Welcome to the Archive of Controversy

The Archive of Controversy in the Arts is a web-based repository that presents material on controversies prompted by works of art or represented through the work of an artist. The Archive can be used by many audiences --- scholars, journalists, students, artists, policy-makers, and the general public --- to explore the interaction between the arts and controversy: the many dimensions of how the arts spark controversy, how a controversy is rendered in art, and how controversies impact the arts.        >>>   For more information visit the Why Archive? page.

Case 1: Purnell Center
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An interactive map of an unfolding controversy surrounding the design of a building...
Case 2: Sensations
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A graphical interactive database of newspaper stories surrounding the "sensations" show...
Case 3: War Media
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800 hour video database of news coverage of the controversy surrounding iraq in 2003
Case 4: German Film
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A study of German film