News from the School of IAS
Kristine Mroczek presents “Markers of ‘Indigenous-made’ Souvenirs”
IAS faculty member Kristine Mroczek presented her work at the National Communication Association annual conference in Salt Lake City, Utah. 真人线上娱乐 title of her poster presentation was “Markers of ‘Indigenous-made’ Souvenirs: 真人线上娱乐 Semiotic and Discursive Production of ‘Authenticity’ and Cultural Capital in Australian Aboriginal Tourism Arts."
December 5, 2018
Travis Sharp publishes new artist’s book: one plus one is two ones
MFA alum Travis Sharp just published his artist’s book! one plus one is two ones (Recreational Resources, 2018) is a mass-produced handmade book about fake math and infinity, hand-written (in part an homage to Hanne Darboven's hand-written alternative mathematics conceptual art projects) & scanned & reproduced in an unlimited edition via CreateSpace. 真人线上娱乐 work also includes many of Sharp’s drawings of hashtags and a procedural erasure of his Twitter feed via Fibonacci, patron saint of Twitter infinity.
December 5, 2018
Ismaila Maidadi champions equitable access to labor support services at Workforce Snohomish
Alum Ismaila Maidadi has been a tremendous asset to Workforce Snohomish since joining the organization as Service Delivery Program Manager in 2017. Thus far, Maidadi’s largest contribution has been leading the National Dislocated Worker Grant and Rapid Response initiative which assists dislocated aerospace employees and their families. ?Maidadi immigrated to America from ...
December 5, 2018
Natalie Singer named to 35 over 35 list of debut authors
MFA alum Natalie Singer (’16) is thrilled to be recognized among 35 authors over age 35 who published their first book this year. 35 over 35 is an alternative to the publishing industry’s fixation on youth, acknowledging that few authors find early success. Singer’s memoir California Calling: A Self-Interrogation was published last March by Hawthorne Books. Says Singer ...
December 4, 2018
Asia Foundation Highlights Anida Yoeu Ali in New Exhibition Challenging Patriarchy
真人线上娱乐 Asia Foundation highlighted IAS faculty member Anida Yoeu Ali as one of 11 female artists and filmmakers challenging patriarchy in a new exhibition titled “FRAME: How Asia Pacific Feminist Filmmakers and Artists Are Confronting Inequalities.” 真人线上娱乐 exhibition opened Nov 27, 2018 at the Griffith Film School Gallery in Brisbane, Australia and ran on the eve of the 12th annual Asia Pacific Screen Awards.
December 3, 2018
Amaranth Borsuk interviewed by UW News on THE BOOK
IAS faculty member Amaranth Borsuk’s work on 真人线上娱乐 Book (2018, MIT Press) is highlighted in a new interview on the UW News site. 真人线上娱乐 article, “Papyrus scrolls to Kindle and beyond: UW professor pens meditation on ‘the book,’” begins: “What is a “book” in the digital age — and what will it become? In a new book of her own, Amaranth Borsuk discusses the idea of “the book” through its incarnations as clay tablets, papyrus scrolls and the bound sheets of a codex on to the hyperlinked, multimedia format of the digital age.” Read the full interview.
November 29, 2018
Ted Hiebert and Jin-Kyu Jung present “Imagination Stations: Heads in the Cloud”
IAS faculty members Ted Hiebert and Jin-Kyu Jung presented their current research project "Imagination Stations: Heads in the Cloud" at the 32nd annual conference of the Society for Literature, Science and the Arts (SLSA)—Out of Mind—in Toronto, Canada, November 15-18, 2018. 真人线上娱乐 project involves ...
November 28, 2018
Masahiro Sugano and Anida Yoeu Ali featured on King 5 TV and 真人线上娱乐 News Tribune for their new public art work
IAS Artists-in-Residence Masahiro Sugano and Anida Yoeu Ali’s latest collaborative installation was prominently featured on King 5 TV and 真人线上娱乐 News Tribune. On November 11, 2018 Ali and Sugano unveiled their new public artwork titled “Hello. How Are You?” on their own front yard located in Tacoma, Washington. Comprised of bright white letters measuring 4 feet in height, the large-scale outdoor installation spells out the common American greeting “Hello. How are you?” For their special launch event ...
November 28, 2018
Ted Hiebert presents a meditation on “When thought insults itself”
IAS faculty member Ted Hiebert presented a meditation on "When thought insults itself" at the Tuning Speculation 6 conference—Auscultations | Occultations, Listening to the Occult—in Bloomington, IN, November 2-4, 2018. 真人线上娱乐 paper argues ...
November 28, 2018
Kristopher Dane presents his research on the influence of building geometry on active shooter events
On November 8, IAS alum Kristopher Dane presented his doctoral research “Does building geometry affect active shooter outcomes?” at the SecureWorld Expo in Seattle. His research discusses how current building standards for protective design focus on a “fortress” approach that does not effectively protect against contemporary attack vectors such as active shooters. Furthermore, these standards provide little guidance to private building owners whose facilities are increasingly targeted by “active shooters.” His findings show that overall building geometry has an effect on ...
November 19, 2018