“Making Sense of Visual Culture”
An interdisciplinary conference sponsored by the Graduate Program in
Visual and Cultural Studies at the University of Rochester
April 1st-3rd, 2011, Rochester, New York
Sound, taste, touch and smell. The institutionalization of the field of Visual Culture has coincided with a proliferation of methods to investigate a range of sensory experience. More than conceiving of Visual Studies as an historical intervention into disciplinary art history, we seek to explore its ongoing development as a clearing house for investigation of what the visual does, and doesn’t do. With these concerns in mind, the Graduate Program in Visual and Cultural Studies at the University of Rochester invites scholars from across disciplines to discuss the evolving institutional and methodological contours of our field. From April 1st-3rd, 2011, “Making Sense of Visual Culture” will address large-scale disciplinary questions as well the development of new approaches to an expanded range of sensory objects, phenomena, and practices.
In order to create a space for new voices on these topics, we have decided to eschew the standard figure of the keynote speaker and its implied authority. Instead, we invite innovative work by graduate students and non-tenured faculty for a series of round-tables, workshops, and panels that will address the two major, interlinked concerns of the conference: sensory experience and the future of the field.
To this end, we envision this CFP functioning not just as a traditional call for papers, but also as a call for participation. There are many ways to participate in this discussion, even if you cannot join us in April.
1. We are circulating a questionnaire. All responses will be posted to an open access website to create a broad dialogue. We are asking all scholars with an investment in the future study of visual culture to respond. Select respondents will be invited to participate in a roundtable discussion at the conference.
2. We solicit 300-word abstracts for 20-minute paper presentations on work that exemplifies, challenges and expands the field of visual studies. Possible topics include, but are not limited, to:
- multi-sensory approaches to material culture and memory
- the “hegemony of the visual”
- the practice of visual culture as method, discipline or sensibility
- visualizing sensory experience
- cultural difference and the senses
- epistemology of the senses
- histories of perception
- lending form to affect
- synesthetia
- the interface of vision and touch
- changing practices of visualizing information
- the present and future of medium specificity (in both artistic and scholarly practices)
- the role of technologies in sensory perception
Please include a brief CV with your submissions. Deadline: January 15, 2011. Please email these documents to submissions@makingsenseconference.com
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Monday, November 29, 2010
Troops Headed to Iraq Get Lessons in Ancient Artifacts
While stationed in Afghanistan's rural Kunar province, Fred Straka sometimes came across mud-brick buildings where villagers were selling all manner of bric-a-brac, including old coins and bronze daggers.
"You'd see a lot of what looked like artifacts," recalled Straka, a Newark, Del., resident who was in the Delaware National Guard.
Though he bought an imitation Enfield rifle, Straka said he stayed away from objects that looked like antiquities. [Read more here]
"You'd see a lot of what looked like artifacts," recalled Straka, a Newark, Del., resident who was in the Delaware National Guard.
Though he bought an imitation Enfield rifle, Straka said he stayed away from objects that looked like antiquities. [Read more here]
Sunday, November 28, 2010
SAA Fred Plog Fellowship
Fred Plog Fellowship
An award of $1,000 is presented in memory of the late Fred Plog to support the research of an ABD who is writing a dissertation on the North American Southwest or northern Mexico or on a topic, such as culture change or regional interactions, on which Fred Plog did research.
Special requirements:
• ABD by the time the award is made at the 2011 Annual Meeting of the SAA.
• Research proposal no more than three pages long that describes the research and its potential contributions to American archaeology.
• Curriculum vitae.
• Two letters of support, including one from the dissertation chair that indicates the expected date of completion of the dissertation.
Deadline for nomination: December 10, 2010
Contact: Wesley Bernardini, University of Redlands, Dept. of Sociology and Anthropology, 1200 E. Colton Ave., Redlands, CA 92373
Past Awardees
1999 Sarah Herr
2001 Deborah Huntley
2005 Greg Schachner
2007 Michael Mathiowetz, Todd Pitezel
2008 Deanna Grimstead
2009 Sam Duwe
An award of $1,000 is presented in memory of the late Fred Plog to support the research of an ABD who is writing a dissertation on the North American Southwest or northern Mexico or on a topic, such as culture change or regional interactions, on which Fred Plog did research.
Special requirements:
• ABD by the time the award is made at the 2011 Annual Meeting of the SAA.
• Research proposal no more than three pages long that describes the research and its potential contributions to American archaeology.
• Curriculum vitae.
• Two letters of support, including one from the dissertation chair that indicates the expected date of completion of the dissertation.
Deadline for nomination: December 10, 2010
Contact: Wesley Bernardini, University of Redlands, Dept. of Sociology and Anthropology, 1200 E. Colton Ave., Redlands, CA 92373
Past Awardees
1999 Sarah Herr
2001 Deborah Huntley
2005 Greg Schachner
2007 Michael Mathiowetz, Todd Pitezel
2008 Deanna Grimstead
2009 Sam Duwe
Friday, November 26, 2010
Slavery and the Natural World
A different kind of project at the Natural History Museum. [Read here.]
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Latest Anthropology and Humanism Published
Anthropology and Humanism
Volume 35, Issue 2 Page 131 - 249
The latest issue of Anthropology and Humanism is available on Wiley Online Library
Original Articles
Introduction to “Do Spirits Exist? Ways to Know” (pages 131–141)
Joan Koss-Chioino
Article first published online: 21 NOV 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1409.2010.01062.x
Visionary Spiritual Experiences in an Enchanted World (pages 142–158)
David J. Hufford
Article first published online: 21 NOV 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1409.2010.01063.x
Seeing Dead People Not Known to Have Died: “Peak in Darien” Experiences (pages 159–171)
Bruce Greyson
Article first published online: 21 NOV 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1409.2010.01064.x
Understanding the Conundrum of Rebirth Experience of the Beaver, Gitxsan, and Witsuwit'en (pages 172–191)
Antonia Mills
Article first published online: 21 NOV 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1409.2010.01065.x
Encounters with Sorcery: An Ethnographer's Account (pages 192–203)
Evgenia Fotiou
Article first published online: 21 NOV 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1409.2010.01066.x
Anthropology, Shamanism, and Alternate Ways of Knowing–Being in the World: One Anthropologist's Journey of Discovery and Transformation (pages 204–217)
Bonnie Glass-Coffin
Article first published online: 21 NOV 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1409.2010.01067.x
Discussion: Ethnography as a Transformative Experience (pages 218–226)
Edith Turner
Article first published online: 21 NOV 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1409.2010.01068.x
Fiction
The Cure (pages 227–234)
Laura Biagi
Article first published online: 21 NOV 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1409.2010.01069.x
Basurita Ndoki (pages 235–239)
Todd Ochoa
Article first published online: 21 NOV 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1409.2010.01070.x
POEMS
Poems (pages 240–247)
Sienna Craig
Article first published online: 21 NOV 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1409.2010.01071.x
Book Reviews
Net Notations (Ethnography as Commentary: Writing from the Virtual Archive– By Johannes Fabian (pages 248–249)
Deborah Gewertz and Frederick Errington
Article first published online: 21 NOV 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1409.2010.01072.x
Volume 35, Issue 2 Page 131 - 249
The latest issue of Anthropology and Humanism is available on Wiley Online Library
Original Articles
Introduction to “Do Spirits Exist? Ways to Know” (pages 131–141)
Joan Koss-Chioino
Article first published online: 21 NOV 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1409.2010.01062.x
Visionary Spiritual Experiences in an Enchanted World (pages 142–158)
David J. Hufford
Article first published online: 21 NOV 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1409.2010.01063.x
Seeing Dead People Not Known to Have Died: “Peak in Darien” Experiences (pages 159–171)
Bruce Greyson
Article first published online: 21 NOV 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1409.2010.01064.x
Understanding the Conundrum of Rebirth Experience of the Beaver, Gitxsan, and Witsuwit'en (pages 172–191)
Antonia Mills
Article first published online: 21 NOV 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1409.2010.01065.x
Encounters with Sorcery: An Ethnographer's Account (pages 192–203)
Evgenia Fotiou
Article first published online: 21 NOV 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1409.2010.01066.x
Anthropology, Shamanism, and Alternate Ways of Knowing–Being in the World: One Anthropologist's Journey of Discovery and Transformation (pages 204–217)
Bonnie Glass-Coffin
Article first published online: 21 NOV 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1409.2010.01067.x
Discussion: Ethnography as a Transformative Experience (pages 218–226)
Edith Turner
Article first published online: 21 NOV 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1409.2010.01068.x
Fiction
The Cure (pages 227–234)
Laura Biagi
Article first published online: 21 NOV 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1409.2010.01069.x
Basurita Ndoki (pages 235–239)
Todd Ochoa
Article first published online: 21 NOV 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1409.2010.01070.x
POEMS
Poems (pages 240–247)
Sienna Craig
Article first published online: 21 NOV 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1409.2010.01071.x
Book Reviews
Net Notations (Ethnography as Commentary: Writing from the Virtual Archive– By Johannes Fabian (pages 248–249)
Deborah Gewertz and Frederick Errington
Article first published online: 21 NOV 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1409.2010.01072.x
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Review Committee Finding
[Ed note: A few more articles, with a different view, here and here]
We missed the NAGPRA Review Committee last week, held in DC. But here is at least one outcome from the committee's meeting:
Federal Advisory Panel on Repatriation Rules in Favor of Southeast Clans; Ruling a victory for the Teeyhíttaan and T’akdeintaan
A federal advisory panel decided Friday in favor of two Southeast Alaska Native clans seeking to repatriate more than 50 sacred and patrimonial objects from two museums.
