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Item Delineations: American art history and the discourse of inheritance.(2009-02) Johnson Bidler, Tiffany AnnThis project is devoted to understanding works of art that, in a paraphrase of James Baldwin's words, look down the line and wonder. I outlined the significance of art history's mobilization of what I called the discourse of inheritance. I argued that this discourse secures art history's disciplinary boundaries, and, by way of art historical practice, reinforces normative conceptualizations of beauty, race, gender, sexuality, and national identity. I provided an analysis of inheritance as a theme in works of art, objects of material culture, art criticism, and art history, but I also sought, by way of rigorous formal analysis of a wide range of artworks, to understand the discourse of inheritance that permeates art historical writing and thinking. My research necessarily violated the proper domains art history has drawn, e.g., the division between the fields of American art and contemporary art, in order to gain an understanding of the mechanisms of inheritance and in order better to understand the work of artists, such as Kara Walker, who make use of inherited imagery. I saw my writing engaging in a kind of art historical miscegenation (improper or illegitimate mixing of fields), and for this reason much of this project focused on the iconography of miscegenation that appears in the silhouette work of Walker. It follows that the ultimate significance of the project may pivot on the development of an initial understanding of the relationships between art history's mobilization of the discourse of inheritance, historical and contemporary violations of African-Americans' civil rights, and historical and contemporary race-based violence.Item Farm Transitions Toolkit(St. Paul, MN: Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture, 2013-09-01) Baumhardt, Alex; Jewett, Jane G; Lewis, Hannah; Farmer's Legal Action GroupA “farm transition” means that the responsibility for a piece of agricultural land is changing hands. Maybe the ownership of the land will change. Maybe that ownership will move from one generation to the next in the same family. Maybe ownership will move from one family to a different one. Maybe ownership of the land will stay the same, but different people will be in charge of operating the farm and making the day-to-day decisions. The transition might happen quickly, or it might happen gradually over a period of months or years. Whatever the case, this Farm Transitions Toolkit offers information, advice, and help to plan those changes.Transitioning is a complex project that takes effort and communication from family members and others, but planning for the farm transition just might be the most important thing you can do for your land.