SAN DIEGO MUSEUM OF MAN
Balboa Park, CA
The San Diego Museum of Man seeks a creative leader with an enterprising, entrepreneurial spirit to be their next Executive Director. The San Diego Museum of Man is a cultural and biological anthropology museum that collects, preserves, interprets, and communicates evidence of human diversity, development, creativity, and artistic expression to advance understanding and respect for all cultures, and to further understanding of the origins and evolution of human morphology and behavior. For more information about the Museum, please see www.museumofman.org.
Experience in or knowledge of San Diego, while not required, would be a plus. Above all, the successful candidate must have a passion for leading and promoting the San Diego Museum of Man. Although the successful candidate will most likely have solid leadership experience in the management of a museum or learning institution, it is also possible that the individual might come from another career background in the nonprofit, for-profit or public sectors. An advanced degree is strongly preferred. For a complete position description, see www.morrisberger.com.
To apply, send resume/CV and cover letter as attachments to: mb@morrisberger.com, or submit by mail to Morris & Berger, 500 North Brand Boulevard, Suite 2150, Glendale, CA 91203-1923; fax: (818) 507-4770.
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
New Theories and Old Things (CFP)
Call for Posters: AAA Annual Meeting 2010
APPLYING NEW THEORIES TO OLD THINGS: MUSEUM RESEARCH TODAY
Organizer and Chair: Daniel C. Swan, University of Oklahoma
dcswan@ou.edu
The resurgence of material culture research in recent decades as well as a robust literature on the ethnography of museums have had a profound impact on approaches to museum research. This poster session will provide an opportunity for anthropologists engaged with museums, particularly the new generation of young scholars, to present examples of the ways in which theoretical advances have been applied in museum settings. Contributions include an emphasis on reflexive discourse and multi-vocality, examinations of the issues of authority and representation, and a re-focusing of the anthropological lens on contemporary western societies. Topics addressed include reorientations in academic and professional training, collaborative research initiatives with source communities and innovations in exhibition and interpretive programs.
APPLYING NEW THEORIES TO OLD THINGS: MUSEUM RESEARCH TODAY
Organizer and Chair: Daniel C. Swan, University of Oklahoma
dcswan@ou.edu
The resurgence of material culture research in recent decades as well as a robust literature on the ethnography of museums have had a profound impact on approaches to museum research. This poster session will provide an opportunity for anthropologists engaged with museums, particularly the new generation of young scholars, to present examples of the ways in which theoretical advances have been applied in museum settings. Contributions include an emphasis on reflexive discourse and multi-vocality, examinations of the issues of authority and representation, and a re-focusing of the anthropological lens on contemporary western societies. Topics addressed include reorientations in academic and professional training, collaborative research initiatives with source communities and innovations in exhibition and interpretive programs.
Sunday, March 28, 2010
World Art: New Journal
Call for Papers
Please accept this email as a cordial invitation to consider the submission of your work to a new journal, World Art, which we are publishing through Taylor and Francis from 2011.
As editors we encourage contributions in the form of research articles, position pieces, visual essays, dialogues etc. We anticipate that this journal will become a showcase for the academic, creative and museological excellence of colleagues in the inter-related fields of world art history, contemporary arts, indigenous studies, heritage studies, visual anthropology, community archaeology, de-colonisation etc.
We also hope that the journal will establish dialogues and collaborations - between disciplines, practices and professions - as a way to address new issues and debates in world art studies and in related post-western contexts.
Please see http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/RWOR for details, plus the attached call for contributions to the first volume on 'Making, sensing, writing: what are the possibilities for world art?'
We can discuss any ideas you may have for dialogues, interventions etc. in the near future. We would also be grateful if you could please circulate this call widely amongst your colleagues elsewhere.
Very best wishes,
Dan Rycroft, George Lau and Veronica Sekules
Editors, World Art <worldart@uea.ac.uk>
Please accept this email as a cordial invitation to consider the submission of your work to a new journal, World Art, which we are publishing through Taylor and Francis from 2011.
