Report

During the 2010-2011 academic year, Gabby Ferreira, '12, and Emma Westbrook, '12, assisted  with several aspects  of my ongoing research projects on Ethiopian visual culture. Emma added, categorized,  corrected, and sorted  images in Adobe Lightroom, the database I use to catalogue  photographs. We also collaborated  on the selection  of images for a chapter in a forthcoming  volume by Oxford University Press. Gabby focused on reviewing the online archives of Ethiopia's English-language  newspapers, a monumental task given how difficult the archives  are to search! After meeting with me to identify key topics, she reviewed hundreds of files to identify relevant articles and entered  citation information for each article into RefWorks.

Original proposal

The first project is an analysis of the repatriation of an Ethiopian obelisk. My WRP research assistant will continue library and Internet research into African cases of repatriation. S/he will evaluate articles, books, and websites, add relevant materials to an existing bibliography in RefWorks, and prepare copies of these materials. (S/he will also continue adding previously identified useful materials to an second existing RefWorks bibliography.)

The next project is an analysis of billboard/mural images used as a form of social education in Ethiopia. S/he will use Adobe Lightroom to add images to a previously established catalogue. S/he will also create a RefWorks bibliography of sources related to the use of billboards/murals as a means of social education. 3) Finally, s/he will use Lightroom to catalogue images of memorials, monuments, and museums in Ethiopia as well as conducting research through various databases to identify Ethiopian news media reports about memorials, monuments, and museums. These articles will then be added to a RefWorks bibiliography