Re-Envisioning the 1930s Midwest: The Farmer, the Artist, and the Aerial Photographer

Jason Weems is an associate professor of American art, visuality, and material culture studies and author of Barnstorming the Prairies: How Aerial Vision Shaped the Midwest. His current research includes an exploration of the intersection of art and archaeological imagery in the Americas at the turn of the century, and an investigation into photography of and by Native Americans during the New Deal. Jason Weems currently chairs the History of Art Department at the University of California, Riverside. His talk is part of an interdisciplinary symposium on the history of Midwest science and engineering.