Thursday, March 31, 2011
Revitalizing Museums as Centers of Ethnographic Research
Museums have for centuries played an key role in managing the materials that define the myriad of cultures – past and present – around the world. And many of them have, over time, accumulated a lot of materials. The public displays in established museums, for example, usually feature only a tiny fraction of their collection ... [Read more here.]
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
SAA Sessions
As always, the Society for American Archaeology meeting has a lot of sessions of interest to museum anthropologists. Below are a few highlights, for the annual meetings this week in Sacramento. If you're headed there, be sure to check these out!
Wednesday Evening, March 30, 2011
OPENING SESSION AND PRESIDENT'S FORUM NAGPRA: CREATING THE NEXT GENERATION OF RESEARCH QUESTIONS AND PRACTICES
Room: Exhibit Hall C (CC)
Time: 6:00 PM-8:00 PM
Organizer: Sara Gonzalez
Chair: Darren Modzelewski
Moderator: Sara Gonzalez
Participants:
Ramon Vasquez-Discussant
Ventura Perez-Discussant
Desiree Martinez-Discussant
TJ Ferguson-Discussant
Alston Thoms-Discussant
Margaret Bruchac-Discussant
Martin Wobst-Discussant
Wendy Teeter-Discussant
Reno Franklin-Discussant
Saturday Morning
FORUM TWO DECADES OF NAGPRA: REFLECTIONS AND PROSPECTS
Room: 317/318 (CC)
Time: 8:00 AM–10:00 AM
Organizers: Dorothy Lippert and Vin Steponaitis
Chairs: Vin Steponaitis and Dorothy Lippert
Moderator: Joe Watkins
Participants:
Jennifer Richman—Discussant
Donald Craib—Discussant
Lynne Goldstein—Discussant
Patricia Capone—Discussant
Patricia Lambert—Discussant
Sunday Morning
FORUM WHEN THE TANGIBLE AND INTANGIBLE ARE ONE:
EXPLORING THE IMPLICATIONS OF INDIVISIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE FOR ARCHAEOLOGY
Room: 316 (CC)
Time: 8:00 AM–10:00 AM
Organizer: George Nicholas
Participants:
Martin Wobst—Discussant
Margaret Bruchac—Discussant
Desiree Martinez—Discussant
John Norder—Discussant
Robert Preucel—Discussant
Ora Marek-Martinez—Discussant
Des Kahotea—Discussant
Abstract: Archaeology is concerned foremost with the tangible manifestations of past lifeways, leaving the intangible to ethnographers and others. However, in many indigenous societies there may be little distinction made between “tangible” and “intangible” heritage; thus, “artifacts” and “sites” not only reflect ancient activities, but hold knowledge or even embody ancestors. Such indivisibility, when and where it occurs, has profound implications for how the archaeological record is approached, interpreted, and valued; how cultural heritage is protected (or not); and how community needs and concerns are addressed. Panelists explore the relationship between the “tangible” and the “intangible” at the intersection of traditional worldviews and archaeological practice.
Wednesday Evening, March 30, 2011
OPENING SESSION AND PRESIDENT'S FORUM NAGPRA: CREATING THE NEXT GENERATION OF RESEARCH QUESTIONS AND PRACTICES
Room: Exhibit Hall C (CC)
Time: 6:00 PM-8:00 PM
Organizer: Sara Gonzalez
Chair: Darren Modzelewski
Moderator: Sara Gonzalez
Participants:
Ramon Vasquez-Discussant
Ventura Perez-Discussant
Desiree Martinez-Discussant
TJ Ferguson-Discussant
Alston Thoms-Discussant
Margaret Bruchac-Discussant
Martin Wobst-Discussant
Wendy Teeter-Discussant
Reno Franklin-Discussant
Saturday Morning
FORUM TWO DECADES OF NAGPRA: REFLECTIONS AND PROSPECTS
Room: 317/318 (CC)
Time: 8:00 AM–10:00 AM
Organizers: Dorothy Lippert and Vin Steponaitis
Chairs: Vin Steponaitis and Dorothy Lippert
Moderator: Joe Watkins
Participants:
Jennifer Richman—Discussant
Donald Craib—Discussant
Lynne Goldstein—Discussant
Patricia Capone—Discussant
Patricia Lambert—Discussant
Sunday Morning
FORUM WHEN THE TANGIBLE AND INTANGIBLE ARE ONE:
EXPLORING THE IMPLICATIONS OF INDIVISIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE FOR ARCHAEOLOGY
Room: 316 (CC)
Time: 8:00 AM–10:00 AM
Organizer: George Nicholas
Participants:
Martin Wobst—Discussant
Margaret Bruchac—Discussant
Desiree Martinez—Discussant
John Norder—Discussant
Robert Preucel—Discussant
Ora Marek-Martinez—Discussant
Des Kahotea—Discussant
Abstract: Archaeology is concerned foremost with the tangible manifestations of past lifeways, leaving the intangible to ethnographers and others. However, in many indigenous societies there may be little distinction made between “tangible” and “intangible” heritage; thus, “artifacts” and “sites” not only reflect ancient activities, but hold knowledge or even embody ancestors. Such indivisibility, when and where it occurs, has profound implications for how the archaeological record is approached, interpreted, and valued; how cultural heritage is protected (or not); and how community needs and concerns are addressed. Panelists explore the relationship between the “tangible” and the “intangible” at the intersection of traditional worldviews and archaeological practice.
