Jesse R. Erickson (UDelaware): "A Brief Introduction to Ethnobibliographic Method." A George Parker Winship Workshop
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WORKSHOPS EXPLORING RACE AND TEXT
This workshop looks at synergies of race and text from the lens of the material. It will go over core concepts in ethnobibliography, which documents and analyzes relationships in bibliographic materiality and the social construction of racial and ethnic identity. More specifically, the workshop is designed as a guided exploration of particular connections that tie graphic design trends and production techniques to their broader impact on racial and ethnic representation. During this workshop, the more technical rudiments of ethnobibliographic method will be applied to printed books and ephemera from a comparatively limited range of historical periods. Introduced will be a bibliographically rooted, ethnological approach to the analysis of such material characteristics as typography, layout, binding, paper, and illustration. The workshop will feature activities that encourage participants to engage critically with various examples of print production.
ABOUT THE WORKSHOP LEADER
Jesse R. Erickson is the Coordinator of Special Collections and Digital Humanities, Assistant Professor in the Department of English in the College of Arts and Sciences, and Associate Director of the Interdisciplinary Humanities Research Center at the University of Delaware. He previously worked as a bibliographic researcher and archival processor in the Manuscripts Division of the Charles E. Young Research Library and the Center for Oral History Research at the University of California, Los Angeles. His research focuses on ethnobibliography, alternative printing and non-canonical textuality, African American print culture, and the transnational publishing history of the works of Ouida.