As editors we encourage contributions in the form of research articles, position pieces, visual essays, dialogues etc. We anticipate that this journal will become a showcase for the academic, creative and museological excellence of colleagues in the inter-related fields of world art history, contemporary arts, indigenous studies, heritage studies, visual anthropology, community archaeology, de-colonisation etc.
We also hope that the journal will establish dialogues and collaborations - between disciplines, practices and professions - as a way to address new issues and debates in world art studies and in related post-western contexts.
Please see http://www.tandf.co.uk/
We can discuss any ideas you may have for dialogues, interventions etc. in the near future. We would also be grateful if you could please circulate this call widely amongst your colleagues elsewhere.
Very best wishes,
Dan Rycroft, George Lau and Veronica Sekules
Editors, World Art <worldart@uea.ac.uk>
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Top 10 Heists
A historically fascinating (we were going to write "fun" but that's probably not a good word choice ...) compilation of the "Top 10 Art Heists of All Time." If nothing else, something to talk to your museum's security officers about!
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Museums and Agendas
A new, provocative article in the New York Times, "The Thrill of Science, Tammed by Agendas," by Edward Rothstein.
Here's our own provocative take:
Rothstein has (yet again, if you’re familiar with his museum reviews) given us a very poor history lesson. The proposal that museums more than a century ago were apolitical institutions, simply presenting unadorned science, technological progress, and objects of natural wonder is simply false. Museums, as nearly every human endeavor, have always been -- and will always be -- political.
His argument, for example, that the Field Museum in Chicago, by presenting hunters and gathers as a noble lifestyle is somehow more political than emphasizing acts of human suffering (such as human sacrifice) is a tangled untruth. Much, much has been written about how the Western morbid fascination with cannibalism, human sacrifice, etc. is itself a product of Western political concepts of the “Other.” Both presentations have their politics. The question is not whether the museum has politics, but what those politics are and should be.
Here's our own provocative take:
Rothstein has (yet again, if you’re familiar with his museum reviews) given us a very poor history lesson. The proposal that museums more than a century ago were apolitical institutions, simply presenting unadorned science, technological progress, and objects of natural wonder is simply false. Museums, as nearly every human endeavor, have always been -- and will always be -- political.
His argument, for example, that the Field Museum in Chicago, by presenting hunters and gathers as a noble lifestyle is somehow more political than emphasizing acts of human suffering (such as human sacrifice) is a tangled untruth. Much, much has been written about how the Western morbid fascination with cannibalism, human sacrifice, etc. is itself a product of Western political concepts of the “Other.” Both presentations have their politics. The question is not whether the museum has politics, but what those politics are and should be.
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
NAGPRA Final Rule
The long awaited final rule on the disposition of Native American "culturally unidentifiable" human remains under NAGPRA has been published. You can find the new rules and regulations here (look under laws and reulgations, 43 CFR Part 10, Final Rule). Interesting reading! Also, check out an initial reaction to the rule in the the context of the controversy at the University of Michigan here.
Comments on the final rule will be accepted until May 14, 2010. We're thinking of writing one from the DMNS and would be interested to know if other folks out there are planning on submitting too. Let us know in our comments field below, or share your other thoughts on this recent development!
Comments on the final rule will be accepted until May 14, 2010. We're thinking of writing one from the DMNS and would be interested to know if other folks out there are planning on submitting too. Let us know in our comments field below, or share your other thoughts on this recent development!
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Ethnography and GIS Field School
Western Apache Ethnography and GIS Research Experience for Undergraduates
The White Mountain Apache Tribe Heritage Program and the University of Arizona announce opportunities for student participation in the inaugural session of the Western Apache Ethnography and GIS Research Experience for Undergraduates field school, a National Science Foundation-supported program, June 21-July 30, 2010.
Students participating in this REU will contribute to the creation of a Western Apache cultural and historical Atlas. Participants will learn field research techniques that will include methods for the collection of quantitative and qualitative data relating to historical and cultural use of landscapes and natural resources, providing a firm analytical foundation for the systematic evaluation of those cultural data. Students will also be trained in the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Global Positioning Systems (GPS). Students will design research projects, and will work collaboratively with fellow students, cultural advisors, and Tribal personnel to complete research projects that will result in draft entries for inclusion in the Atlas.
