Tweet Assistant director Cecilia Lindhé and I attended the inauguration of the Umeå School of Architecture yesterday. This is rector Peter Kjaer talking about the school: Inaugurations are symbolic acts, of course, but yesterday’s event had a particularly strong sense … Continue reading
Tweet Hi! My name is Heather Richards-Rissetto. I am a new postdoctoral fellow at the HUMlab. I am here with my husband-John-and my two sons-Enzo (2 1/2 years old) and Carlo (6 months old). We are looking forward to an … Continue reading
Tweet My body clock has adjusted back to Europe time; I have unpacked the last of my travel things and put away my suitcase. I have just returned from China, where I had the opportunity to give two seminars at … Continue reading
Tweet I attended a talk at the Hemispheric Institute yesterday by Kathleen Fitzpatrick, Pomona College (now visiting scholar in the Department of Media, Culture, and Communication at NYU). The talk was co-sponsored by Media Commons/The New Everyday, The Humanities Initiative … Continue reading
Tweet Hi there! My name is Coppélie – another new postdoc at Humlab! I am a folklorist, with a PhD degree in Sámi Studies from Umeå University. In my dissertation Revoicing Sámi narratives. North Sámi storytelling at the turn of … Continue reading
Tweet I spent yesterday afternoon at the American Museum of Natural History. More specifically I visited the Rose Center for Earth and Space and the Hayden Planetarium. I had a great time talking to Carter Emmart, Director of Astrovisualization. He … Continue reading
Tweet Second Life Yoshikaze “Up-in-the-Air” Residency presents Alan Sondheim 15 -22 September, 2010 @HUMlab, Umea University, Sweden Opening hours : 8AM-4PM (Weekdays) in HUMlab (beneath the UB library at Umeå University) Opening : 14:00-16:00, 15 September, 2010 Artist present via … Continue reading
