Type-in

1199, Nancy Nicholas Hall
@ 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Can’t stand staring at a screen? Why not try writing on a typewriter?

Join us on Wednesday, October 28 with the Nancy M. Bruce Center for Design and Material Culture’s inaugural Postdoctoral Fellow, Michael Feagan, for an afternoon of writing. This drop-in event is an invitation to explore the materiality of early typing using historic typewriters from a range of eras. Visitors will be provided with a few writing prompts, and are encourage to write whatever makes sense to them. What does sharing your thoughts look and feel like with out digital prompts and pop-up reminders? Come try it out!

light refreshments will be provided.

This event is co-sponsored with the Center for the Study of Upper Midwestern Cultures.


The Nancy M. Bruce Center for Design and Material Culture values inclusion and access for all participants. Please contact Bo Owen, bo.owen@wisc.edu, or 608-262-1162 to make an accommodation request. Requests should be submitted at least 2 weeks before the event date.

Graphic showing a victorian woman typing at a typewriter with black text around the image.