Clark University's Higgins School of Humanities kicks off Spring Symposium

Thursday, Feb. 1 Clark University’s Higgins School of Humanities hosts its spring symposium, Analog & Digital Conversations. The symposium will invite much thought behind the discussions between analog and digital technologies.

“Analog processes convey a sense of craft and authenticity, suggesting a more direct relationship between maker, artifact, and beholder, but they may also be perceived as quaint and fetishized, rarified precisely because of labor intensive exclusivity…By contrast, digital processes can simultaneously appear efficient and overwhelming, progressive and impersonal, radically accessible and avariciously monetized,” said Meredith Neuman, Director of the Higgins School of Humanities.

The first exhibit will begin with an African-American series from Lou James, a Boston-based photographer. James found inspiration from William Bullard, who based his work on African-American descendants in Worcester. Undergraduates at Clark University have been focusing on both James’ and Bullard’s work and have designed the exhibition to hold James’ work.

Listed below are the following symposium events that will be held on the Clark University campus in Dana Commons on 36 Maywood St., Worcester. Admission is free to the public.

For more information, call (508) 793-7479 or visit www2.clarku.edu/higgins-school-of-humanities/.

Exhibit

“Descendants” An Exhibition by Lou Jones

On display through May 20

Artist Conversation and Opening Reception

Thursday, Feb. 1, at 7 p.m.

Higgins Lounge, Second Floor, Dana Commons

Poetry Reading

Reaper: Poems on Technology and Humanity

Wednesday, Feb. 7 at 7 p.m.

Higgins Lounge, Second Floor, Dana Commons

Community Conversation