In separate unanimous decisions, the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) Review Committee found that the Alaska State Museum and the University of Pennsylvania Museum did not have the right of possession to the items, meaning the museums did not acquire the objects with the consent of the clans that owned them.
The ruling was a victory for the T’akdeintaan and Teeyhíttaan clans, which had sought to repatriate the objects through Sealaska Corporation, Wrangell Cooperative Association, Hoonah Indian Association and Huna Totem Corporation. Under NAGPRA, objects of cultural patrimony and sacred objects, or at.óowu, must be repatriated through a federally recognized tribe, and Native corporations are recognized as Indian tribes under NAGPRA ... [read more here]
We missed the NAGPRA Review Committee last week, held in DC. But here is at least one outcome from the committee's meeting:
Federal Advisory Panel on Repatriation Rules in Favor of Southeast Clans; Ruling a victory for the Teeyhíttaan and T’akdeintaan
A federal advisory panel decided Friday in favor of two Southeast Alaska Native clans seeking to repatriate more than 50 sacred and patrimonial objects from two museums.
In separate unanimous decisions, the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) Review Committee found that the Alaska State Museum and the University of Pennsylvania Museum did not have the right of possession to the items, meaning the museums did not acquire the objects with the consent of the clans that owned them.
The ruling was a victory for the T’akdeintaan and Teeyhíttaan clans, which had sought to repatriate the objects through Sealaska Corporation, Wrangell Cooperative Association, Hoonah Indian Association and Huna Totem Corporation. Under NAGPRA, objects of cultural patrimony and sacred objects, or at.óowu, must be repatriated through a federally recognized tribe, and Native corporations are recognized as Indian tribes under NAGPRA ... [read more here]
Monday, November 22, 2010
Digital Keys for Unlocking the Humanities’ Riches
From the New York Times:
A history of the humanities in the 20th century could be chronicled in “isms” — formalism, Freudianism, structuralism, postcolonialism — grand intellectual cathedrals from which assorted interpretations of literature, politics and culture spread. The next big idea in language, history and the arts? Data. [Read more here]
A history of the humanities in the 20th century could be chronicled in “isms” — formalism, Freudianism, structuralism, postcolonialism — grand intellectual cathedrals from which assorted interpretations of literature, politics and culture spread. The next big idea in language, history and the arts? Data. [Read more here]
Monday, November 15, 2010
AMNH Curator Opening
Assistant Curator of Anthropology American Museum of Natural History
The American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) in New York is inviting applications for an Assistant Curator position (tenure track) in the Division of Anthropology. We are particularly interested in candidates whose research relates to issues of general significance in anthropology and who apply their findings to challenges confronting the modern world, especially in the face of globalization, degradation of the environment, threats to human health, political conflict, uneven resource distribution, or other problems of broad societal concern. Although candidates are invited to apply regardless of geographical interest, we are especially interested in those with expertise in Pacific/Oceania. Candidates should demonstrate a capacity to communicate effectively within their scholarly community and to a larger public. AMNH curatorships are defined as research positions: prior experience with museum collections is not a requirement, though would be considered a positive attribute. AMNH curators are expected to maintain a high level of productivity in original research, to seek extramural funding, and to assume oversight responsibility for the management of Museum collections relevant to their areas of expertise. Other duties may include serving on committees and participating in Museum-sponsored exhibits and educational programs. Candidates should have completed the Ph.D. degree before the expected employment start date (July 1, 2011). The American Museum of Natural History is committed to the principles of Affirmative Action and encourages applications from women and minority candidates. Interested candidates should submit the following materials: a) cover letter with name, address and current position of the applicant including a description of the candidate’s research interests, accomplishments, and plans. b) list of dissertation advisors, committee members, co-authors and co-PIs on funded grants during the preceding five years. c) detailed curriculum vitae, complete bibliography, copies of up to five relevant publications (pdf versions preferred). d) names, positions, institutional affiliations and contact information for no more than three referees regarding the applicant's professional qualifications. Electronic submission of all materials is strongly encouraged but materials may also be sent by mail or courier (not fax) to: Anthropology Search Committee, Division of Anthropology, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024-5192. Email submissions should be directed to: anita@amnh.org (attention, Anthropology Search Committee). To receive the fullest consideration, applications should be received no later than January 30, 2011.
Employer Information:
The American Museum of Natural History was founded in 1869, and the Museum’s first scientific department was Anthropology, established in 1873. The current Division of Anthropology comprises five curators and a support staff of 30. Current curators specialize in North American archaeology, North American ethnology, Mesoamerican archaeology, African ethnology, and Asian ethnology. The Division includes staff members who work in collections management, archives, digital imaging and database management, objects conservation, and cultural resources. The collections of the Division number more than 500,000 objects, including biological specimens and artifacts from past and current cultures around the world.
The American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) in New York is inviting applications for an Assistant Curator position (tenure track) in the Division of Anthropology. We are particularly interested in candidates whose research relates to issues of general significance in anthropology and who apply their findings to challenges confronting the modern world, especially in the face of globalization, degradation of the environment, threats to human health, political conflict, uneven resource distribution, or other problems of broad societal concern. Although candidates are invited to apply regardless of geographical interest, we are especially interested in those with expertise in Pacific/Oceania. Candidates should demonstrate a capacity to communicate effectively within their scholarly community and to a larger public. AMNH curatorships are defined as research positions: prior experience with museum collections is not a requirement, though would be considered a positive attribute. AMNH curators are expected to maintain a high level of productivity in original research, to seek extramural funding, and to assume oversight responsibility for the management of Museum collections relevant to their areas of expertise. Other duties may include serving on committees and participating in Museum-sponsored exhibits and educational programs. Candidates should have completed the Ph.D. degree before the expected employment start date (July 1, 2011). The American Museum of Natural History is committed to the principles of Affirmative Action and encourages applications from women and minority candidates. Interested candidates should submit the following materials: a) cover letter with name, address and current position of the applicant including a description of the candidate’s research interests, accomplishments, and plans. b) list of dissertation advisors, committee members, co-authors and co-PIs on funded grants during the preceding five years. c) detailed curriculum vitae, complete bibliography, copies of up to five relevant publications (pdf versions preferred). d) names, positions, institutional affiliations and contact information for no more than three referees regarding the applicant's professional qualifications. Electronic submission of all materials is strongly encouraged but materials may also be sent by mail or courier (not fax) to: Anthropology Search Committee, Division of Anthropology, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024-5192. Email submissions should be directed to: anita@amnh.org (attention, Anthropology Search Committee). To receive the fullest consideration, applications should be received no later than January 30, 2011.
