[Discussion] Vernacular Reframed

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*Vernacular Reframed*

November 5 & 6th, 2004 Registration: Available beginning August 15, 2004
at www.bu.edu/art
Location: Boston University, Boston, MA
Organization: Boston University Art Gallery

Description: A two-day interdisciplinary academic conference
re-examining the definition of the vernacular in conjunction with the
exhibition, In the Vernacular: Everyday Photographs from the Rodger
Kingston Collection. The conference will explore the social practices
within which photographs have been produced and consumed through the
following topics: approaches to the vernacular, a vernacular history of
photography, vernacular pictures and practices, and the vernacular
collector. Panelists include: Alan Trachtenberg and Geoffrey Batchen.

	Rebekah Lamb
Boston University Art Gallery
855 Commonwealth Avenue
Boston, MA 02215
Tel: 617-353-3329
Fax: 617-353-4509

Email: lambo@bu.edu <mailto:lambo@bu.edu>
Visit the website at http://www.bu.edu/art