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MOSAIC Research Guides

What does MOSAIC stand for? Multimedia Online Sources for Access and Inclusivity Curriculum. These resources support research related to inclusivity, diverse ideas, equitability, and access across the disciplines of art, design, and merchandising.

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Art and the Holocaust

The research guide focuses on the intersection of art and the Holocaust from the viewpoints of those directly affected.

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Fashion and Ethics

This guide provides an introduction to fashion and ethics, providing a wide array of resources (articles to podcasts), and a select group of case studies at the intersection of fashion and ethics.

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Indigenous Design

This guide focuses on what indigenous design means--moving beyond just the aesthetic value. Resources include articles, as well as linked firms and designers.

Corporate Social and Environmental Responsibility

This guide serves as a resource for M109 Apparel Industries.

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3D Design

This guide is made to augment SOAD A103 Creative Core 3D Design.

I.D.E.A. in Art

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The Trouble with (The Term) Art

Dean, Carolyn. 2006. "The Trouble with (The Term) Art." Art Journal 65, no. 2 (Summer): 24-32. https://doi.org/10.2307/20068464.

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This Is What I Know About Art

Drew, Kimberly. 2020. This Is What I Know About Art. New York: Penguin Press.

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The Story of Art Without Men

Hessel, Katy. 2022. The Story of Art Without Men. London: Bantam Press.

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Art on My Mind

hooks, bell. 1995. Art on My Mind: visual politics. New York: New Press.

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As Radical, as Mother, as Salad, as Shelter: What Should Art Institutions Do Now?

Paper Monument (ed). 2018. As Radical, as Mother, as Salad, as Shelter: What Should Art Institutions Do Now? New York: Paper Monument.

I.D.E.A. in Libraries

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Stigmatizing Disability: Library Classifications and the Marking and Marginalization of Books about People with Disabilities

Adler, Melissa, Jeffrey T. Huber, and A. Tyler Nix. 2017. “Stigmatizing Disability: Library Classifications and the Marking and Marginalization of Books about People with Disabilities.” The Library Quarterly 87, no. 2 (April): 117-135. 

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Change the Subject

Broadley, Sawyer and Jill Baron. 2019. Change the Subject. https://n2t.net/ark:/83024/d4hq3s42r/

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Teaching to Dismantle White Supremacy in Archives

Caswell, Michelle. 2017. “Teaching to Dismantle White Supremacy in Archives.” The Library Quarterly 87, no. 3 (July): 222-235. 

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Queering the Catalog: Queer Theory and the Politics of Correction

Drabinski, Emily. 2013. "Queering the Catalog: Queer Theory and the Politics of Correction." The Library Quarterly 83, no. 2 (April): 94-111. 

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Browsing through Bias: The Library of Congress Classification and Subject Headings for African American Studies and LGBTQIA Studies

Howard, Sara A. and Steven A. Knowlton. 2018. “Browsing through Bias: The Library of Congress Classification and Subject Headings for African American Studies and LGBTQIA Studies.” Library Trends 67, no. 1: 74–88. 

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The bias hiding in your library

Ros, Amanda. 2019. “The bias hiding in your library.” The Conversation, March 20, 2019. https://theconversation.com/the-bias-hiding-in-your-library-111951.