Employer Information:
The American Museum of Natural History was founded in 1869, and the Museum’s first scientific department was Anthropology, established in 1873. The current Division of Anthropology comprises five curators and a support staff of 30. Current curators specialize in North American archaeology, North American ethnology, Mesoamerican archaeology, African ethnology, and Asian ethnology. The Division includes staff members who work in collections management, archives, digital imaging and database management, objects conservation, and cultural resources. The collections of the Division number more than 500,000 objects, including biological specimens and artifacts from past and current cultures around the world.
Friday, November 12, 2010
New Cultural Heritage Law Firm
We are thrilled to announce the launch of our new firm, Cultural Heritage Partners, LLC. With over fifty years of experience in the cultural heritage field, our partners have deep expertise in nonprofit management, government affairs, media and public affairs, and the law. We can be helpful in the following situations, among others:
-A preservation-related nonprofit needs assistance with strategic planning, launching new programs, mounting a public awareness campaign, or managing its legal compliance
-A sovereign nation or tribe seeks protection for its cultural heritage, including trade restrictions, NAGPRA compliance and assistance with drafting new legislation
-An organization wishes to lobby the federal government for preservation-related funding or changes to the law
-A museum needs help crafting policies to manage culturally sensitive material or respond to requests for repatriation
-A family or individual seeks assistance in preserving collections or historically or environmentally significant land
We are unique in that we provide not only top notch legal services but also capacity-building strategy and management advice. Please call on us when you think we may be helpful to you and your mission. More information is available at www.culturalheritagepartners.com.
We welcome your referrals!
Best regards,
Donald F. Craib, Partner
Marion Forsyth Werkheiser, Partner
Greg Werkheiser, Partner
-A preservation-related nonprofit needs assistance with strategic planning, launching new programs, mounting a public awareness campaign, or managing its legal compliance
-A sovereign nation or tribe seeks protection for its cultural heritage, including trade restrictions, NAGPRA compliance and assistance with drafting new legislation
-An organization wishes to lobby the federal government for preservation-related funding or changes to the law
-A museum needs help crafting policies to manage culturally sensitive material or respond to requests for repatriation
-A family or individual seeks assistance in preserving collections or historically or environmentally significant land
We are unique in that we provide not only top notch legal services but also capacity-building strategy and management advice. Please call on us when you think we may be helpful to you and your mission. More information is available at www.culturalheritagepartners.com.
We welcome your referrals!
Best regards,
Donald F. Craib, Partner
Marion Forsyth Werkheiser, Partner
Greg Werkheiser, Partner
Tuesday, November 09, 2010
AAA Sessions To Check Out! (Part II)
::FRIDAY 1:45pm::
Program Number: 3-0805
Type: Invited Session
Session Title: THE CIRCULATION OF MUSEUM OBJECTS
Session Sponsor: Council for Museum Anthropology
Session Date/Time: Fri., 1:45 PM-5:30 PM
Organizer(s): CHRIS WINGFIELD (Pitt Rivers Museum / Open University / University of Birmingham)
Chair(s): CANDACE GREENE (Smithsonian Institution)
1:45 PM:
CHRIS WINGFIELD (Pitt Rivers Museum / Open University / University of Birmingham) -- The Moving Objects of the London Missionary Society
2:00 PM:
LOTTEN GUSTAFSSON REINIUS (Museum of Ethnography) -- The Congo on Tour: The Affective and Moral Power of Missionary Mobile Exhibitions
2:15 PM:
FREDRIK SVANBERG (National Museums of History) -- Social Skulls – Performances of an Anatomical Collection
2:30 PM:
STEPHEN NASH (Denver Museum of Nature & Science) -- Artifacts, Commodities, or Collectibles? Circulating Archaeology Collections at the Field Museum 1929 - 1972
2:45 PM:
MICHAEL JORDAN (University of Oklahoma) -- "It's Good It's Coming Home.": A Museum Loan as an Alternative to Repatriation
3:00 PM:
DISCUSSION
3:15 PM:
BREAK
3:30 PM:
GWYNEIRA ISAAC (Arizona State University) -- A Model Network: Museums and the Embodiment of Indigenous Knowledges
3:45 PM:
MARK ELLIOTT (MAA, University of Cambridge) -- Losses and Gains: Circulation and Accumulation in the Social Life of Museum Plaster Casts
4:00 PM:
SOLEN ROTH (The University of British Columbia) -- Not Just Their "Kitsch Mirror." Museum Reproductions and the Native Northwest Coast Giftware Industry.
4:15 PM:
GEOFFREY SWINNEY (National Museums Scotland & Un) -- Appropriate and Appropriated Settings for Elephants: Sites of Representation of Objects of Natural History
4:30 PM:
STEPHANIE LECLERC-CAFFAREL -- Virtual Circulation of Museum Objects: Building on the Original Nature of Fijian Early Museum Collections
4:45 PM:
DISCUSSANT: STEVEN HOOPER (University of East Anglia, UK)
5:00 PM:
DISCUSSION
::FRIDAY 616pm::
Council for Museum Anthropology Business Meeting
*Includes presentations of the first Michael Ames Prize for Innovative Museum Anthropology and the first two student travel awards!
::SATURDAY 1:45pm::
Program Number: 4-0770
Type: Invited Roundtable Session
Session Title: AFTER THE RETURN: DIGITAL REPATRIATION AND THE CIRCULATION OF INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE
Session Sponsor: AAA Executive Program Committee
Session Date/Time: Sat., 1:45 PM-5:30 PM
Organizer(s): KIMBERLY CHRISTEN (Washington State University)
Chair(s): KIMBERLY CHRISTEN (Washington State University)
1:45 PM - 5:30 PM:
DISCUSSANT: CHIP COLWELL-CHANTHAPHONH (Denver Museum of Nature & Science)
DISCUSSANT: MARK TURIN (University of Cambridge)
DISCUSSANT: HAIDY GEISMAR (New York University)
DISCUSSANT: CORY WILLMOTT (Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville)
DISCUSSANT: TIMOTHY POWELL
DISCUSSANT: JANE ANDERSON
DISCUSSANT: JIM ENOTE ( Executive Director of the A:shiwi A:wan )
DISCUSSANT: CRYSTAL MIGWANS (Ojibwe Cultural Foundation)
DISCUSSANT: JENNIFER O'NEAL
Program Number: 3-0805
Type: Invited Session
Session Title: THE CIRCULATION OF MUSEUM OBJECTS
Session Sponsor: Council for Museum Anthropology
Session Date/Time: Fri., 1:45 PM-5:30 PM
Organizer(s): CHRIS WINGFIELD (Pitt Rivers Museum / Open University / University of Birmingham)
Chair(s): CANDACE GREENE (Smithsonian Institution)
1:45 PM:
CHRIS WINGFIELD (Pitt Rivers Museum / Open University / University of Birmingham) -- The Moving Objects of the London Missionary Society
2:00 PM:
LOTTEN GUSTAFSSON REINIUS (Museum of Ethnography) -- The Congo on Tour: The Affective and Moral Power of Missionary Mobile Exhibitions
2:15 PM:
FREDRIK SVANBERG (National Museums of History) -- Social Skulls – Performances of an Anatomical Collection
2:30 PM:
STEPHEN NASH (Denver Museum of Nature & Science) -- Artifacts, Commodities, or Collectibles? Circulating Archaeology Collections at the Field Museum 1929 - 1972
2:45 PM:
MICHAEL JORDAN (University of Oklahoma) -- "It's Good It's Coming Home.": A Museum Loan as an Alternative to Repatriation
3:00 PM:
DISCUSSION
3:15 PM:
BREAK
3:30 PM:
GWYNEIRA ISAAC (Arizona State University) -- A Model Network: Museums and the Embodiment of Indigenous Knowledges
3:45 PM:
MARK ELLIOTT (MAA, University of Cambridge) -- Losses and Gains: Circulation and Accumulation in the Social Life of Museum Plaster Casts
4:00 PM:
SOLEN ROTH (The University of British Columbia) -- Not Just Their "Kitsch Mirror." Museum Reproductions and the Native Northwest Coast Giftware Industry.
