As part of the coursework for the Spring 2015 Penn-PMA Curatorial Seminar taught by Professor Julie Davis and Curator Shelley Langdale at the University of Pennsylvania, students wrote essays inspired by the concept of “a sense of place.” Abstracts of these papers and summaries of student presentations on “famous” sites in Philadelphia are included here, along with a video of Daniel Heyman’s demonstration of Japanese woodblock printmaking.
 … Carefully Constructed: Reading the Nuremberg Cityscape in the Nuremberg Chronicle |
 … a Visual and Textual Exploration of The Garden of the Unsuccessful Politician and The Garden Zhi |
 … a Spectacle: A Description of the Arrival of a Dutch Trading Vessel in Edo-Period Nagasaki |
 … Beautiful Ugliness: Elizabeth Klein’s Prints of Korea |
 … National Ideology and a Historical Witness |
 … Creative Inspiration: Howard Hodgkin’s Indian Views Series |
 … a Sanctuary: Locating the Comb Sisters |
 … Performed: A Body in a Station by Eiko |
 … its History: Exploring Famous Sites in Philadelphia |
 … Printed: Japanese Woodcut Print Demonstration with Daniel Heyman |