Monday, March 28, 2011
CFP: Museum-Community Partnerships in the Age of Mass Reproduction
2011 WAC Inter-Congress
“Indigenous People and Museums: Unraveling the Tensions”
Indianapolis (IN), June 22-25, 2011.
Session Title:
Museum-Community Partnerships in the Age of Mass Reproduction
Organizer:
Solen Roth
PhD Candidate, Department of Anthropology, the University of British Columbia; IPinCH (Intellectual Property Issues in Cultural Heritage) Graduate Student Fellow.
Abstract:
The collaborative model has increasingly been embraced by museums in the last few decades, in particular when working with the materials of Indigenous peoples. Specific attitudes, processes and values tend to be associated with the idea of “collaboration” – respect, dialogue, openness, reciprocity, ethics… Yet with a variety of institutions and groups engaging each other for a variety of reasons and projects, there is no one model for establishing these relationships and developing those partnerships. On the ground, these can entail as many hard-fought negotiations as consensuses, as much confusion as mutual understanding, as many conflicts of interest as reciprocity.
This session examines a specific dimension of this issue by focusing on what museum-community partnerships look like in the age of mass reproduction. What are the various kinds of relationships – conciliatory or not – that have been and can be established between museums and community members around the reproduction of museum objects? From photography, digital images and drawings, to replicas, casts, and giftware - what does collaborative museology teach us about what is at stake in the reproduction of museum objects? How are community members (artists, descendants of artists, elders, youth, political representatives, cultural leaders…) involved – or not – in decisions regarding reproductions of their objects in museums? How are the types of objects being reproduced (contemporary art, sacred objects, archeological artifacts, technical items…) taken into consideration in these decisions? How do the purposes for reproduction (publication, digital databases, exhibition, education, marketing, sale in gift shops…) affect the kinds of discussions taking place? How are different and potentially divergent conceptions of property rights (individual, collective, relational…) being called upon or ignored in the drafting of reproduction agreements?
Potential themes to be addressed in relationship to museum-community partnerships include but are not limited to:
- Cultural sensitivity and limitations placed on the reproduction of museum objects
- Profit-sharing agreements between museums and their community partners
- Interactions of museum and Indigenous protocols in object reproduction processes
- Effects of museum object commoditization
- Reproductions as an instrument of publicity and promotion
- Reproductions as teaching tools
- Authorized and non-authorized museum object reproductions
Participants of the 2011 WAC Intercongress interested in contributing papers to this session are invited to submit abstracts of under 250 words by [EXTENDED TO] APRIL 15, 2011 by email to Solen Roth: roths@interchange.ubc.ca
“Indigenous People and Museums: Unraveling the Tensions”
Indianapolis (IN), June 22-25, 2011.
Session Title:
Museum-Community Partnerships in the Age of Mass Reproduction
Organizer:
Solen Roth
PhD Candidate, Department of Anthropology, the University of British Columbia; IPinCH (Intellectual Property Issues in Cultural Heritage) Graduate Student Fellow.
Abstract:
The collaborative model has increasingly been embraced by museums in the last few decades, in particular when working with the materials of Indigenous peoples. Specific attitudes, processes and values tend to be associated with the idea of “collaboration” – respect, dialogue, openness, reciprocity, ethics… Yet with a variety of institutions and groups engaging each other for a variety of reasons and projects, there is no one model for establishing these relationships and developing those partnerships. On the ground, these can entail as many hard-fought negotiations as consensuses, as much confusion as mutual understanding, as many conflicts of interest as reciprocity.