Participants will receive room and board at the Fort Apache/Theodore Roosevelt School campus, and a weekly stipend of $500 ($3,000 total for 6 weeks). Non-local students will be responsible for transportation to and from Tucson at the beginning and end of the program and will be expected to arrive in Tucson by Sunday 6/20 and to depart no earlier than 7/31.
6 hours of course credit from the University of Arizona will be available to participants who successfully complete the program (ANTH 395B Special Topics in Cultural Anthropology: Application of Geographic Information Systems to Cultural Anthropology and ANTH 495B Special Topics in Cultural Anthropology: Ethnographic Field Methods). 2010 U.A. Summer School tuition and fees are approximately $2,100 for 6 hours of coursework; tuition scholarships may be available. Successful applicants will be required to enroll in the University of Arizona summer school in order to receive course credit for the program. This will require an admission fee (anticipated to be $25 for Arizona residents/$65 for non-residents) and submission of proof of current MMR vaccination. Program staff will provide additional information and guidance.
All participants in the National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates must be enrolled in an undergraduate degree program at an accredited college or university (i.e., have completed courses in the program during the spring 2010 term and/or be enrolled for courses for the fall 2010 term).
A total of 8 students will be admitted to this program annually, 2010-2012. Members of the Western Apache Nations (White Mountain Apache Tribe, San Carlos Apache Tribe, Tonto Apache Tribe, Camp Verde Yavapai-Apache Nation) will be given first consideration for this program, but other Native and non-Native students are encouraged to apply. Applications received before April 15, 2010 will be given first consideration. Applications will continue to be accepted until the program is full.
Application instructions for the REU are now available at http://anthropology.arizona.edu.
For more information please contact REU Director Dr. Karl Hoerig at khoerig@fortapachearizona.org.
The White Mountain Apache Tribe Heritage Program and the University of Arizona announce opportunities for student participation in the inaugural session of the Western Apache Ethnography and GIS Research Experience for Undergraduates field school, a National Science Foundation-supported program, June 21-July 30, 2010.
Students participating in this REU will contribute to the creation of a Western Apache cultural and historical Atlas. Participants will learn field research techniques that will include methods for the collection of quantitative and qualitative data relating to historical and cultural use of landscapes and natural resources, providing a firm analytical foundation for the systematic evaluation of those cultural data. Students will also be trained in the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Global Positioning Systems (GPS). Students will design research projects, and will work collaboratively with fellow students, cultural advisors, and Tribal personnel to complete research projects that will result in draft entries for inclusion in the Atlas.
Participants will receive room and board at the Fort Apache/Theodore Roosevelt School campus, and a weekly stipend of $500 ($3,000 total for 6 weeks). Non-local students will be responsible for transportation to and from Tucson at the beginning and end of the program and will be expected to arrive in Tucson by Sunday 6/20 and to depart no earlier than 7/31.
6 hours of course credit from the University of Arizona will be available to participants who successfully complete the program (ANTH 395B Special Topics in Cultural Anthropology: Application of Geographic Information Systems to Cultural Anthropology and ANTH 495B Special Topics in Cultural Anthropology: Ethnographic Field Methods). 2010 U.A. Summer School tuition and fees are approximately $2,100 for 6 hours of coursework; tuition scholarships may be available. Successful applicants will be required to enroll in the University of Arizona summer school in order to receive course credit for the program. This will require an admission fee (anticipated to be $25 for Arizona residents/$65 for non-residents) and submission of proof of current MMR vaccination. Program staff will provide additional information and guidance.
All participants in the National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates must be enrolled in an undergraduate degree program at an accredited college or university (i.e., have completed courses in the program during the spring 2010 term and/or be enrolled for courses for the fall 2010 term).
A total of 8 students will be admitted to this program annually, 2010-2012. Members of the Western Apache Nations (White Mountain Apache Tribe, San Carlos Apache Tribe, Tonto Apache Tribe, Camp Verde Yavapai-Apache Nation) will be given first consideration for this program, but other Native and non-Native students are encouraged to apply. Applications received before April 15, 2010 will be given first consideration. Applications will continue to be accepted until the program is full.
