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Full-Text Articles in Arts and Humanities
History, Memory, And Historic Districts In Chicago, Theodore J. Karamanski
History, Memory, And Historic Districts In Chicago, Theodore J. Karamanski
History: Faculty Publications and Other Works
Across America, National Register Historic Districts have done a better job helping to preserve building stock and stabilize communities than they have of meeting the articulated goal of With a Heritage So Rich, the foundational 1966 study that gave birth to the National Register of Historic Places. According to that report, historic sites were to “give a sense of orientation to our society” and help to implant in people “values of time and place.” This article looks at the evolution of historic districts in Chicago, Illinois through the lens of public memory. It explores the relationship between “official” memory …
Oates, William Alfred, 1878-1918 (Sc 2296), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Oates, William Alfred, 1878-1918 (Sc 2296), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2296. Letters (44) from William Alfred Oates to his wife Alva Oates, written from Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana and Mississippi before and after their marriage. Oates writes of his affection for her, their future, her enrollment in school in Bowling Green, and his itinerary as a traveling salesman. Includes letters (21) to Alva Oates from friends and family after her husband's sudden death from peritonitis.
Polish Immigrants And Chicago's Progressive Parks: Creating Public Space In The City, Dominic Pacyga
Polish Immigrants And Chicago's Progressive Parks: Creating Public Space In The City, Dominic Pacyga
Dominic Pacyga
No abstract provided.
Interview With Helen Shiller, Jacob Martin Lingan
Interview With Helen Shiller, Jacob Martin Lingan
Chicago Anti-Apartheid Movement
Length: 50 minutes
Oral history interview of Helen Shiller by Jacob Martin Lingan
Ms. Shiller first outlines the path that led her to forming the Anti-Apartheid Ordinance, beginning with her work with the Minister of Information for ZANU (Zimbabwe African National Union) and a trip to Zimbabwe, Mozambique, and South Africa, which led to her interest in the latter. She recalls how, when she returned to Chicago, she was motivated to strengthen legislation against the Apartheid government. She describes the process they went through to force Chicago banks to divest from South Africa, which happened to coincide with Nelson Mandela’s …
Nor Sanavongsay Interview, Sittha Abhay
Nor Sanavongsay Interview, Sittha Abhay
Asian American Art Oral History Project
Nor's Biography:
My name is Nor, pronounce Naw, I was born in Thailand. My family moved to the US when I was four years old. We landed in Kingport, TN and stayed with our sponsors for about six months before heading up to Illinois.
I grew up watching Transformers, Bruce Lee movies, Thundercats, and all the great 80's cartoons. I also have a facination with comic books and graphic novels. I began drawing at the age of six with my uncle as a mentor. I honed my artistic skills as the years pass by.
Nor's Websites:
Lani Montreal Interview, Thi Navi Thach
Lani Montreal Interview, Thi Navi Thach
Asian American Art Oral History Project
2010 interview with Filipina teacher, writer, performer Lani T. Montreal by Thi Navi Thach
Ann Poochareon Interview, Christina Yang
Ann Poochareon Interview, Christina Yang
Asian American Art Oral History Project
2010 interview with new media artist Ann Poochareon by Christina Yang
Tatsu Aoki Interview, Brian Callahan
Tatsu Aoki Interview, Brian Callahan
Asian American Art Oral History Project
2010 interview with musician Tatsu Aoki
Li Lin Lee Interview, Barry Au
Li Lin Lee Interview, Barry Au
Asian American Art Oral History Project
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Artist Biography
Li Lin Lee is a self-taught painter who over the years has attended many exhibitions. Many of his earlier exhibitions had his group panel paintings while later ones displayed solo works. Born in Jakarta, Indonesia, he studied biochemistry at the University of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania. He has traveled many places in Southeast Asia. Among his solo exhibitions: Symbiology and Urban Archaeology was displayed at Walsh Gallery in Chicago in 2001 and 2008 respectively.
Tina Ramirez Interview, Karina Lopez
Tina Ramirez Interview, Karina Lopez
Asian American Art Oral History Project
2010 interview with poet Tina Ramirez
Von Kommanivanh Interview, John Pluciennik
Von Kommanivanh Interview, John Pluciennik
Asian American Art Oral History Project
2010 interview with Loatian born/Chicago based painter Von Kommanivahn by John Pluciennik
Rominna Villasenor Interview, Jamelle Apolinar
Rominna Villasenor Interview, Jamelle Apolinar
Asian American Art Oral History Project
2010 interview with writer, performer, visual artist Rominna Villasenor by Jamelle Apolinar
Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai Interview, Flor Sigaran
Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai Interview, Flor Sigaran
Asian American Art Oral History Project
Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai is a Chicago-born, Brooklyn-based Chinese Taiwanese American spoken word artist who fights for cultural pride and survival through how she spits and how she lives.
Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai has been featured in over 400 performances worldwide at venues including the Nuyorican Poets Cafe, the House of Blues, the Apollo Theater, Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, and three seasons of the award-winning “Russell Simmons Presents HBO Def Poetry.” The author of Inside Outside Outside Inside (2004) and Thought Crimes (2005) and the CD Infinity Breaks (2006), Tsai has shared stages with Mos Def, KRS-One, Sonia Sanchez, Talib Kweli, Erykah …
Sacred Spaces, Public Places: The Intersection Of Religion And Space In Three Chicago Communities, 1869-1932, Elizabeth Hoffman Ransford
Sacred Spaces, Public Places: The Intersection Of Religion And Space In Three Chicago Communities, 1869-1932, Elizabeth Hoffman Ransford
Dissertations
Manifestations of religion in the built environment and in conceptions of space illuminate a variety of cultural impulses. As the most tangible display of religion on the landscape, religious structures embody and shape the theological understandings, cultural assumptions, and social aspirations of believers; sacred buildings convey how congregations perceive themselves and how they aspire to be perceived by others. Moreover, because houses of worship serve as visible markers of the cultural authority and political status of their builders, religious structures also reflect the secular values and aesthetic fashions of the public sphere. In less materially tangible ways, religious groups' engagement …
The Cultural Politics Of Slam Poetry: Race, Identity, And The Performance Of Popular Verse In America (Book Review), Matthew Oware
The Cultural Politics Of Slam Poetry: Race, Identity, And The Performance Of Popular Verse In America (Book Review), Matthew Oware
Sociology and Anthropology Faculty Publications
Review of the book, The Cultural Politics of Slam Poetry: Race, Identity, and the Performance of Popular Verse in America, by Susan Somers-Willett, University of Michigan Press, 2009