This session examines a specific dimension of this issue by focusing on what museum-community partnerships look like in the age of mass reproduction. What are the various kinds of relationships – conciliatory or not – that have been and can be established between museums and community members around the reproduction of museum objects? From photography, digital images and drawings, to replicas, casts, and giftware - what does collaborative museology teach us about what is at stake in the reproduction of museum objects? How are community members (artists, descendants of artists, elders, youth, political representatives, cultural leaders…) involved – or not – in decisions regarding reproductions of their objects in museums? How are the types of objects being reproduced (contemporary art, sacred objects, archeological artifacts, technical items…) taken into consideration in these decisions? How do the purposes for reproduction (publication, digital databases, exhibition, education, marketing, sale in gift shops…) affect the kinds of discussions taking place? How are different and potentially divergent conceptions of property rights (individual, collective, relational…) being called upon or ignored in the drafting of reproduction agreements?
Potential themes to be addressed in relationship to museum-community partnerships include but are not limited to:
- Cultural sensitivity and limitations placed on the reproduction of museum objects
- Profit-sharing agreements between museums and their community partners
- Interactions of museum and Indigenous protocols in object reproduction processes
- Effects of museum object commoditization
- Reproductions as an instrument of publicity and promotion
- Reproductions as teaching tools
- Authorized and non-authorized museum object reproductions
Participants of the 2011 WAC Intercongress interested in contributing papers to this session are invited to submit abstracts of under 250 words by [EXTENDED TO] APRIL 15, 2011 by email to Solen Roth: roths@interchange.ubc.ca
Saturday, March 26, 2011
CFP: Remote Access to World Heritage Sites
"I Know Where I'm Going" - Remote Access to World Heritage Sites from St Kilda to Uluru
Remote Access to World Heritage Sites from St Kilda to Uluru
23-24 November 2011- Edinburgh (UK)
CALL FOR PAPERS
At a time of economic crisis and environmental threat, countries
everywhere are addressing the dual challenge of protecting and
preserving their natural and cultural heritage while maximizing its
economic value. This two-day international conference will focus on
the potential of new technologies to create high-quality,
remote-access, visitor experiences for World Heritage Sites and other
sites of cultural, historical and natural significance where remote
access is desirable or necessary.
The conference has three main aims:
1. To showcase the new technologies available: including the 3D
laser scanning of St Kilda WHS as part of the Scottish Ten
project to create exceptionally accurate digital models of
Scotland's five UNESCO World Heritage Sites and others
worldwide, in order to better conserve and manage them
(http://www.scottishten.org/). Other forms of digital mapping
will also be demonstrated.
2. To debate the benefits and challenges these new technologies
present. This applies not only to issues of preservation,
conservation, interpretation but also to the benefits and
pitfalls of virtual access to sensitive sites and the economic
benefits of tourism promoted thus.
3. To encourage site managers worldwide - particularly within the
UNESCO World Heritage Sites network - to consider the benefits &
impact these new technologies could have for their own sites,
allowing them to investigate these further and clarify issues of
acquisition, installation, costs etc.
The Conference will link into the 40th anniversary of the 1972 World
Heritage Convention (http://whc.unesco.org/en/conventiontext/). It
will be part of the Year of Scottish Islands 2011 and have a special
resonance for island sites everywhere. This conference will showcase
Scottish expertise in cutting-edge digital technology to a global
audience and create new business links with new markets.
THE CONFERENCE FORMAT
The Conference will have a mix of presentations and keynotes and
parallel sessions with empirical papers drawing on national and
regional contexts. Keynote speakers will include Dr Mechtild Rössler,
Chief of section Policy and Statutory Implementation Unit, UNESCO
World Heritage Centre.
If you would like to present a paper addressing the themes of the
Conference, please submit an abstract. Abstracts should be submitted
in pdf format and be limited to 2 pages and 1,000 words (including
title and author information, but excluding references). The
evaluation will be based on the quality of the submission. Submissions
and inquiries are through: rawhsc11@gmail.com. The deadline for
submissions is 3rd April 2011. On submission of an abstract, authors
should receive an email confirming receipt of their submission.