Application instructions for the REU are now available at http://anthropology.arizona.edu.
For more information please contact REU Director Dr. Karl Hoerig at khoerig@fortapachearizona.org.
Sunday, March 14, 2010
100 Best Blogs
Yeah for the Museum Anthropology Blog! We were recently named among the 100 best blogs for anthropology students. Check out the list! Congratulations to our fellow anthropology bloggers for the honor and good work, too!
Friday, March 12, 2010
Quileute and Vampires
An important op-ed about the "Twilight" series and issues of intellectual property and Indigenous representation. Not directly related to museums, but the questions raised certainly relate to our work.
Thursday, March 11, 2010
CFP: The Circulation of Museum Objects
Call for Papers: The Circulation of Museum Objects
American Anthropological Association Meeting, New Orleans, November 17th- 21st, 2010
Panel organizer: Chris Wingfield, Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford / University of Birmingham - chris.wingfield@prm.ox.ac.uk
Deadline for title and abstract: Friday 19th March.
When things become museum objects, they can appear to be removed from the world of normal circulation. The process of collecting ethnographic objects has been described in terms of detachment and excision (Kirshenblatt-Gimblett 1998). Storage technologies in museums such as locked doors, alarm systems and glass cases all serve to restrict the movement of museum objects. Museum labeling and documentation can attempt to define museum objects as an immoveable and fixed part of a particular museum’s collection.
Nevertheless many museum objects continue to circulate within and between museums through exchanges and loans. Particularly charismatic objects can be regular travelers between exhibitions staged in different world cities.[1] In some ways it may be more sensible to think of museum objects as forming part of a particular sphere of exchange (Douglas and Isherwood 1979), rather than as being removed from circulation altogether. When museums are closed down, their collections may be transferred to other museum institutions, but can also be sold and returned to other arenas of circulation through the market. Repatriation has also seen museum objects enter new spheres of exchange in recent years.
As well as the circulation of the material objects themselves, museum objects circulate through indexical forms (Gell 1998). Casts and physical replicas of particularly iconic objects can form part of the way in which they circulate. Other indexes include photographs and drawings in museum publications, as well as scale models that may be sold in museum gift shops. For some museum objects, there is a relationship between their relative immovability and the number of indexes that circulate in the world.
This panel will seek to understand museums as institutions which on the one hand restrict and block the circulation of their objects, but on the other, channel their circulation in particular directions, and through particular spheres. By bringing some of the resources of anthropological exchange theory to the analysis of museums and their objects, it is hoped that museums may be understood in relation to the networks in which they operate, rather than as isolated monolithic institutions. In emulation of recent work on the anthropology of colonial archives, it is suggested that focusing on the circulation of museum objects may be a step towards an anthropology of museums that operates ‘along the grain’ (Stoler 2009).
References
Douglas, Mary, and Baron C. Isherwood (1979) The world of goods : towards an anthropology of consumption. Allen Lane, London.
Gell, Alfred (1998) Art and agency : an anthropological theory. Clarendon Press, Oxford.
Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, Barbara (1998) Destination culture : tourism, museums, and heritage. University of California Press, Berkeley ; London.
Stoler, Ann Laura (2009) Along the archival grain : epistemic anxieties and colonial common sense. Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J. ; Oxford.
[1] For an exploration of the idea of the charismatic museum object, see Wingfield, Christopher (2010) Touching the Buddha: encounters with a charismatic object. In Museum Materialities: Objects, Engagements, Interpretations, edited by S. H. Dudley, pp. 53-70. Routledge, London & New York.
American Anthropological Association Meeting, New Orleans, November 17th- 21st, 2010
Panel organizer: Chris Wingfield, Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford / University of Birmingham - chris.wingfield@prm.ox.ac.uk
Deadline for title and abstract: Friday 19th March.
