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History in the (Re-) Making: Where there is fire

Apr 15

Apr 15 History in the (Re-) Making: Where there is fire

Michael J. Prokopow

Essays, History in the Making, Spring / Summer 2025

Michael Prokopow writes about the French Compagnons and attempts at maintaining artisanal knowledge and cultural memory after historical churches burn down.

Matter and Spectacle

Dec 6

Dec 6 Matter and Spectacle

Michael J. Prokopow

Essays, History in the Making, Fall/Winter 2024

Michael Prokopow writes about crafting the spectacular, at home and abroad.

Makers and the Markers of Time

May 29

May 29 Makers and the Markers of Time

Michael J. Prokopow

Essays, History in the Making, Spring / Summer 2024

Michael Prokopow on decay and disrepair.

Power in the Making

Oct 25

Oct 25 Power in the Making

Michael J. Prokopow

Essays, Fall / Winter 2023, History in the Making

Craft historian, academic and author Michael Prokopow examines the power of the handmade.

The Work of Things

Apr 17

Apr 17 The Work of Things

Michael J. Prokopow

Essays, Spring / Summer 2023, History in the Making

Michael Prokopow considers the labour that goes into making.

A Determined Pleasure

Oct 24

Oct 24 A Determined Pleasure

Michael J. Prokopow

Essays, Fall / Winter 2022, History in the Making

Building a collection is more than simply accumulating objects — historian Michael J. Prokopow explores how acquisition transforms both the object and its owner.

In the Absence of the Object

May 1

May 1 In the Absence of the Object

Michael J. Prokopow

Essays, History in the Making, Spring / Summer 2021

Without access to the archives, Michael Prokopow negotiates the adjustments necessary to complete a book about the British artist Hurvin Anderson.

What’s in a name? Indigenous Knowledge and Ways of Making Sense of the World

Nov 1

Nov 1 What’s in a name? Indigenous Knowledge and Ways of Making Sense of the World

Michael J. Prokopow

Essays, History in the Making, Fall / Winter 2020

Names reflect power and ownership, and reverting to traditional names is a powerful first step in decolonizing.

Everything old is new again (or, What goes around should come around again)

Sep 1

Sep 1 Everything old is new again (or, What goes around should come around again)

Michael Prokopow

Fall / Winter 2019, Essays, History in the Making

Form and Function: Ruskin, the Bauhaus and the legacies of progressive design thinking

Apr 1

Apr 1 Form and Function: Ruskin, the Bauhaus and the legacies of progressive design thinking

Michael Prokopow

Spring / Summer 2019, Essays, History in the Making

Sep 1

Sep 1 Arts of Seeing

Michael Prokopow

Fall / Winter 2018, Essays, History in the Making