CONTACT
Isabelle Uny
Project Manager
Email: rawhsc11@gmail.com
Website: http://inspace.mediascot.org/beholder/iknowwhereimgoing
Mobile: +44(0) 777 380 8912
IMPORTANT DATES
Submission of title and abstract: 3rd April, 2011
Notification of acceptance: 25th April, 2011
Deadline for early-bird registration: 30 June, 2011
Registration deadline: 11 November, 2011
Remote Access to World Heritage Sites Conference: 23 & 24 November, 2011
Remote Access to World Heritage Sites from St Kilda to Uluru
23-24 November 2011- Edinburgh (UK)
CALL FOR PAPERS
At a time of economic crisis and environmental threat, countries
everywhere are addressing the dual challenge of protecting and
preserving their natural and cultural heritage while maximizing its
economic value. This two-day international conference will focus on
the potential of new technologies to create high-quality,
remote-access, visitor experiences for World Heritage Sites and other
sites of cultural, historical and natural significance where remote
access is desirable or necessary.
The conference has three main aims:
1. To showcase the new technologies available: including the 3D
laser scanning of St Kilda WHS as part of the Scottish Ten
project to create exceptionally accurate digital models of
Scotland's five UNESCO World Heritage Sites and others
worldwide, in order to better conserve and manage them
(http://www.scottishten.org/). Other forms of digital mapping
will also be demonstrated.
2. To debate the benefits and challenges these new technologies
present. This applies not only to issues of preservation,
conservation, interpretation but also to the benefits and
pitfalls of virtual access to sensitive sites and the economic
benefits of tourism promoted thus.
3. To encourage site managers worldwide - particularly within the
UNESCO World Heritage Sites network - to consider the benefits &
impact these new technologies could have for their own sites,
allowing them to investigate these further and clarify issues of
acquisition, installation, costs etc.
The Conference will link into the 40th anniversary of the 1972 World
Heritage Convention (http://whc.unesco.org/en/conventiontext/). It
will be part of the Year of Scottish Islands 2011 and have a special
resonance for island sites everywhere. This conference will showcase
Scottish expertise in cutting-edge digital technology to a global
audience and create new business links with new markets.
THE CONFERENCE FORMAT
The Conference will have a mix of presentations and keynotes and
parallel sessions with empirical papers drawing on national and
regional contexts. Keynote speakers will include Dr Mechtild Rössler,
Chief of section Policy and Statutory Implementation Unit, UNESCO
World Heritage Centre.
If you would like to present a paper addressing the themes of the
Conference, please submit an abstract. Abstracts should be submitted
in pdf format and be limited to 2 pages and 1,000 words (including
title and author information, but excluding references). The
evaluation will be based on the quality of the submission. Submissions
and inquiries are through: rawhsc11@gmail.com. The deadline for
submissions is 3rd April 2011. On submission of an abstract, authors
should receive an email confirming receipt of their submission.
CONTACT
Isabelle Uny
Project Manager
Email: rawhsc11@gmail.com
Website: http://inspace.mediascot.org/beholder/iknowwhereimgoing
Mobile: +44(0) 777 380 8912
IMPORTANT DATES
Submission of title and abstract: 3rd April, 2011
Notification of acceptance: 25th April, 2011
Deadline for early-bird registration: 30 June, 2011
Registration deadline: 11 November, 2011
Remote Access to World Heritage Sites Conference: 23 & 24 November, 2011
Thursday, March 24, 2011
NMAI Environmental Film Festival
National Museum of the American Indian Hosts Environmental Film Festival Screening and Global Conversation
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian hosts filmmakers Zacharias Kunuk and Ian Mauro for the U.S. premiere of Qapirangajuq: Inuit Knowledge and Climate Change—the world’s first Inuktitut-language documentary on global warming—Sunday, March 27, at 2 p.m. in the museum’s Rasmuson Theater.
This groundbreaking documentary captures the voices of those who are often overlooked in the discussion on climate change: the indigenous communities that are disproportionately affected by it. Inuit elders recall observations and customs passed down through centuries of storytelling and how their traditional ways of life are threatened by a warming Arctic. Their insight challenges mainstream accounts and reveals why climate change has become a human-rights issue for Native people.
