# Passports: Knowledge Design Workshop, with Jeffrey Schnapp, Matthew Battles, Sarah Newman, Lucas Mertihikian, and Rodrigo del Rio, all Harvard University #### calendar\_today Date and Time **May 10, 2018** 02:00PM - 04:00PM EDT #### pin\_drop Location **Houghton Library** **Houghton Library** **Thursday, May 10, 2-4pm** **Register online: ** Passports signify sovereignty and control, the freedom of travel and the stricture of borders. Their design is bound up with the aesthetics of governmentality; their history is that of the nation-state itself. In the academy, we typically produce knowledge about such things in the form of written texts. But what other forms can knowledge of passports take? The concept of Knowledge Design marks a practice of discovering new forms for learning and discovery, taking cues from design, media, performance, and the graphic arts. In this workshop in connection with the exhibition *Passports: Lives in Transit*, members of metaLAB (at) Harvard will facilitate a playful exploration of knowledge-design possibilities, working with participants to uncover new ways of telling stories and making arguments about citizenship, travel, and state power past, present, and future. Workshop is limited to 15 people. Please register online to reserve a place: The workshop may be recorded. Jeffrey Schnapp, Professor of Romance Languages and Literature (FAS), Faculty Director of metaLAB (at) Harvard, a Faculty Co-director of the Berkman Klein Center. Matthew Battles, Associate Director, metaLAB (at) Harvard Sarah Newman, Creative Researcher, metaLAB (at) Harvard Passports co-curators Lucas Mertihikian and Rodrigo del Rio Image: Shirley Graham Du Bois’ African Passports: Ghana, 1963; Guinea, 1968; and Tanzania, 1972. Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Papers of Shirley Graham Du Bois, 1865-1998, MC 476. See also:- [ Conference ](/event-categories/conference) Share on:- [ Facebook ](#) - [ Twitter ](#) - [ Linkedin ](#) Save: [ Add to calendar calendar\_today ](https://bookhistory.harvard.edu/node/1310116/event-feed.ics) Copy link link