Migration, Urban Cultures and the Arts (2020-2021)
This project team examined the relationship between migration, urban development and cultural production, as observed through artistic production. Team members engaged with primary sources and existing datasets to investigate the the impact of migration on local visual cultures, as well as the social, political and regulatory reactions to these changes among immigrant and non-immigrant populations. Specific case studies focused on the Eighty Years' War and its effect on artist migration in the Low Countries as well as communism and artistic migration in the Soviet Union, Albania and Hong Kong.
Team members gained training in conducting data-driven research at the intersection of the humanities and social sciences. Research findings were summarized and visualized using Tableau.
This project built on the work of the Duke Art, Law and Markets Initiative (DALMI).
Timing
Fall 2020 – Spring 2021
Team Outputs
The Eighty Years' War and its Effect on Artist Migration in the Low Countries
This Team in the News
From Duke to the United Nations: Building Links Between Art and Migration
These Ph.D. Graduates Leveraged Bass Connections and Other Interdisciplinary Opportunities
Image: Latvian National Library - Riga, by TeaMeister, licensed under CC BY 2.0