Weekly notes

This is going to be a short weekly list - a fuller one next week!

TO READ

How Notting Hill Exposed Britain’s Postcolonial Crisis | The MIT Press Reader

By Nicholas Mirzoeff

Roger Mayne and Stuart Hall's complementary visions reveal how racial animus in London reflected a deeper post-war crisis of whiteness and masculine identity.

Exhibiting for Multiple Senses: Art and Curating for Sensory-Diverse Bodies

From Perimeter Book and Valiz

Drawing from neuroscience research on diverse sensory experiences among neurodiverse museum visitors, this study explores how contemporary art exhibitions can extend beyond visual primacy to engage all the senses. Exhibitions can incorporate more touch, smell, taste, and movement, challenging traditional display methods while advocating for dynamic and accessible ways of experiencing art. It explores creating more inclusive museum experiences for people with physical, neurological, or mental support needs – an often-overlooked group within the growing debate on diversity and inclusion in the arts.

256 pages, 17 x 23 cm, softcover, Valiz (Amsterdam).

Walking as Embodied Worldmaking: Bodies, Borders, Knowledgescapes

Edited by Lea Maria Spahn

Walking is as much a cultural practice as it is an embodied experience. The contributions in this book highlight the interrelations between bodies, knowledges, places, affects, and other materialities through phenomenological, artistic, and methodological lenses. Walking is explored as a relational practice situated in specific landscapes – it connects different cultural practices, holds material-semiotic performativity, and always involves an interweaving of (geo)political territories and borders. This book brings together written and visual contributions from social scientists and artists, offering a vibrant and multifaceted perspective on the phenomenon of walking.

Introduction and text by Lea Maria Spahn. Contributions by Ana Anaa, Antonín Brinda, Dorothea Hamilton, Otto Kauppinen, Marie Kammler, Astrid Lembcke-Thiel, Hana Magdoňová, Maja Maksimović, Darija Medić & Mirjana Utvić, Susanne Nemmerz, Eva Clara Tenzler, Shira Wachsmann, Mariele Weber, inka°witz, Regula Pöhl, Daniela Villiger.

216 pages, 17 x 24 cm, perfect bind softcover, Set Margins (Eindhoven).

OPPORTUNITIES

Seventh Wave

Publishing people, not just pieces.

Seventh Wave is a BIPOC- and queer-led creative community by and for emerging writers, artists, and activists from around the world.

https://be4a80fd-8b19-4104-8ea9-0ce822e2403c.theseventhwave.org/

Community Anthologies

Each year, we give our editorial keys to curators in the community. Through an application process, we hire 4-5 editors-in-chief to produce their own Community Anthology — a digital issue that showcase 6-8 writers or artists — each tethered to a topic of the editor’s choosing.

Grantham Foundation

List of grants and opportunities

https://www.fondationgrantham.org/en/home

Short-Term Research Fellowships - NYPL

https://www.nypl.org/about/fellowships-institutes/short-term-research-fellowships

Applications Open - Apply Now! - Deadline: March 23, 2026

The New York Public Library is pleased to offer Short-Term Research Fellowships to support scholars based outside the New York metropolitan area engaged in graduate-level, post-doctoral, professional, and independent research in the arts and humanities. This fellowship is intended to support projects that would significantly benefit from research drawing on collections accessible at The New York Public Library and conducted onsite at one of our three research centers: The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, and the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building.

Fellowship stipends are $1,000 per week for a minimum of one and maximum of four weeks.

Applicants should articulate the importance of the Library’s holdings to their projects and are encouraged to explore the NYPL Research Catalog, Archives and Manuscripts Portal, and Research Guides for more information on collections and resources accessible at The New York Public Library. While these links do not represent the entirety of the Library’s collections, they provide a thorough overview and are a good place to start. Questions regarding collections or additional holdings should be directed to staff in the relevant research division(s). 

For assistance with the application process, email fellowships@nypl.org. Staff cannot provide feedback on individual applications or project proposals.