When things become museum objects, they can appear to be removed from the world of normal circulation. The process of collecting ethnographic objects has been described in terms of detachment and excision (Kirshenblatt-Gimblett 1998). Storage technologies in museums such as locked doors, alarm systems and glass cases all serve to restrict the movement of museum objects. Museum labeling and documentation can attempt to define museum objects as an immoveable and fixed part of a particular museum’s collection.
Nevertheless many museum objects continue to circulate within and between museums through exchanges and loans. Particularly charismatic objects can be regular travelers between exhibitions staged in different world cities.[1] In some ways it may be more sensible to think of museum objects as forming part of a particular sphere of exchange (Douglas and Isherwood 1979), rather than as being removed from circulation altogether. When museums are closed down, their collections may be transferred to other museum institutions, but can also be sold and returned to other arenas of circulation through the market. Repatriation has also seen museum objects enter new spheres of exchange in recent years.
As well as the circulation of the material objects themselves, museum objects circulate through indexical forms (Gell 1998). Casts and physical replicas of particularly iconic objects can form part of the way in which they circulate. Other indexes include photographs and drawings in museum publications, as well as scale models that may be sold in museum gift shops. For some museum objects, there is a relationship between their relative immovability and the number of indexes that circulate in the world.
This panel will seek to understand museums as institutions which on the one hand restrict and block the circulation of their objects, but on the other, channel their circulation in particular directions, and through particular spheres. By bringing some of the resources of anthropological exchange theory to the analysis of museums and their objects, it is hoped that museums may be understood in relation to the networks in which they operate, rather than as isolated monolithic institutions. In emulation of recent work on the anthropology of colonial archives, it is suggested that focusing on the circulation of museum objects may be a step towards an anthropology of museums that operates ‘along the grain’ (Stoler 2009).
References
Douglas, Mary, and Baron C. Isherwood (1979) The world of goods : towards an anthropology of consumption. Allen Lane, London.
Gell, Alfred (1998) Art and agency : an anthropological theory. Clarendon Press, Oxford.
Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, Barbara (1998) Destination culture : tourism, museums, and heritage. University of California Press, Berkeley ; London.
Stoler, Ann Laura (2009) Along the archival grain : epistemic anxieties and colonial common sense. Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J. ; Oxford.
[1] For an exploration of the idea of the charismatic museum object, see Wingfield, Christopher (2010) Touching the Buddha: encounters with a charismatic object. In Museum Materialities: Objects, Engagements, Interpretations, edited by S. H. Dudley, pp. 53-70. Routledge, London & New York.
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Repatriating Rock Art?
A short little blog entry asking a big question: Heather Pringle talks about the need to preserve rock art, but also how rock art is fundamentally about place. You cannot understand rock art without understanding its location in the specific geographic it originates. Do, then, Pringle asks, museums have an obligation to return fragments of rock art to their original spots on the land?
Tuesday, March 09, 2010
Assistant/Associate Curator Position
Assistant/Associate Curator - Native Arts Department
The Denver Art Museum (DAM) is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Assistant or Associate Curator for its acclaimed collection of American Indian art. The DAM has a long history of honoring American Indian art and is committed to enhancing the understanding and appreciation of these rich art forms for broad and diverse audiences in collaboration with Native American communities and artists. As one of the first art museums in the United States to collect American Indian material, the DAM now holds an encyclopedic collection of 18,000 objects representing the artistic traditions of tribes across North America. The successful candidate should be energetic, creative, outgoing, self motivated and interested in joining a dynamic team currently developing an ambitious program for an innovative new gallery of American Indian art and associated Center for American Indian art.
Education or Formal Training Minimum - M.A. in art history, anthropology, Native American studies or related field
Experience - Three years museum experience preferred; Record of exhibitions and gallery installations, as well as some scholarly and popular publications
This is a full-time position with benefits. The position title will be determined by the experience of the best candidate for the job. If you are interested in this position please email a cover letter, resume and list of three references to: hrcoordinator@denverartmuseum.org.