The screening will be simultaneously broadcast online at www.isuma.tv, an independent network of Native and Inuit media, and at AmericanIndian.si.edu/webcasts. Mauro will attend the screening and Kunuk will be available via Skype for a discussion afterward moderated by a staff member of the Smithsonian’s Arctic Studies Center. The filmmakers will answer questions from viewers worldwide via the museum’s Facebook and Twitter.
Inuit Knowledge will also open the 15th annual Native American Film + Video Festival at the museum’s Manhattan branch, the George Gustav Heye Center. The festival, which runs from Thursday, March 31, to Sunday, April 3, celebrates the creative energy of Native American directors, producers, writers, actors, musicians, cultural activists and all the others who support their endeavors. This year’s festival will focus on the theme of “Mother Earth in Crisis,” and will feature more than 100 participants from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru, Suriname and the United States. For more information on the festival, e-mail FVC@si.edu.
For more information on the museum’s spring programs, visit www.AmericanIndian.si.edu.
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian hosts filmmakers Zacharias Kunuk and Ian Mauro for the U.S. premiere of Qapirangajuq: Inuit Knowledge and Climate Change—the world’s first Inuktitut-language documentary on global warming—Sunday, March 27, at 2 p.m. in the museum’s Rasmuson Theater.
This groundbreaking documentary captures the voices of those who are often overlooked in the discussion on climate change: the indigenous communities that are disproportionately affected by it. Inuit elders recall observations and customs passed down through centuries of storytelling and how their traditional ways of life are threatened by a warming Arctic. Their insight challenges mainstream accounts and reveals why climate change has become a human-rights issue for Native people.
The screening will be simultaneously broadcast online at www.isuma.tv, an independent network of Native and Inuit media, and at AmericanIndian.si.edu/webcasts. Mauro will attend the screening and Kunuk will be available via Skype for a discussion afterward moderated by a staff member of the Smithsonian’s Arctic Studies Center. The filmmakers will answer questions from viewers worldwide via the museum’s Facebook and Twitter.
Inuit Knowledge will also open the 15th annual Native American Film + Video Festival at the museum’s Manhattan branch, the George Gustav Heye Center. The festival, which runs from Thursday, March 31, to Sunday, April 3, celebrates the creative energy of Native American directors, producers, writers, actors, musicians, cultural activists and all the others who support their endeavors. This year’s festival will focus on the theme of “Mother Earth in Crisis,” and will feature more than 100 participants from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru, Suriname and the United States. For more information on the festival, e-mail FVC@si.edu.
For more information on the museum’s spring programs, visit www.AmericanIndian.si.edu.
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Online Engagement
An interesting article about online efforts at museums:
Museums pursue engagement online
By Carol Vogel
New York Times
Shelley Bernstein lives with her computer. Most days she hunkers down in her spartan office at the Brooklyn Museum where, as chief technology officer, she invents ways to keep people visiting the museum and its website, brooklynmuseum.org.
Every night she bicycles home to the Red Hook section of Brooklyn to be with Teddy, her beloved pit bull, and monitors the institution's presence on Facebook, Flickr, YouTube, FourSquare and Twitter, where it has nearly 183,000 followers ...
Read more here.
Museums pursue engagement online
By Carol Vogel
New York Times
Shelley Bernstein lives with her computer. Most days she hunkers down in her spartan office at the Brooklyn Museum where, as chief technology officer, she invents ways to keep people visiting the museum and its website, brooklynmuseum.org.
Every night she bicycles home to the Red Hook section of Brooklyn to be with Teddy, her beloved pit bull, and monitors the institution's presence on Facebook, Flickr, YouTube, FourSquare and Twitter, where it has nearly 183,000 followers ...
Read more here.
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Global Heritage Network
An article from Discovery News:
A new internet platform has been launched to rescue cultural heritage sites on the verge of being irremediably lost, said Global Heritage Fund, a California-based nonprofit organization that focuses on historical preservation.
Called Global Heritage Network (GHN), the platform is the first early warning and threat monitoring system for saving endangered sites in developing countries, where financial resources and expertise are limited.
A new internet platform has been launched to rescue cultural heritage sites on the verge of being irremediably lost, said Global Heritage Fund, a California-based nonprofit organization that focuses on historical preservation.
Called Global Heritage Network (GHN), the platform is the first early warning and threat monitoring system for saving endangered sites in developing countries, where financial resources and expertise are limited.
