{"id":8584,"date":"2023-04-17T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-17T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/rbsc\/?p=8584"},"modified":"2026-07-09T16:18:29","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T20:18:29","slug":"special-collections-in-the-classroom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/rbsc\/special-collections-in-the-classroom\/","title":{"rendered":"Special Collections in the Classroom: Notre Dame Students\u2019 Online Exhibition Hidden Depths<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

by Rachel Bohlmann, Curator of North Americana and American History Librarian<\/em><\/a> and Erika Hosselkus, Curator of Latin Americana and Strategic Implementation Project Manager<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This week Special Collections highlights an online exhibition created by Notre Dame students in their fall 2022 class, Stories of Power and Diversity: Inside Museums, Archives and Collecting. The exhibition, Hidden Depths: Resurfacing the Overlooked and Underrepresented<\/a><\/em>, brings together materials from  the University of Notre Dame\u2019s campus repositories\u2013Rare Books and Special Collections, the Snite Museum of Art, and University Archives\u2013selected and interpreted by the students. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The items displayed here vary in format, time period, medium, style, and content\u2013abstract painting, sculpture, installation art, photographs, and collections of historic documents\u2013and are created by people of diverse backgrounds and experiences. Their selection reflects the themes of the class, which were to explore the history of collecting in Europe and North America and some of the field\u2019s major questions, including, what has been left out? Where are there gaps and silences in collections and archives? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eight students applied a curatorial gaze to these materials, to examine how they do and do not intersect with themes of diversity. While these curators recognize the diverse identities of the creators of these objects, the showcases comprising this exhibition point viewers to hidden depths. They ask that we consider how identities are nuanced through regional conditions, educational background, economic forces, and personal trauma. And just as importantly, the curators of the show consider how identity and diversity are not always directly linked in one’s art or expression. They also demand that consumers of these pieces of art and historical sources work to apprehend the complexities behind their creation. By extension, they suggest that we take a careful second look in other contexts, beyond the online gallery or the museum. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This exhibition offers interpretation, but it also asks questions, and challenges viewers even as it invites them to connect with holdings in the University of Notre Dame\u2019s campus repositories. Information about the student curators and their experiences in this course can be found in the personal statements at the end of each showcase. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hidden Depths<\/a><\/em> showcases ways in which students engaged with special collections materials over a semester-long project. The result is a display that uncovers, refocuses and takes an imperative second look.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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