Books & Bytes with Tracy Xavia Karner
Wednesday, April 17, 2024
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Books
and
Bytes
is
a
series
of
talks
by
local
authors
who
discuss
the
research,
writing,
and
publication
of
their
art,
architecture,
or
design
book.
Our
community
of
scholars
is
invited
to
participate
in
discussions
afterward,
so
they
may
learn
from
one
another’s
experiences.
Books
and
Bytes
is
co-sponsored
by
the
Gerald
D.
Hines
College
of
Architecture
and
Design
and
the
University
of
Houston
Libraries.
This
conversation
will
take
place
on
Wednesday,
April
17th,
at
6
pm
in
the
Architecture,
Art,
and
Design
Library
on
the
first
floor
of
the
College
of
Architecture
Building.
Making
a
Scene!
is
the
story
of
how
visionary
individuals
created
an
international
art
world
around
photography.
A
classic
Texas
tale
of
seemingly
quixotic
ideas,
audacious
goals,
oil
booms
and
busts,
generous
philanthropists,
southern
sensibilities,
grandiosity,
and
resolve,
this
book
documents
the
social
history
of
‘who
did
what
and
when’
to
create
an
international
photography
scene
in
such
an
unlikely
place
as
Houston.
Tracy
Xavia
Karner
is
a
visual
sociologist
who
writes
about
photography
in
fine
art
venues
and
everyday
life.
She
is
the
chair
of
the
Sociology
Department
at
the
University
of
Houston
where
she
teaches
courses
in
Visual
Sociology,
Sociology
of
Art,
and
Visual
Culture.
More
information:
https://weblogs.lib.uh.edu/architecture_art/2024/04/05/tracy-xavia-karner-will-speak-
![5268](https://calendar.uh.edu/live/image/gid/8/width/720/5291_5268_making_a_scene.jpg)
- Location
- William R. Jenkins Architecture, Design, and Art Library, College of Architecture and Design Building, Room 106
- Contact
Catherine Essinger
cwessinger@uh.edu