Monday, March 21, 2011
Egptian Antiquties Minister Question
Sunday, March 20, 2011
CFP: ICOM-ICME Annual Conference
ICOM-ICME/2011/Banz Monastery
Banz Monastery at Bad Staffelstein (Upper Franconia), Germany
2-5 October, 2011
Introduction
ICME (the International Committee for Museums of Ethnography) is an international committee of the International Council of Museums (ICOM) devoted to ethnography (ethnology, anthropology, folk) museums focusing on local, national and international cultures. ICME is concerned with the challenges facing ethnographic museums and collections in a changing world.
ICME will hold its 2011 annual conference on 2-5 October, 2011, at the Banz Monastery at Bad Staffelstein (Upper Franconia), Germany, in collaboration with the University of Bamberg/Department of European Ethnology. Final details of the ICME conference are forthcoming, but the general format of the annual meeting will consist of paper and discussion sessions and a one day excursion to museums in the area.
Optional - a short pre-conference tour (October 1-2) in Bamberg - World Heritage City - will be organized as well as the usual ICME post conference tour (October 5-8).
Dissolving boundaries. Museological approaches to national, social and cultural issues, from the point of view of ethnographic museums. Borders, boundaries, exclusion, delimitation or the dissolution of boundaries as a result of geographical, political, social and cultural parameters in long-term perspectives are not static. They are linked to a steady influence of different forces. Such processes take place quietly without conflict or they end in graduated collisions.
Borders, boundaries and dissolution are not limited to the grand level of nations or levels of policy planning systems. They also concern the social and cultural constitution of formal and informal groups. Terms like “equal" and "different" are often determined by everyday life experiences. Religious and ethnic identity constructions as well as comprehensive examples of migration, gender or age-specific distinctions present boundaries expressed by exclusions which need to be overcome. The variety of borders and their delimitation contribute towards political and social life.
How do museum ethnographers document and present political and social processes of these types?
What is the role of place (in situ, museum, information center) and the role played by authentic objects, photographs, texts?
What is the response of male and female and other visitors?
ICME/2011/Banz Monastery invites proposals of 20-minute presentations which address issues related to the topic of the conference. We also welcome paper proposals from non ICME members. Papers addressing the following sub-theme will also be welcomed:
The Challenging Museum/Challenging the Museum - Through this topic, speakers can examine how museums of cultures and societies address themes that are perceived as difficult, or connected to dilemmas of various natures. This annual theme has been adopted by the ICME Work Group, chaired by Per B. Rekdal (p.b.rekdal@khm.uio.no).
Submitting abstracts
Abstracts of between 250 and 300 words will be submitted for selection to the ICME Review Committee, chaired by Annette B. Fromm ICME President . Submissions should be sent to annettefromm@hotmail.com by May 15, 2010. If you send the abstract as attachment, please also include the text of the abstract in the text of the e-mail itself.
The following information should be included with the abstract:
- Title of submitted paper
- Name(s) of Author(s)
- Affiliation(s) & full address(es)
- Abstract in English (between 250 and 300 words)
- Support equipment required
General conference information
Registration forms, registration fee information, hotels, and other details will be forthcoming on the ICME web site - http://icme.icom.museum
Banz Monastery at Bad Staffelstein (Upper Franconia), Germany
2-5 October, 2011
Introduction
ICME (the International Committee for Museums of Ethnography) is an international committee of the International Council of Museums (ICOM) devoted to ethnography (ethnology, anthropology, folk) museums focusing on local, national and international cultures. ICME is concerned with the challenges facing ethnographic museums and collections in a changing world.
ICME will hold its 2011 annual conference on 2-5 October, 2011, at the Banz Monastery at Bad Staffelstein (Upper Franconia), Germany, in collaboration with the University of Bamberg/Department of European Ethnology. Final details of the ICME conference are forthcoming, but the general format of the annual meeting will consist of paper and discussion sessions and a one day excursion to museums in the area.
Optional - a short pre-conference tour (October 1-2) in Bamberg - World Heritage City - will be organized as well as the usual ICME post conference tour (October 5-8).
Dissolving boundaries. Museological approaches to national, social and cultural issues, from the point of view of ethnographic museums. Borders, boundaries, exclusion, delimitation or the dissolution of boundaries as a result of geographical, political, social and cultural parameters in long-term perspectives are not static. They are linked to a steady influence of different forces. Such processes take place quietly without conflict or they end in graduated collisions.
