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Beginning with his co-founding of Project Row Houses (1993\u20132008) in Houston\u2019s Third Ward and continuing through other initiatives across the United States and internationally, Lowe aims to catalyze sustainable change to promote understanding, equity, and justice. For the last two years, Lowe has been working as part of the U-M Arts Initiative\u2019s Creators on Campus program as artist in residence with the Institute for Social Research (ISR).\n\nFree and open to the public, no registration required.", "occurrence_notes":null, "guid":"145029-21896564@events.umich.edu", "permalink":"http:\/\/events.umich.edu\/event\/145029", "building_id":"null", "building_name":"Off Campus Location", "campus_maps_id":"1", "room":"Michigan Theater", "location_name":"Michigan Theater 603 E Liberty St Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48104 United States", "has_livestream":0, "cost":"", "tags":[], "website":"https:\/\/umma.umich.edu\/events\/artist-talk-rick-lowe-in-spite-of\/", "sponsors":[ { "group_name":"University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)", "group_id":"1177", "website":"http:\/\/www.umma.umich.edu\/" } ], "image_url":"", "styled_images":{ "event_thumb":"", "event_large":"", "event_large_2x":"", "event_large_lightbox":"", "group_thumb":"", "group_thumb_square":"", "group_large":"", "group_large_lightbox":"", "event_large_crop":"", "event_list":"", "event_list_2x":"", "event_grid":"", "event_grid_2x":"", "event_feature_large":"", "event_feature_thumb":"" }, "occurrence_count":1, "first_occurrence":21896564 } , "144020-21894537": { "datetime_modified":"20260119T100541", "datetime_start":"20260205T173000", "datetime_end":"20260205T191500", "has_end_time":1, "date_start":"2026-02-05", "date_end":"2026-02-05", "time_start":"17:30:00", "time_end":"19:15:00", "time_zone":"America\/Detroit", "event_title":"Construction and Political Dynamics", "occurrence_title":"", "combined_title":"Construction and Political Dynamics: The Relationship between Mycenae and Tiryns in the Late Bronze Age", "event_subtitle":"The Relationship between Mycenae and Tiryns in the Late Bronze Age", "event_type":"Lecture \/ Discussion", "event_type_id":"13", "description":"Presented by: Nicholas G. Blackwell, Assistant Professor of Classical Studies, Indiana University, Bloomington\r\n\r\nExactly how Mycenae and Tiryns interacted during the Late Bronze Age has intrigued scholars and the public alike ever since Heinrich Schliemann excavated both citadels in the late nineteenth century. Because preserved Linear B records from the Argolid are sparse, the region\u2019s administrative and hierarchical organization remains uncertain, and debates about political structures\u2014both within the Argolid and across the Mycenaean world\u2014persist. The close proximity of these two major palatial centers is especially challenging to explain. Were they independent rivals, part of a localized Argolid kingdom dominated by one site, or integrated elements of a single Mycenaean polity spanning the Aegean?\r\n\r\nThis talk approaches these questions from a stoneworking and architectural perspective, focusing on evidence from the late fourteenth and thirteenth centuries BCE. I argue that distinct technological and stoneworking parallels between the sites point to episodes of meaningful collaboration. Moreover, I propose that this craft\u2014and likely political\u2014relationship evolved over time. Although Mycenae is often assumed to have asserted regional hegemony by the early fourteenth century, unequivocal evidence for its direct involvement in construction at Tiryns appears only by the mid-thirteenth century. This development coincides with major architectural changes at Mycenae that signal sociopolitical transformations at the site and potentially across the region. My analysis offers a fresh perspective on the shifting dynamics of the Argolid at the height of Mycenaean power.\r\n\r\nNicholas G. Blackwell is Assistant Professor of Classical Studies at Indiana University, Bloomington. His research investigates the archaeology, art, and architecture of Greece and the eastern Mediterranean during the Bronze Age, with particular emphasis on stoneworking, tools, metallurgy, technology, and cross-cultural exchange. He is the author of the forthcoming book Architecture and Politics in Mycenaean Greece: Stoneworking, Labor, and Political Ties in the Late Bronze Age (Cambridge University Press, 2026).\r\n\r\nFAST (Field Archaeology Series on Thursday) Lectures are free and open to the public. This event will take place in Room 125 of the Kelsey Museum\u2019s Newberry Hall. 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