Table of Contents
Acknowledgments xi
Notes on Contributors xiii
Introduction 1A. Joan Saab, Aubrey Anable, and Catherine Zuromskis
Part I Scenes from the Institutionalization of the Field
1 Practices of Visual Culture Pedagogy 9Lisa Cartwright and Marita Sturken
2 Horizontal Thinking and the Emergence of Visual Culture 21Louis Kaplan
3 An Interview with W. J. T. Mitchell 39
4 A Conversation with Douglas Crimp 45
5 A Dialogue 51Richard Meyer and Jon Davies
6 Scene Selection: Objects Lost and Found 67Sharon Willis
Part II Key Concepts
A. Histories
Introduction 79A. Joan Saab
7 The Archive 81Jane Blocker
8 Observance 97Marquard Smith
9 Temporality 117Joel Burges
10 Ephemerality 137Kate Palmer Albers
B. Ecologies
Introduction 155Catherine Zuromskis
11 Environment 157Ross Barrett
12 Architectures 177Irene Cheng
13 Sites 201Norman Vorano
14 Vernaculars 221James J. Hodge
C. Mediation
Introduction 239Aubrey Anable
15 The Document 241Franny Nudelman
16 Form 259Eugenie Brinkema
17 Play 277Braxton Soderman
18 Memes 295Margot Bouman
D. Agencies
Introduction 313A. Joan Saab
19 Subjects 315Eve Meltzer
20 Making 335Laurie Beth Clark and Michael Peterson
21 Institutions 357Sarah E. K. Smith
22 Species 375Gloria C. S. Kim
E. Politics
Introduction 391Catherine Zuromskis
23 The Social 393Lane Relyea
24 Identities 403Derek Conrad Murray
25 Representation 421Chad Elias
26 Feelings 441Scott C. Richmond
27 Action 459T. J. Demos
Index 477