Event Details

End: July 11, 2014
Contact: SenA@uwm.edu
More Info: www.SeeSchool.weebly.com

Picturing Milwaukee: Washington Park Summer 2014 Buildings-Landscapes-Cultures Field School Buildings-Landscapes-Cultures, School of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee This summer course provides students an immersion experience in field recording the built environment and cultural landscapes and an opportunity to learn how to write history literally “from the ground up.” The 2014 field school focuses on Washington Park, a racially, economically and culturally diverse neighborhood known for its artist communities and active neighborhood groups. A recent influx of Somali and Burmese refugees has added to an existing diverse group of white, African American, and Hmong residents. The five-week course calendar covers a broad array of academic skills. Workshops during Week 1 will focus on photography, measured drawings, documentation and technical drawings; no prior experience is necessary. Week 2 will include workshops on oral history interviewing and digital ethnography. Week 3 is centered on mapping and archival research. Week 4 and 5 will be devoted to producing final reports and multi-media documentaries. Students will learn how to “read” buildings within their urban material, social, ecological and cultural contexts, create reports on historic buildings and cultural landscapes and produce multimedia documentaries. Contact Assoc. Prof. Arijit Sen for more information: SenA@uwm.edu.