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Garrett W. O’Brien
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Uncatalogued
Amid an ongoing lawsuit contesting the Peabody Museum’s possession of a series of daguerreotypes that depict two enslaved people, scholars and activists have focused their attention on the museum’s collection and acquisition practices. But the daguerreotypes central to the lawsuit were only discovered in the Peabody’s collection in 1976 — a discovery that raises questions about what other objects may languish uncatalogued and anonymous in the boxes, racks, and milk crates the museum secrets away.
Next Up On Harvard Divinity School’s Playlist: Jesus is King
From being "broken down" by the Devil in "The College Dropout" to proclaiming himself a god on "Yeezus," Kanye West now "bows down to the King upon the throne" in his latest release "Jesus Is King," a self-proclaimed gospel album. While some gospel artists have embraced the album, music critics have largely dismissed it as inauthentic.
Power Outage, Five Years Later
“In summary, we totally f*#ked up this Kickstarter campaign,” admits Uncharted Play.
Veritas Meets Diets
I don’t think this diet is for me — the 1980s, it seems, were a time more conducive to spontaneous aerobic dance.
The Art of Loitering
The cultural work produced in the class ranges from oil paintings to playing the same note on the Sitar for an hour.