Application Deadline: Friday, April 2, 2010
The Denver Art Museum (DAM) is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Assistant or Associate Curator for its acclaimed collection of American Indian art. The DAM has a long history of honoring American Indian art and is committed to enhancing the understanding and appreciation of these rich art forms for broad and diverse audiences in collaboration with Native American communities and artists. As one of the first art museums in the United States to collect American Indian material, the DAM now holds an encyclopedic collection of 18,000 objects representing the artistic traditions of tribes across North America. The successful candidate should be energetic, creative, outgoing, self motivated and interested in joining a dynamic team currently developing an ambitious program for an innovative new gallery of American Indian art and associated Center for American Indian art.
Education or Formal Training Minimum - M.A. in art history, anthropology, Native American studies or related field
Experience - Three years museum experience preferred; Record of exhibitions and gallery installations, as well as some scholarly and popular publications
This is a full-time position with benefits. The position title will be determined by the experience of the best candidate for the job. If you are interested in this position please email a cover letter, resume and list of three references to: hrcoordinator@denverartmuseum.org.
Application Deadline: Friday, April 2, 2010
Monday, March 08, 2010
Monticello College Foundation Internship
The Monticello College Foundation Internship in Museum Education provides an exciting and challenging opportunity to work closely with museum educators, exhibits staff, and curators at the Illinois State Museum.
The Monticello Intern helps coordinate the volunteers and day-to-day operations of the Museum's hands-on children's gallery ("A Place for Discovery"). The intern also plans and implements monthly children’s programs, and assists with school programs and family events. This year, the intern will also help the staff launch a new children's space, the "Play Museum."Requirements: a Bachelor's degree in education, anthropology, natural science, museum studies, history, or art; career interest in museum education; and experience working with the public. Experience leading volunteers, teaching, or Master's degree a plus. Flexibility, maturity, strong organizational skills, caring personality, and enthusiasm for working with children and volunteers - especially retirees - are important.
The internship will run from September 1, 2010 to August 31, 2011. There is a monthly stipend of $1,565 plus benefits package including fully-paid medical and life insurance, holidays, vacation, personal business days, and sick time.To apply: send cover letter, resume, college transcripts (undergraduate & graduate - unofficial copies are acceptable), an e-mail address where you may be reached, and contact information for three professional references (including their email addresses) to: Beth Shea, Education ChairpersonIllinois State Museum 502 S. Spring StreetSpringfield IL 62706-5000. The deadline is May 1 , 2010. E-mail or fax applications will not be accepted. Send inquiries to bshea@museum.state.il.us. Please, no phone calls. All applications will be acknowledged.
All applicants must be eligible to work in the United States and are responsible for securing their own immigration documents. If selected, proof of the applicant's availability to work in the United States must be submitted before the internship begins.
The Monticello Intern helps coordinate the volunteers and day-to-day operations of the Museum's hands-on children's gallery ("A Place for Discovery"). The intern also plans and implements monthly children’s programs, and assists with school programs and family events. This year, the intern will also help the staff launch a new children's space, the "Play Museum."Requirements: a Bachelor's degree in education, anthropology, natural science, museum studies, history, or art; career interest in museum education; and experience working with the public. Experience leading volunteers, teaching, or Master's degree a plus. Flexibility, maturity, strong organizational skills, caring personality, and enthusiasm for working with children and volunteers - especially retirees - are important.
The internship will run from September 1, 2010 to August 31, 2011. There is a monthly stipend of $1,565 plus benefits package including fully-paid medical and life insurance, holidays, vacation, personal business days, and sick time.To apply: send cover letter, resume, college transcripts (undergraduate & graduate - unofficial copies are acceptable), an e-mail address where you may be reached, and contact information for three professional references (including their email addresses) to: Beth Shea, Education ChairpersonIllinois State Museum 502 S. Spring StreetSpringfield IL 62706-5000. The deadline is May 1 , 2010. E-mail or fax applications will not be accepted. Send inquiries to bshea@museum.state.il.us. Please, no phone calls. All applications will be acknowledged.
All applicants must be eligible to work in the United States and are responsible for securing their own immigration documents. If selected, proof of the applicant's availability to work in the United States must be submitted before the internship begins.
Saturday, March 06, 2010
CMA Proposals for AAA Sessions
Council for Museum Anthropology members are invited to submit session proposals for consideration for CMA sponsorship.