4:15 PM:
GEOFFREY SWINNEY (National Museums Scotland & Un) -- Appropriate and Appropriated Settings for Elephants: Sites of Representation of Objects of Natural History
4:30 PM:
STEPHANIE LECLERC-CAFFAREL -- Virtual Circulation of Museum Objects: Building on the Original Nature of Fijian Early Museum Collections
4:45 PM:
DISCUSSANT: STEVEN HOOPER (University of East Anglia, UK)
5:00 PM:
DISCUSSION
::FRIDAY 616pm::
Council for Museum Anthropology Business Meeting
*Includes presentations of the first Michael Ames Prize for Innovative Museum Anthropology and the first two student travel awards!
::SATURDAY 1:45pm::
Program Number: 4-0770
Type: Invited Roundtable Session
Session Title: AFTER THE RETURN: DIGITAL REPATRIATION AND THE CIRCULATION OF INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE
Session Sponsor: AAA Executive Program Committee
Session Date/Time: Sat., 1:45 PM-5:30 PM
Organizer(s): KIMBERLY CHRISTEN (Washington State University)
Chair(s): KIMBERLY CHRISTEN (Washington State University)
1:45 PM - 5:30 PM:
DISCUSSANT: CHIP COLWELL-CHANTHAPHONH (Denver Museum of Nature & Science)
DISCUSSANT: MARK TURIN (University of Cambridge)
DISCUSSANT: HAIDY GEISMAR (New York University)
DISCUSSANT: CORY WILLMOTT (Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville)
DISCUSSANT: TIMOTHY POWELL
DISCUSSANT: JANE ANDERSON
DISCUSSANT: JIM ENOTE ( Executive Director of the A:shiwi A:wan )
DISCUSSANT: CRYSTAL MIGWANS (Ojibwe Cultural Foundation)
DISCUSSANT: JENNIFER O'NEAL
Monday, November 08, 2010
AAA Sessions To Check Out! (Part I)
::WEDNESDAY 8am::
Program Number: 1-0840
Session Title: MAKING MEANING WITH OBJECTS: COMMUNITY PROCESSES AND MUSEUM PRACTICES
Session Sponsor: Council for Museum Anthropology
Session Date/Time: Wed., 8:00 PM-9:45 PM
Chair(s): BETTY DUGGAN (New York State Museum)
8:00 PM:
CATHERINE RHODES -- Building Significance: The Circulation of Culturally-Specific Models of Narrativity in an Exhibit at the Chicago Children's Museum
8:15 PM:
ERICA TUCKER (Stonehill College) -- Circulating Knowledge and Identities at the Museum of the Warsaw Rising
8:30 PM:
MICHELLE TISDEL (National Library of Norway) -- The Circulation of Afro-Cuban Altar Objects: Confiscated Deities and Personal Heritage in Cuban Museums
8:45 PM:
JOHN LUKAVIC (University of Oklahoma) -- Circulating Property and Knowledge: Intellectual Property and Cultural Knowledge Systems of the Southern Cheyenne
9:00 PM:
JILL AHLBERG YOHE (Franklin and Marshall College) -- Situated Flow: Reweaving Meaning in a Navajo Context
9:15 PM:
AMBER COX -- Digging, Dealing and Rationalizing: A Looter-Collector's "Ethic" for Archaeology
9:30 PM:
BETTY DUGGAN (New York State Museum) -- Reconstructing Histories of Chitimacha Basketry Revitalizations and Museum Collections
::THURSDAY 8am::
Program Number: 2-0250
Session Title: MUSEUM ETHNOGRAPHY IN THEORY AND PRACTICE
Session Sponsor: Council for Museum Anthropology
Session Date/Time: Thu., 8:00 AM-11:45 AM
Organizer(s): CHRISTINA KREPS (University of Denver), JENNIFER SHANNON (University of Colorado)
Chair(s): J JOANNE KIENHOLZ (University of British Columbia)
8:00 AM:
CHRISTINA KREPS (University of Denver) -- Expanding the Field: Museum Ethnography and the Renewal of Museum Anthropology
8:15 AM:
JENNIFER SHANNON (University of Colorado) -- Museum Ethnography: Methods and Perspectives
8:30 AM:
PATRICIA ERIKSON (University of Southern Maine) -- Revisiting "Museum Autoethnography" in a "Virtual Museum" Era
8:45 AM:
JOHN BODINGER DE URIARTE (Susquehanna University) -- Contemplating Spectacle: Ethnography in Exhibitionary Spaces
9:00 AM:
DANIELLE MERRIMAN -- Community Museum or Tourist Shop?: Local Contestation of Museum Meanings in Costa Rica
9:15 AM:
CATHERINE NICHOLS (Arizona State University) -- Dying to Be Represented: Días De Los Muertos in the Museum
9:30 AM:
DISCUSSANT: ERIC GABLE (Mary Washington College)
BREAK
10:00 AM:
ROBERT WELSCH (Franklin Pierce University) -- Using Museum Collections to Interpret the Social Disruptions of World War II: Impact of the Allied Invasion of New Guinea at Aitape in 1944
10:15 AM:
SHELLEY BUTLER (McGill University) -- Bridging Theory and Practice: Museum Ethnography and Curatorial Dreams
10:30 AM:
CYNTHIA CHAVEZ LAMAR (School for Advanced Research) -- Creating Context and Validating Knowledge About Collections at the Indian Arts Research Center
10:45 AM:
JENNIFER KRAMER (University of British Columbia) -- Mobius Museology – Curating and Critiquing the Multiversity Galleries at the UBC Museum of Anthropology
11:00 AM:
J JOANNE KIENHOLZ (University of British Columbia) -- On Liaising With the Reciprocal Research Network's Community Liaisons: Circulating Subject and Objecthood
11:15 AM:
DISCUSSANT: ANN MCMULLEN (National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution)
11:30 AM:
DISCUSSION
::THURSDAY 10:15am::
Program Number: 2-0365
Invited Session
Session Title: APPLYING NEW THEORIES TO OLD THINGS: MUSEUM RESEARCH TODAY
Session Sponsor: Council for Museum Anthropology
Session Date/Time: Thu., 10:15 AM-12:00 PM
Organizer(s): DANIEL SWAN (Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History)
Chair(s): DANIEL SWAN (Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History)
10:15 AM-12:00 PM:
DANIEL SWAN (Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History) -- Painting a New Tipi With Battle Pictures: Public Art, Intellectual Property and Heritage Maintenance
CANDACE GREENE (Smithsonian Institution) -- Summer Institute in Museum Anthropology: A Research Training Program
AIMEE DOUGLAS -- Transforming Capital: Emergent Meaning and Value in the Movement of Sri Lankan Masks
JENNIFER WAGELIE (Smithsonian Institution) -- Is There a Future for Museum Manikins?
