two-day symposium on January 28th and 29th, 2011.
A student organized symposium, IDENTITY presents a wide range of views from
a variety of academic disciplines. We hope you will join us for two days of
presentations, conversations and events which engage artists and thinkers
with unique points of view on this topic. In conjunction with the program,
there will be an exhibition of current work by Academy students in the Forum
Gallery.
All presentations and panels will take place in the Cranbrook Institute of
Science Auditorium.
Please park in the parking deck adjacent to the building.
For directions to the Auditorium, please visit:
http://science.cranbrook.edu/contact-us
For more information on IDENTITY, visit:
http://contemporaryconnections.wordpress.com
FRIDAY January 28, 2011
3:00 pm
Welcome and Introductions
3:30 pm – 5:30 pm
Presentations and Panel Discussion: Identity and Art, Design, Architecture
Gregory Kordsmeier
Ph.D. Candidate, University of Wisconsin, Department of Sociology
The Creation of Artistic Identity by Individuals on the Periphery of Art
Worlds
Troy Oglesby
MFA Candidate, Cranbrook Academy of Art Architecture Department
Rectifying Resource Relocation: a solution focused approach to designing for
Internally Displaced Persons
Leslie Atzmon,
Professor, Eastern Michigan University, Art Department, Graphic Design and
Design History
Persuasive Identity (or Design Doesn't Exist in a Vacuum, You Know!)
Doug Skidmore
MFA Candidate, Cranbrook Academy of Art Architecture Department
Design Contained: Saarinen vs. SANAA - the identity of art, design and
architecture in synthetic practice today
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Identity Exhibition Opening and Speakers Reception (Forum Gallery)
SATURDAY January 29, 2011
10:00 am- 12:00 pm
Presentations and Panel Discussion : Identity and Place
Allison Rowe
MFA Candidate, California College of the Arts, Social Practice
Why Care About Canada? Canadian National Identity and its Natural Resources
Ilan Vit-Suzan
Ph.D. Candidate, University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture
Rome's Indigitamenta and Teotihuacan's "Masked Specialists: Political
Control over Multi-ethnic Populations through Abstract Art
Robert Dorgan
Associate Professor and Director, Downtown Design Center in UNLV's School of
Architecture
Crafting Identity in Small Town America
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Presentations and Panel Discussion : Identity and Culture
Jeremy S. Joseph
Ph.D. Candidate, University of Wyoming: Department of Psychology
Changes in Self-Identity Following a Traumatic Experience
Natascha van der Zwan
Ph.D. Candidate, New School for Social Research, Department of Politics
Introducing the Worker-Owner: Organized Labor and the Identity Politics of
Finance Capitalism
Petra Kuppers
Associate Professor of English, Women's Studies, Theatre and Dance, Art and
Design
Cross-cultural Experiments at the Site of Anthropology, in the Space of
Literature
Cranbrook Academy of Art & Art Museum
39221 Woodward Avenue
PO Box 801
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan 48303-0801