Sessions sponsored by CMA are assured a place in the annual meeting program. Any topic relating to museum anthropology will be considered, but sessions that speak to broad issues in the field or engage the AAA membership more directly in issues of museum practice or representation are particularly solicited.
Please send a session abstract and list of proposed speakers (need not be confirmed yet) to Candace Greene, CMA VP, at greenec@si.edu.
Information exchange about sessions that are still in development is also welcome. Our goal is to continue to develop a robust discourse around museum anthropology as part of the AAA annual meeting program.
Sessions sponsored by CMA are assured a place in the annual meeting program. Any topic relating to museum anthropology will be considered, but sessions that speak to broad issues in the field or engage the AAA membership more directly in issues of museum practice or representation are particularly solicited.
Please send a session abstract and list of proposed speakers (need not be confirmed yet) to Candace Greene, CMA VP, at greenec@si.edu.
Information exchange about sessions that are still in development is also welcome. Our goal is to continue to develop a robust discourse around museum anthropology as part of the AAA annual meeting program.
Tuesday, March 02, 2010
SIMA - Deadline Extended
Summer Institute in Museum Anthropology (SIMA)
Supported by the Smithsonian Institution and the National Science Foundation
SIMA is a graduate student training program in museum research methods offered through the Department of Anthropology at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History. During four weeks of intensive training in seminars and hands-on workshops at the museum and at an off-site collections facility, students are introduced to the scope of collections and their potential as data. Students become acquainted with strategies for navigating museum systems, learn to select methods to examine and analyze museum specimens, and consider a range of theoretical issues that collections-based research may address. In consultation with faculty, each student carries out preliminary data collection on a topic of their own choice and develops (and continually refines) a prospectus for research to be implemented upon return to their home university.
Application Information
Who should apply? - Graduate students preparing for research careers in cultural anthropology who are interested in using museum collections as a data source. The program is not designed to serve students seeking careers in museum management. Students at both the masters and doctoral level will be considered for acceptance. Students in related interdisciplinary programs (Indigenous Studies, Folklore, etc.) are welcome to apply if the proposed project is anthropological in nature. All U.S. students are eligible for acceptance, even if studying abroad, as are international students enrolled in universities in the U.S.A. NOTE: First Nations people of Canada are eligible.
Costs - The program covers students’ tuition and housing, which is provided at a local university. A small stipend will be provided for food and other local expenses. Participants are individually responsible for the cost of travel to and from Washington, DC.
NEW Deadline - MARCH 15, 2010
SIMA dates for 2010: June 28-July 23
For more information and to apply-
Go to http://anthropology.si.edu/summerinstitute/
Supported by the Smithsonian Institution and the National Science Foundation
SIMA is a graduate student training program in museum research methods offered through the Department of Anthropology at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History. During four weeks of intensive training in seminars and hands-on workshops at the museum and at an off-site collections facility, students are introduced to the scope of collections and their potential as data. Students become acquainted with strategies for navigating museum systems, learn to select methods to examine and analyze museum specimens, and consider a range of theoretical issues that collections-based research may address. In consultation with faculty, each student carries out preliminary data collection on a topic of their own choice and develops (and continually refines) a prospectus for research to be implemented upon return to their home university.
Application Information
Who should apply? - Graduate students preparing for research careers in cultural anthropology who are interested in using museum collections as a data source. The program is not designed to serve students seeking careers in museum management. Students at both the masters and doctoral level will be considered for acceptance. Students in related interdisciplinary programs (Indigenous Studies, Folklore, etc.) are welcome to apply if the proposed project is anthropological in nature. All U.S. students are eligible for acceptance, even if studying abroad, as are international students enrolled in universities in the U.S.A. NOTE: First Nations people of Canada are eligible.
Costs - The program covers students’ tuition and housing, which is provided at a local university. A small stipend will be provided for food and other local expenses. Participants are individually responsible for the cost of travel to and from Washington, DC.
NEW Deadline - MARCH 15, 2010
SIMA dates for 2010: June 28-July 23
For more information and to apply-
Go to http://anthropology.si.edu/summerinstitute/
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