REPRESENTING MATERIAL CULTURE
AROUND THE WORLD

Chairs:         Constance Moffatt, Los Angeles Pierce College
                  Nina Berson, Los Angeles Pierce College

Participants included:

Jeanne S.M. Willette, Otis College of Art and Design
         Introduction: Material Culture Studies as Art History

Birgitta Lindros Wohl, California State University, Northridge
         Material and Culture: Let There Be Light!

Briana Simmons, California State University, Northridge
         Global Images, Local Context: Chromolithograph use in the Ethiopian Orthodox Church

Sean Roberts, University of Southern California
         The Everyday and the Distant: Ottoman and Egyptian Costume in the          Paintings of Tintoretto

Ramela Abbamontian, Los Angeles Pierce College
         “Let’s Have some Surj”: Drinking Coffee and Creating Community in the Armenian Diaspora

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