WENDY DICKINSON -- Iconic Images: Intrigue and Information in a "Picture-Filled World"
LAURIAN BOWLES (Temple University) -- "Snap Writing: Look Me, Look You Too": Corporeal Images and Collaborative Photography With Kayayei in Ghana
GINA RAPPAPORT -- From Field, to File Folder, to You: The Cycle of Information at the National Anthropological Archives
Program Number: 1-0840
Session Title: MAKING MEANING WITH OBJECTS: COMMUNITY PROCESSES AND MUSEUM PRACTICES
Session Sponsor: Council for Museum Anthropology
Session Date/Time: Wed., 8:00 PM-9:45 PM
Chair(s): BETTY DUGGAN (New York State Museum)
8:00 PM:
CATHERINE RHODES -- Building Significance: The Circulation of Culturally-Specific Models of Narrativity in an Exhibit at the Chicago Children's Museum
8:15 PM:
ERICA TUCKER (Stonehill College) -- Circulating Knowledge and Identities at the Museum of the Warsaw Rising
8:30 PM:
MICHELLE TISDEL (National Library of Norway) -- The Circulation of Afro-Cuban Altar Objects: Confiscated Deities and Personal Heritage in Cuban Museums
8:45 PM:
JOHN LUKAVIC (University of Oklahoma) -- Circulating Property and Knowledge: Intellectual Property and Cultural Knowledge Systems of the Southern Cheyenne
9:00 PM:
JILL AHLBERG YOHE (Franklin and Marshall College) -- Situated Flow: Reweaving Meaning in a Navajo Context
9:15 PM:
AMBER COX -- Digging, Dealing and Rationalizing: A Looter-Collector's "Ethic" for Archaeology
9:30 PM:
BETTY DUGGAN (New York State Museum) -- Reconstructing Histories of Chitimacha Basketry Revitalizations and Museum Collections
::THURSDAY 8am::
Program Number: 2-0250
Session Title: MUSEUM ETHNOGRAPHY IN THEORY AND PRACTICE
Session Sponsor: Council for Museum Anthropology
Session Date/Time: Thu., 8:00 AM-11:45 AM
Organizer(s): CHRISTINA KREPS (University of Denver), JENNIFER SHANNON (University of Colorado)
Chair(s): J JOANNE KIENHOLZ (University of British Columbia)
8:00 AM:
CHRISTINA KREPS (University of Denver) -- Expanding the Field: Museum Ethnography and the Renewal of Museum Anthropology
8:15 AM:
JENNIFER SHANNON (University of Colorado) -- Museum Ethnography: Methods and Perspectives
8:30 AM:
PATRICIA ERIKSON (University of Southern Maine) -- Revisiting "Museum Autoethnography" in a "Virtual Museum" Era
8:45 AM:
JOHN BODINGER DE URIARTE (Susquehanna University) -- Contemplating Spectacle: Ethnography in Exhibitionary Spaces
9:00 AM:
DANIELLE MERRIMAN -- Community Museum or Tourist Shop?: Local Contestation of Museum Meanings in Costa Rica
9:15 AM:
CATHERINE NICHOLS (Arizona State University) -- Dying to Be Represented: Días De Los Muertos in the Museum
9:30 AM:
DISCUSSANT: ERIC GABLE (Mary Washington College)
BREAK
10:00 AM:
ROBERT WELSCH (Franklin Pierce University) -- Using Museum Collections to Interpret the Social Disruptions of World War II: Impact of the Allied Invasion of New Guinea at Aitape in 1944
10:15 AM:
SHELLEY BUTLER (McGill University) -- Bridging Theory and Practice: Museum Ethnography and Curatorial Dreams
10:30 AM:
CYNTHIA CHAVEZ LAMAR (School for Advanced Research) -- Creating Context and Validating Knowledge About Collections at the Indian Arts Research Center
10:45 AM:
JENNIFER KRAMER (University of British Columbia) -- Mobius Museology – Curating and Critiquing the Multiversity Galleries at the UBC Museum of Anthropology
11:00 AM:
J JOANNE KIENHOLZ (University of British Columbia) -- On Liaising With the Reciprocal Research Network's Community Liaisons: Circulating Subject and Objecthood
11:15 AM:
DISCUSSANT: ANN MCMULLEN (National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution)
11:30 AM:
DISCUSSION
::THURSDAY 10:15am::
Program Number: 2-0365
Invited Session
Session Title: APPLYING NEW THEORIES TO OLD THINGS: MUSEUM RESEARCH TODAY
Session Sponsor: Council for Museum Anthropology
Session Date/Time: Thu., 10:15 AM-12:00 PM
Organizer(s): DANIEL SWAN (Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History)
Chair(s): DANIEL SWAN (Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History)
10:15 AM-12:00 PM:
DANIEL SWAN (Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History) -- Painting a New Tipi With Battle Pictures: Public Art, Intellectual Property and Heritage Maintenance
CANDACE GREENE (Smithsonian Institution) -- Summer Institute in Museum Anthropology: A Research Training Program
AIMEE DOUGLAS -- Transforming Capital: Emergent Meaning and Value in the Movement of Sri Lankan Masks
JENNIFER WAGELIE (Smithsonian Institution) -- Is There a Future for Museum Manikins?
WENDY DICKINSON -- Iconic Images: Intrigue and Information in a "Picture-Filled World"
LAURIAN BOWLES (Temple University) -- "Snap Writing: Look Me, Look You Too": Corporeal Images and Collaborative Photography With Kayayei in Ghana
GINA RAPPAPORT -- From Field, to File Folder, to You: The Cycle of Information at the National Anthropological Archives
Saturday, November 06, 2010
Anthropology & Museum Studies Prof Opening
Position: Assistant/Associate Professor - Anthropology & Museum Studies
Institution: Central Washington University
Location: Ellensburg, WA
Category: Faculty - Liberal Arts - Anthropology
Posted: 10/25/2010
Type: Full Time
Job Summary:
The Department of Anthropology and Museum Studies, in the College of the Sciences at Central Washington University, invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track assistant/associate professor position that will play a significant role in Anthropology and Museum Studies. The position will contribute to the Resource Management Master's program, and to the Museum of Culture and Environment. The successful candidate is expected to teach classes at all levels of the curriculum, and to supervise student research. Service to the department, college, and university is also a job responsibility. A PhD in Anthropology by January 17, 2011, and expertise in museum studies, are required.
Required Quals:
PhD in Anthropology by January 17, 2011
Expertise in Museum Studies
Preferred Quals:
We are particularly interested in candidates with
(1) experience in community collaborations and with museums,
(2) excellence in teaching,
(3) research, geographic and other specializations to complement our existing anthropology faculty, and
(4) research and other specializations that contribute to the Resource Management Masters program.
Salary Range: salary commensurate with experience
Applicant Information:
The Department of Anthropology and Museum Studies serves undergraduate students who pursue classroom, laboratory, and field studies in sociocultural anthropology, biological anthropology, archaeology, and linguistics. A departmental undergraduate honors program is available at the upper division level. The department is strongly affiliated with undergraduate and graduate programs in American Indian Studies, Primate Behavior & Ecology and Resource Management.
The Museum of Culture and Environment provides undergraduate and graduate student opportunities for exhibit design, collections management, research, and community service.
To Apply:
Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until a candidate is selected. Applications received after January 17, 2011 cannot be guaranteed full consideration.
To apply for this position, complete the online application and attach the following:
-A letter of application that provides evidence of how your background meets required and preferred qualifications, and addresses how you can meet the position responsibilities;
-Names, addresses, e-mail and telephone numbers of three professional references. (Reference letters and examples of student evaluations will be solicited at a later stage of the process.)
-Curriculum vitae;
-Statement of your teaching philosophy.
Send inquiries to:
Dr. Tracy Andrews, Search Committee Chair, Department of Anthropology and Museum Studies (andrewst@cwu.edu).
Please contact Human Resources at AskHr@cwu.edu or 509-963-1202 if you require technical assistance with the on-line application process.
Application Information
Contact: CWU Human Resources
Central Washington University
Phone: 509-963-1202
Fax: 509-963-1733
TDD: 509-963-2143
Online App. Form: https://jobs.cwu.edu
Institution: Central Washington University
Location: Ellensburg, WA
Category: Faculty - Liberal Arts - Anthropology
Posted: 10/25/2010
Type: Full Time
Job Summary:
The Department of Anthropology and Museum Studies, in the College of the Sciences at Central Washington University, invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track assistant/associate professor position that will play a significant role in Anthropology and Museum Studies. The position will contribute to the Resource Management Master's program, and to the Museum of Culture and Environment. The successful candidate is expected to teach classes at all levels of the curriculum, and to supervise student research. Service to the department, college, and university is also a job responsibility. A PhD in Anthropology by January 17, 2011, and expertise in museum studies, are required.
