What information gaps exist in history? Specifically, who are the people we don’t hear about, and where can their footsteps be seen today? Associate Professor of African and Black Atlantic Art History Matthew Rarey seeks to tackle those very questions in his book Insignificant Things: Amulets and the Art of Survival in the Early Black Atlantic (Duke University Press, 2023), which traces the history of sacred objects created by people of African descent living in South America and Europe. If you want to know more, Professor Rarey is giving a lecture TODAY at 4pm in Hallock Auditorium, or you can read the piece in the Oberlin Research Review, linked in our bio. ✏️: Danielle Frezza 🎨: Courtesy of the Arquivo Nacional da Torre do Tombo, Lisbon, Portugal