Corey Dzenko, Ph.D., associate professor of art history in the Department of Art and Design, is scheduled to present “Haruka Sakaguchi and Marvin Heiferman: Photography and Living Through the COVID-19 World,” at the international symposium Air Matters: Air and Environmental Health in the (Post-) COVID-19 World, hosted by the University of Vienna on Nov. 21.
Dzenko will deliver her presentation during the “Flash Talk: Pandemic Frames: Histories, Spaces, Impacts” portion of the conference, which is currently scheduled for 9:30 to 10:20 a.m.
“I am excited to be able to share my work about the social uses of photography, specifically within the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, with a larger audience. Tatiana Konrad, who is organizing the event, has become a key contributor to the field of Environmental Humanities, now with multiple book projects and symposia. It’s wonderful to be able to present my scholarship to a growing group of scholars, and I am grateful to Konrad for inviting me to participate,” Dzenko said.
In her presentation, Dzenko explores the ways Sakaguchi, documentary photographer, and Heiferman, curator and writer, used the practice of taking and sharing a photograph online each day to cope with living through the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Air Matters will celebrate four years of successful collaboration in the project “Air and Environmental Health in the (Post-) COVID-19 World,” and revisits one of the key concerns of the project: how air shapes and is shaped by human activity, perception, and imagination.
The symposium is free via Zoom, but registration is required. To register, please email air.anglistik@univie.ac.at.