studies a new interpretation... Good points. Snow day here today. No snow days online. Started putting lectures on itunesu last spring. NB: Just listened to the discussion on “Cut With the Kitchen Knife.” Pretty good. But, after saying it’s so chaotic, you all point out (some) of the organization. It’s very organized, composed, as is all of her work. Also, no Karl Liebknecht in it (that’s a guy named Trost, speaking at a rally of sailors), or (here to the Flickr site) Walter Rathenau (an common misidentification, probably the hardest one in the work) but an obscure artistocrat. Watch for my forthcoming book “Objects as History in 20th-Century German Art (California, 2010), which offers in one of its studies a new interpretation…

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