Patty Gerstenblith | College of Law
Professor Gerstenblith, J.D., PhD, is a Distinguished Research Professor in the College of Law, the Director of the Center for Art, Museum and Cultural Heritage Law, and Co-Director for the Tulane-Siena Institute for International Law, Cultural Heritage & the Arts. She is also the author of several published books and articles.
Wicklander Fellowship Project:
Professor Gerstenblith will focus her Wicklander project on the codes of ethics and other guidelines for professional conduct that pertain to archaeological artifacts among art market participants, including museums, dealers and auction houses, academics, and other professionals. It is recognized, says Gerstenblith, that the looting of archaeological sites (that is, the unscientific removal of artifacts from their stratigraphic context) destroys much of the information that could be recovered and thereby hinders the ability to reconstruct and understand the past. In addition to depriving a country and communities of their cultural heritage, this looting imposes a negative externality on society through this loss of knowledge.
Heather Snyder Quinn | School of Design, College of Computing and Digital Media
Heather Snyder Quinn is an assistant professor, Design, in the College of Computing and Digital Media, School of Design, and her body of work challenges technocratic power and employs augmented reality (AR) as a speculative tool for understanding the implications of our privacy in the virtual space, specifically interpretations of free speech and property rights.
Wicklander Fellowship Project:
"Legally trespassing: Using speculative design to imagine the future implications of the metaverse”