Borders, boundaries and dissolution are not limited to the grand level of nations or levels of policy planning systems. They also concern the social and cultural constitution of formal and informal groups. Terms like “equal" and "different" are often determined by everyday life experiences. Religious and ethnic identity constructions as well as comprehensive examples of migration, gender or age-specific distinctions present boundaries expressed by exclusions which need to be overcome. The variety of borders and their delimitation contribute towards political and social life.
How do museum ethnographers document and present political and social processes of these types?
What is the role of place (in situ, museum, information center) and the role played by authentic objects, photographs, texts?
What is the response of male and female and other visitors?
ICME/2011/Banz Monastery invites proposals of 20-minute presentations which address issues related to the topic of the conference. We also welcome paper proposals from non ICME members. Papers addressing the following sub-theme will also be welcomed:
The Challenging Museum/Challenging the Museum - Through this topic, speakers can examine how museums of cultures and societies address themes that are perceived as difficult, or connected to dilemmas of various natures. This annual theme has been adopted by the ICME Work Group, chaired by Per B. Rekdal (p.b.rekdal@khm.uio.no).
Submitting abstracts
Abstracts of between 250 and 300 words will be submitted for selection to the ICME Review Committee, chaired by Annette B. Fromm ICME President . Submissions should be sent to annettefromm@hotmail.com by May 15, 2010. If you send the abstract as attachment, please also include the text of the abstract in the text of the e-mail itself.
The following information should be included with the abstract:
- Title of submitted paper
- Name(s) of Author(s)
- Affiliation(s) & full address(es)
- Abstract in English (between 250 and 300 words)
- Support equipment required
General conference information
Registration forms, registration fee information, hotels, and other details will be forthcoming on the ICME web site - http://icme.icom.museum
Friday, March 18, 2011
Museum Anthropology - Vol. 34, No. 1
The next issue of Museum Anthropology is out!
Museum Anthropology
Volume 34, Issue 1 Page 1 - 89
ARTICLES
COLLABORATIVE MUSEOLOGY AND THE VISITOR (pages 1–12)
Lainie Schultz
NOT FOR ART'S SAKE: An Early Exhibition of Pre-Columbian Objects at the Toledo Museum of Art, 1928–1929 (pages 13–27)
Sarah Fee
OBJECT DIASPORAS, RESOURCING COMMUNITIES: Sierra Leonean Collections in the Global Museumscape (pages 28–42)
Paul Basu
THE HEARST MUSEUM OF ANTHROPOLOGY, THE NEW DEAL, AND A REASSESSMENT OF THE “DARK AGE” OF THE MUSEUM IN THE UNITED STATES (pages 43–55)
Samuel Redman
NEOCOLONIAL COLLABORATION: Museum as Contact Zone Revisited (pages 56–70)
Robin Boast
BOOK REVIEWS
First Nations Cultural Heritage and Law: Case Studies, Voices, and Perspectives. By Catherine Bell and Val Napoleon, eds, and Protection of First Nations Cultural Heritage: Laws, Policy, and Reform. By Catherine Bell and Robert K. Paterson, eds. (pages 71–73)
Andrea Laforet
Reburying the Past: The Effects of Repatriation and Reburial on Scientific Inquiry. By Elizabeth Weiss (pages 73–74)
Tamara L. Bray
Museums and Empire: Natural History, Human Cultures and Colonial Identities. By John M. MacKenzie (pages 74–75)
Shawna M. Meiser
The British Consular Service in the Aegean and the Collection of Antiquities for the British Museum. By Lucia P. Gunning (pages 75–76)
Michael Llewellyn Smith
Material Cultures, 1740–1920: The Meanings and Pleasures of Collecting. By John Potvin and Alla Myzelev, eds. (pages 76–78)
Christina J. Hodge
The Indian Craze: Primitivism, Modernism, and Transculturation in American Art, 1890–1915. By Elizabeth Hutchinson (pages 78–79)
Marinella Lentis and Nancy J. Parezo
Border Crossings: Transnational Americanist Anthropology. By Kathleen S. Fine-Dare and Steven L. Rubenstein, eds. (pages 79–80)