Required Quals:
PhD in Anthropology by January 17, 2011
Expertise in Museum Studies
Preferred Quals:
We are particularly interested in candidates with
(1) experience in community collaborations and with museums,
(2) excellence in teaching,
(3) research, geographic and other specializations to complement our existing anthropology faculty, and
(4) research and other specializations that contribute to the Resource Management Masters program.
Salary Range: salary commensurate with experience
Applicant Information:
The Department of Anthropology and Museum Studies serves undergraduate students who pursue classroom, laboratory, and field studies in sociocultural anthropology, biological anthropology, archaeology, and linguistics. A departmental undergraduate honors program is available at the upper division level. The department is strongly affiliated with undergraduate and graduate programs in American Indian Studies, Primate Behavior & Ecology and Resource Management.
The Museum of Culture and Environment provides undergraduate and graduate student opportunities for exhibit design, collections management, research, and community service.
To Apply:
Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until a candidate is selected. Applications received after January 17, 2011 cannot be guaranteed full consideration.
To apply for this position, complete the online application and attach the following:
-A letter of application that provides evidence of how your background meets required and preferred qualifications, and addresses how you can meet the position responsibilities;
-Names, addresses, e-mail and telephone numbers of three professional references. (Reference letters and examples of student evaluations will be solicited at a later stage of the process.)
-Curriculum vitae;
-Statement of your teaching philosophy.
Send inquiries to:
Dr. Tracy Andrews, Search Committee Chair, Department of Anthropology and Museum Studies (andrewst@cwu.edu).
Please contact Human Resources at AskHr@cwu.edu or 509-963-1202 if you require technical assistance with the on-line application process.
Application Information
Contact: CWU Human Resources
Central Washington University
Phone: 509-963-1202
Fax: 509-963-1733
TDD: 509-963-2143
Online App. Form: https://jobs.cwu.edu
Friday, November 05, 2010
Postdoctoral Museum Studies Coordinator
POSITION SUMMARY: Utah State University seeks to implement a new RCDE (USU Distance Education) Museum Studies certification program (for more info on RCDE, see http://distance.usu.edu/campuses).
This two-year, 24-credit program will initially be housed on the main, Logan, Utah USU campus (http://www.usu.edu/) and will target two populations: (1) USU graduate and undergraduate students on the Logan and USU Distance campuses; and (2) museum professionals and volunteers at Utah's 250+ museums. After two years, the program will reach a national audience through online course offerings (http://distance.usu.edu/htm/online), and, based on the needs of the program and the desires of the position holder, relocation to one of the campuses may be possible. The successful candidate will work with other museum studies professionals at Utah State University, the state of Utah's Office of Museum Services (http://arts.utah.gov/area_interest/museums/index.html), and the Utah Museums Association (http://www.utahmuseums.org/) to launch this program of study.
The ideal candidate will be someone interested in helping craft this program and also in teaching, via the RCDE "broadcast" system (http://distance.usu.edu/htm/ibc) four classes per academic year that serve the program. The candidate will also have an interest--at the end of two years in a postdoctoral capacity--in the creation of a successful program that supports transitioning the postdoctoral position to a more permanent position.
The postdoctoral position is a one-year appointment. However, USU and collaborative partners intend to continue funding (contingent on budgets) to extend the postdoctoral position for a second year. This will permit the successful candidate to teach the full rotation of courses in the certification program and to launch what we hope to be the permanent, revenue-generating program of study.
This is a special position for someone with a passion for museums and for training museum specialists of today and tomorrow. The successful applicant will interact with many different constituents, from traditional university students seeking futures in museums to retirees trying their best to run small museums in various Utah communities with little or no training. This position represents an opportunity for someone to build a program from the ground up--not entirely from scratch, because it will rest on a very strong foundation and many professionals will help mentor the successful candidate--but enough that he or she should feel highly vested in its success at the end of two years.
What we hope to see (and help make, and believe will) happen, is this: the two-year postdoctoral scholar will implement the program, the program will generate an enormous amount of interest on the part of students, and then the postdoctoral scholar will transition to a permanent and financially better supported (through online course revenue) position as one of the preeminent museum studies educator sin the state of Utah, and who enjoys close working relationships with museum professionals state-wide.
RESPONSIBILITIES: 1. Help develop a 24-credit academic museum studies certification program to be earned by USU students on the main and branch campuses (a prototype is in place, but we want the successful candidate to help shape the offerings)
2. Help develop a 12-credit "museum professional" museum studies certification program, consisting of a subset of the 24-credit version, that can be earned by people currently working or volunteering at museums but lacking vital training. The professional certificate will be granted by the Utah Office of Museum Services and/or the Utah Museums Association.
3. Teach, via USU's broadcast system (which reaches in live time campuses across Utah) four classes per academic year (2 fall, 2 spring) in the field of museum studies. As part of the teaching load, mentor students in internships of various sorts (exhibit production, administration, outreach, etc.) that may take place in museums across the state of Utah.
4. As courses are being taught via the broadcast medium, develop online versions that will be available to serve the program after the two-year broadcast-based inaugural certification program ends.
Additional Salary Information: $32,000 + excellent benefits; also negotiable at a higher salary without benefits
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Ph.D. in museum studies, anthropology, folklore, or a related content field. 2. Work, internship or volunteer experience in a museum setting. 3. Ability to establish a strong rapport with people from different backgrounds.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Experience teaching museum studies coursework. 2. A master's degree or certification in museum studies. 3. Experience with distance-based coursework (but note that USU-Logan has a center designed expressly to help candidates develop such classes, and so experience is not required) 4. Broad knowledge of and/or experience in various elements of museum administration, object care and interpretation.
This two-year, 24-credit program will initially be housed on the main, Logan, Utah USU campus (http://www.usu.edu/) and will target two populations: (1) USU graduate and undergraduate students on the Logan and USU Distance campuses; and (2) museum professionals and volunteers at Utah's 250+ museums. After two years, the program will reach a national audience through online course offerings (http://distance.usu.edu/htm/online), and, based on the needs of the program and the desires of the position holder, relocation to one of the campuses may be possible. The successful candidate will work with other museum studies professionals at Utah State University, the state of Utah's Office of Museum Services (http://arts.utah.gov/area_interest/museums/index.html), and the Utah Museums Association (http://www.utahmuseums.org/) to launch this program of study.
The ideal candidate will be someone interested in helping craft this program and also in teaching, via the RCDE "broadcast" system (http://distance.usu.edu/htm/ibc) four classes per academic year that serve the program. The candidate will also have an interest--at the end of two years in a postdoctoral capacity--in the creation of a successful program that supports transitioning the postdoctoral position to a more permanent position.
The postdoctoral position is a one-year appointment. However, USU and collaborative partners intend to continue funding (contingent on budgets) to extend the postdoctoral position for a second year. This will permit the successful candidate to teach the full rotation of courses in the certification program and to launch what we hope to be the permanent, revenue-generating program of study.
This is a special position for someone with a passion for museums and for training museum specialists of today and tomorrow. The successful applicant will interact with many different constituents, from traditional university students seeking futures in museums to retirees trying their best to run small museums in various Utah communities with little or no training. This position represents an opportunity for someone to build a program from the ground up--not entirely from scratch, because it will rest on a very strong foundation and many professionals will help mentor the successful candidate--but enough that he or she should feel highly vested in its success at the end of two years.
What we hope to see (and help make, and believe will) happen, is this: the two-year postdoctoral scholar will implement the program, the program will generate an enormous amount of interest on the part of students, and then the postdoctoral scholar will transition to a permanent and financially better supported (through online course revenue) position as one of the preeminent museum studies educator sin the state of Utah, and who enjoys close working relationships with museum professionals state-wide.
