We Live Amid and As Archives project is a collaborative work created by WRTG 3800: Everyday Rhetoric: Health, Food and Environment students supervised by Dr. Samah Elbelazi, and participants from the We Live Amid and As Archives workshop series, facilitated by Dr. Romeo García. For this project, students return to the archives to critically engage with its contents and create snapshot portfolios inspired by their reading of Canícula by Norma Cantú.
These portfolios represent familiar spaces, places and people, as students situate themselves within these environments, recall cultural practices and trace memories, relationships and material or verbal exchanges–particularly those related to health, food and the environment.
Did you know that the University of Utah is 175 years old? This display features major milestones over the decades. Visit the hub page to learn more about the 175th anniversary of the U, see archival photos from the library’s collection and see what events and celebrations are planned for this year.
“Here’s to the next 175 years of daring to dream bigger and climb higher. The best views are still to come.”
Often misunderstood as a monolith, the women who contributed to the history of Utah were as varied as the state’s geography. Their stories include a wide range of experiences, from weathering religious strife to campaigning for civil rights, surviving unjust imprisonment, and building supports for people in need. Many dedicated their lives to uplifting and advocating for overlooked members of society, including children, senior citizens, people of color, and the LGBTQ community.
Visit this exhibition to learn about several of these important women and the monumental changes accomplished through their hard work, from the 19th century to today.
Explore different perspectives on mining in Utah and the ways it has shaped the landscape and the people of the state.
The Celebrate Community Mural is the work of the Black Feminist Eco Lab, a collective of scholars, change agents, artists, learners, and practitioners who come together to create a new paradigm of what a thriving, inclusive ecosystem operating on ever-changing theoretical frameworks for Black feminism can embody. The Lab centers an ethics of care, as it works to generate scholarship, best practices, ideas, and community-building strategies that embraces and advocates for the well-being of all living beings. We believe that human and non-human beings can exist in relationships of care, love and joy as we strive to stay alive and more than that, embrace aliveness.