RESPONSIBILITIES: 1. Help develop a 24-credit academic museum studies certification program to be earned by USU students on the main and branch campuses (a prototype is in place, but we want the successful candidate to help shape the offerings)
2. Help develop a 12-credit "museum professional" museum studies certification program, consisting of a subset of the 24-credit version, that can be earned by people currently working or volunteering at museums but lacking vital training. The professional certificate will be granted by the Utah Office of Museum Services and/or the Utah Museums Association.
3. Teach, via USU's broadcast system (which reaches in live time campuses across Utah) four classes per academic year (2 fall, 2 spring) in the field of museum studies. As part of the teaching load, mentor students in internships of various sorts (exhibit production, administration, outreach, etc.) that may take place in museums across the state of Utah.
4. As courses are being taught via the broadcast medium, develop online versions that will be available to serve the program after the two-year broadcast-based inaugural certification program ends.
Additional Salary Information: $32,000 + excellent benefits; also negotiable at a higher salary without benefits
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Ph.D. in museum studies, anthropology, folklore, or a related content field. 2. Work, internship or volunteer experience in a museum setting. 3. Ability to establish a strong rapport with people from different backgrounds.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Experience teaching museum studies coursework. 2. A master's degree or certification in museum studies. 3. Experience with distance-based coursework (but note that USU-Logan has a center designed expressly to help candidates develop such classes, and so experience is not required) 4. Broad knowledge of and/or experience in various elements of museum administration, object care and interpretation.
Thursday, November 04, 2010
NMAI Position Opening
SALARY RANGE: $51,630.00 - $67,114.00 /year
OPEN PERIOD: Wednesday, October 27, 2010 to Wednesday, November 10, 2010
SERIES & GRADE: GS-1001-09/09
POSITION INFORMATION: Full-Time, Permanent Term appointment for 13 months. This appointment may be extended up to four years.
PROMOTION POTENTIAL: 09
DUTY LOCATIONS: 1 vacancy - Washington DC Metro Area, DC
WHO MAY BE CONSIDERED: This position is open to current and former Federal employees with permanent status or reinstatement eligibility. Individuals who are eligible for a special appointing authority may also apply; such as applicants with a disability, former Peace Corps volunteers, certain military spouses, veterans seeking a VRA/VEOA appointment, or veterans who have been separated from armed forces under honorable conditions after 3 years or more of continuous active service.
JOB SUMMARY:
This position is located in National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI). The employee provides research analysis, and submit repatriation recommendations to the Board of Trustees on specific topics as assigned by the Community Services Program Specialist, and/or the Manager for Constituent Services.
More here: http://jobview.usajobs.gov/GetJob.aspx?OPMControl=2077870
OPEN PERIOD: Wednesday, October 27, 2010 to Wednesday, November 10, 2010
SERIES & GRADE: GS-1001-09/09
POSITION INFORMATION: Full-Time, Permanent Term appointment for 13 months. This appointment may be extended up to four years.
PROMOTION POTENTIAL: 09
DUTY LOCATIONS: 1 vacancy - Washington DC Metro Area, DC
WHO MAY BE CONSIDERED: This position is open to current and former Federal employees with permanent status or reinstatement eligibility. Individuals who are eligible for a special appointing authority may also apply; such as applicants with a disability, former Peace Corps volunteers, certain military spouses, veterans seeking a VRA/VEOA appointment, or veterans who have been separated from armed forces under honorable conditions after 3 years or more of continuous active service.
JOB SUMMARY:
This position is located in National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI). The employee provides research analysis, and submit repatriation recommendations to the Board of Trustees on specific topics as assigned by the Community Services Program Specialist, and/or the Manager for Constituent Services.
More here: http://jobview.usajobs.gov/GetJob.aspx?OPMControl=2077870
Wednesday, November 03, 2010
Indian Arts Research Center Fellowships
The Indian Arts Research Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico seeks Native and First Nations artists to apply for its upcoming artist fellowships for 2011-2012. This includes a fourth new fellowship specifically geared toward writers. See attached press release for more information about the Lannan Foundation Writer-in-Residence Fellowship. Please forward this notice to any artists, list serves, and individuals who may be interested.
Next year, the Indian Arts Research Center (IARC) at the School for Advanced Research (SAR) will offer four artist-in-residence fellowships to advance the work of mature and emerging Native artists. Each fellowship includes a $3,000 monthly stipend, housing, studio space, supplies allowance, and travel reimbursement to and from SAR. These fellowships provide time for artists to explore new avenues of creativity, grapple with new ideas to further advance their work, and to strengthen existing talents. The fellowships support diverse creative disciplines and can include sculpture, performance, basketry, painting, printmaking, digital art, mixed media, photography, pottery, music, writing, and film.
Artist fellows must live on the SAR campus, complete a project resulting in the creation of one or more works, and make a public presentation at the end of their fellowship. While in residence, artists can access the IARC collection of Native arts for research and study. Additionally, SAR would like to see the fellow's work represented in the object, archives, or photo collection; therefore, the IARC request the donation of a single piece created while working at SAR. If selected for the fellowship, artists must agree to participate in interviews, photo sessions, video recordings, and exit interviews to document the fellow's process and progress. This information will be entered into the IARC archives to serve as a permanent public record. Deadline to apply is January 15, 2011.
This application cycle includes: the Ronald and Susan Dubin Native Artist Fellowship 2011, Rollin and Mary Ella King Native Artist Fellowship 2011, Lannan Foundation Writer-in-Residence Fellowship 2012, and Eric and Barbara Dobkin Native Artist Fellowship for Native Women 2012. To download the application, read the FAQ, or find out more about the fellowships, visit: http://artists.sarweb.org.
Completed applications must be postmarked no later than January 15, 2011. There are absolutely no exceptions to the date. Incomplete applications will not be reviewed. Any supplementary materials submitted will not be considered or returned. Notifications will be sent approximately four months after the application deadline. Questions may be directed to (505) 954-7205 or poon@sarsf.org.
Next year, the Indian Arts Research Center (IARC) at the School for Advanced Research (SAR) will offer four artist-in-residence fellowships to advance the work of mature and emerging Native artists. Each fellowship includes a $3,000 monthly stipend, housing, studio space, supplies allowance, and travel reimbursement to and from SAR. These fellowships provide time for artists to explore new avenues of creativity, grapple with new ideas to further advance their work, and to strengthen existing talents. The fellowships support diverse creative disciplines and can include sculpture, performance, basketry, painting, printmaking, digital art, mixed media, photography, pottery, music, writing, and film.
Artist fellows must live on the SAR campus, complete a project resulting in the creation of one or more works, and make a public presentation at the end of their fellowship. While in residence, artists can access the IARC collection of Native arts for research and study. Additionally, SAR would like to see the fellow's work represented in the object, archives, or photo collection; therefore, the IARC request the donation of a single piece created while working at SAR. If selected for the fellowship, artists must agree to participate in interviews, photo sessions, video recordings, and exit interviews to document the fellow's process and progress. This information will be entered into the IARC archives to serve as a permanent public record. Deadline to apply is January 15, 2011.
This application cycle includes: the Ronald and Susan Dubin Native Artist Fellowship 2011, Rollin and Mary Ella King Native Artist Fellowship 2011, Lannan Foundation Writer-in-Residence Fellowship 2012, and Eric and Barbara Dobkin Native Artist Fellowship for Native Women 2012. To download the application, read the FAQ, or find out more about the fellowships, visit: http://artists.sarweb.org.
Completed applications must be postmarked no later than January 15, 2011. There are absolutely no exceptions to the date. Incomplete applications will not be reviewed. Any supplementary materials submitted will not be considered or returned. Notifications will be sent approximately four months after the application deadline. Questions may be directed to (505) 954-7205 or poon@sarsf.org.
Tuesday, November 02, 2010
End of Cal NAGPRA?
20 years after the inauguration of the National Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), California’s own NAGPRA law (or Cal NAGPRA) has been effectively quashed by a lack of state funding.
Cal NAGPRA was enacted in 2001 in an attempt to force California institutions with large Native American collections to return objects to their culturally affiliated descendants. The bill (AB 978) aimed to “streamline and add an accountability step to the repatriation process” to both federally and non-federally recognized tribes. Unlike other states, California does not have a process of recognition for federally unrecognized tribes. Consequently, the state has over a hundred such tribes, the highest number in the country.
[Read more here.]
Cal NAGPRA was enacted in 2001 in an attempt to force California institutions with large Native American collections to return objects to their culturally affiliated descendants. The bill (AB 978) aimed to “streamline and add an accountability step to the repatriation process” to both federally and non-federally recognized tribes. Unlike other states, California does not have a process of recognition for federally unrecognized tribes. Consequently, the state has over a hundred such tribes, the highest number in the country.
[Read more here.]
Monday, November 01, 2010
Multimedia Supplement to MUA Article
Additional Material related to NAGPRA at 20: Museum Collections and Reconnections.
"NAGPRA at 20: Museum Collections and Reconnections," an article in the most recent volume of Museum Anthropology (Volume 33, Issue 2, pages 105-124), describes relationships that developed between the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) and three Indian Tribes. These relationships began with NAGPRA and its mandate and went on to flourish beyond the issue of repatriation. In this page, the authors post supplemental material that will provide greater context and dimension to these three important stories.
Beaver Canoe Prow Piece
In the article, the authors tell the story of the only canoe to have survived the U.S. Navy’s bombardment of the Tlingit village of Angoon, Alaska, in 1882. The prow piece of that canoe would later become part of the AMNH’s ethnographic collection. The museum repatriated the canoe prow to Kootznoowoo, Incorporated, in 1999 and it arrived in Angoon on the 117th anniversary of the bombardment. The following video captures the October 26, 1999, repatriation ceremony: here. It begins as the prow piece arrives from Juneau via ferry where more than half the village turned out to welcome it. This video also features Mark Jacobs and Peter Jack, two Tlingit elders, recounting the story of the bombardment, and Harold Jacobs describing how he came to discover this important item among the collections of the AMNH. To provide the viewer with a greater understanding of the proceedings, Garfield George, the current caretaker of the canoe prow piece, has provided captions for the video.
Willamete Meteorite/Tomanowos
The authors tell the story of the Willamette Meteorite, the largest ever found in the United States, its journey from Oregon to the AMNH and its connection to the Clackamas people who call it Tomanowos. Although the meteorite was the subject of a repatriation claim, the AMNH and the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde (which includes Clackamas members), reached an agreement that ensures access to the meteorite by members of the tribe for religious, historical, and cultural purposes while maintaining its continued presence at the AMNH for scientific and educational purposes. The Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde and the AMNH celebrated the 10th anniversary of their historic agreement in June 2010. The authors provide links to a video that AMNH posted to its website and to a special insert about Tomanowos and the celebration that the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde included in its monthly newsletter, Smoke Signals: here.
Additional information about the history and culture of the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde is available at the Tribe’s website: here.
A Rediscovering of Caddo Heritage
The authors describe a highly collaborative relationship between members of the Caddo Nation of Oklahoma, archaeologists and the AMNH that led to the documentation and repatriation of a large collection of funerary objects from the historic Clements Site in eastern Texas. This research also resulted in the publication of two scholarly works one of which is accessible on-line: The Clements Site (41CS25): A Late 17th- to Early 18th-Century Nasoni Caddo Settlement and Cemetery (here).
Many of the funerary objects that the AMNH repatriated from the Clements Site are ceramic vessels that exhibit engraved and incised design motifs, along with distinctive forms that are characteristic of Caddo pottery. To underscore the on-going importance of this ceramic tradition, the authors also include two videos of the Caddo Nation Tribal Historic Preservation Office’s recent workshop that provided instruction on traditional pottery making techniques: here. John E. Miller III, who has spent more than 30 years replicating Caddo pottery styles, led the workshop. The first video is a short slide show that provides an overview of the class from beginning to end. The second video features a more extensive look at portions of the workshop.
Additionally, the Caddo Nation Heritage Museum maintains permanent exhibits of traditional pottery. The engraved bottles, bowls and jars currently on display represent the Caddoan traditions from ca. 1000 AD to the late 1600's contact period. For more information about this institution and its collections, please go to the Caddo Nation Heritage Museum’s website: here.
"NAGPRA at 20: Museum Collections and Reconnections," an article in the most recent volume of Museum Anthropology (Volume 33, Issue 2, pages 105-124), describes relationships that developed between the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) and three Indian Tribes. These relationships began with NAGPRA and its mandate and went on to flourish beyond the issue of repatriation. In this page, the authors post supplemental material that will provide greater context and dimension to these three important stories.
Beaver Canoe Prow Piece
In the article, the authors tell the story of the only canoe to have survived the U.S. Navy’s bombardment of the Tlingit village of Angoon, Alaska, in 1882. The prow piece of that canoe would later become part of the AMNH’s ethnographic collection. The museum repatriated the canoe prow to Kootznoowoo, Incorporated, in 1999 and it arrived in Angoon on the 117th anniversary of the bombardment. The following video captures the October 26, 1999, repatriation ceremony: here. It begins as the prow piece arrives from Juneau via ferry where more than half the village turned out to welcome it. This video also features Mark Jacobs and Peter Jack, two Tlingit elders, recounting the story of the bombardment, and Harold Jacobs describing how he came to discover this important item among the collections of the AMNH. To provide the viewer with a greater understanding of the proceedings, Garfield George, the current caretaker of the canoe prow piece, has provided captions for the video.
Willamete Meteorite/Tomanowos
The authors tell the story of the Willamette Meteorite, the largest ever found in the United States, its journey from Oregon to the AMNH and its connection to the Clackamas people who call it Tomanowos. Although the meteorite was the subject of a repatriation claim, the AMNH and the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde (which includes Clackamas members), reached an agreement that ensures access to the meteorite by members of the tribe for religious, historical, and cultural purposes while maintaining its continued presence at the AMNH for scientific and educational purposes. The Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde and the AMNH celebrated the 10th anniversary of their historic agreement in June 2010. The authors provide links to a video that AMNH posted to its website and to a special insert about Tomanowos and the celebration that the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde included in its monthly newsletter, Smoke Signals: here.
Additional information about the history and culture of the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde is available at the Tribe’s website: here.
A Rediscovering of Caddo Heritage
The authors describe a highly collaborative relationship between members of the Caddo Nation of Oklahoma, archaeologists and the AMNH that led to the documentation and repatriation of a large collection of funerary objects from the historic Clements Site in eastern Texas. This research also resulted in the publication of two scholarly works one of which is accessible on-line: The Clements Site (41CS25): A Late 17th- to Early 18th-Century Nasoni Caddo Settlement and Cemetery (here).
Many of the funerary objects that the AMNH repatriated from the Clements Site are ceramic vessels that exhibit engraved and incised design motifs, along with distinctive forms that are characteristic of Caddo pottery. To underscore the on-going importance of this ceramic tradition, the authors also include two videos of the Caddo Nation Tribal Historic Preservation Office’s recent workshop that provided instruction on traditional pottery making techniques: here. John E. Miller III, who has spent more than 30 years replicating Caddo pottery styles, led the workshop. The first video is a short slide show that provides an overview of the class from beginning to end. The second video features a more extensive look at portions of the workshop.
Additionally, the Caddo Nation Heritage Museum maintains permanent exhibits of traditional pottery. The engraved bottles, bowls and jars currently on display represent the Caddoan traditions from ca. 1000 AD to the late 1600's contact period. For more information about this institution and its collections, please go to the Caddo Nation Heritage Museum’s website: here.
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