Kathleen Pickering Sherman
Cave, City, and Eagle's Nest: An Interpretive Journey through the Mapa de Cuauhtinchan No. 2. By Davíd Carrasco and Scott Sessions, eds. (pages 80–82) Marc N. Levine
Around and About Marius Barbeau: Modelling Twentieth-Century Culture. By Lynda Jessup, Andrew Nurse, and Gordon E. Smith, eds. (pages 82–83)
Richard Handler
Identity and the Museum Visitor Experience. By John H. Falk (pages 83–85)
Kathleen Tinworth
EXHIBIT REVIEWS
Traje de la Vida: Maya Textiles of Guatemala. Exhibit at the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology (pages 86–87)
Lynn A. Meisch
Gifts from the Ancestors: Ancient Ivories of Bering Strait. Exhibit at the Princeton University Art Museum (pages 87–89)
Erin L. Hasinoff
Museum Anthropology
Volume 34, Issue 1 Page 1 - 89
ARTICLES
COLLABORATIVE MUSEOLOGY AND THE VISITOR (pages 1–12)
Lainie Schultz
NOT FOR ART'S SAKE: An Early Exhibition of Pre-Columbian Objects at the Toledo Museum of Art, 1928–1929 (pages 13–27)
Sarah Fee
OBJECT DIASPORAS, RESOURCING COMMUNITIES: Sierra Leonean Collections in the Global Museumscape (pages 28–42)
Paul Basu
THE HEARST MUSEUM OF ANTHROPOLOGY, THE NEW DEAL, AND A REASSESSMENT OF THE “DARK AGE” OF THE MUSEUM IN THE UNITED STATES (pages 43–55)
Samuel Redman
NEOCOLONIAL COLLABORATION: Museum as Contact Zone Revisited (pages 56–70)
Robin Boast
BOOK REVIEWS
First Nations Cultural Heritage and Law: Case Studies, Voices, and Perspectives. By Catherine Bell and Val Napoleon, eds, and Protection of First Nations Cultural Heritage: Laws, Policy, and Reform. By Catherine Bell and Robert K. Paterson, eds. (pages 71–73)
Andrea Laforet
Reburying the Past: The Effects of Repatriation and Reburial on Scientific Inquiry. By Elizabeth Weiss (pages 73–74)
Tamara L. Bray
Museums and Empire: Natural History, Human Cultures and Colonial Identities. By John M. MacKenzie (pages 74–75)
Shawna M. Meiser
The British Consular Service in the Aegean and the Collection of Antiquities for the British Museum. By Lucia P. Gunning (pages 75–76)
Michael Llewellyn Smith
Material Cultures, 1740–1920: The Meanings and Pleasures of Collecting. By John Potvin and Alla Myzelev, eds. (pages 76–78)
Christina J. Hodge
The Indian Craze: Primitivism, Modernism, and Transculturation in American Art, 1890–1915. By Elizabeth Hutchinson (pages 78–79)
Marinella Lentis and Nancy J. Parezo
Border Crossings: Transnational Americanist Anthropology. By Kathleen S. Fine-Dare and Steven L. Rubenstein, eds. (pages 79–80)
Kathleen Pickering Sherman
Cave, City, and Eagle's Nest: An Interpretive Journey through the Mapa de Cuauhtinchan No. 2. By Davíd Carrasco and Scott Sessions, eds. (pages 80–82) Marc N. Levine
Around and About Marius Barbeau: Modelling Twentieth-Century Culture. By Lynda Jessup, Andrew Nurse, and Gordon E. Smith, eds. (pages 82–83)
Richard Handler
Identity and the Museum Visitor Experience. By John H. Falk (pages 83–85)
Kathleen Tinworth
EXHIBIT REVIEWS
Traje de la Vida: Maya Textiles of Guatemala. Exhibit at the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology (pages 86–87)
Lynn A. Meisch
Gifts from the Ancestors: Ancient Ivories of Bering Strait. Exhibit at the Princeton University Art Museum (pages 87–89)
Erin L. Hasinoff
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Egypt, Looting, and Repatriation
In the midst of the Egyptian crisis several weeks ago came a provocative article in the Wall Street Journal. Alex Joffe, an archaeologist and historian, argued that the attacks on the Egyptian Museum held a lesson for another controversial issue: the battle over Greece's Parthenon Marbles held in the British Museum since 1816.
Now, a thoughtful article has been published in Business Week that presents a more evenhanded view of the brewing debate.
Then, we could not helping writing our own reply to Joffe's essay. Read here for Dr. Chip's own personal response to the arguments.
Now, a thoughtful article has been published in Business Week that presents a more evenhanded view of the brewing debate.
Then, we could not helping writing our own reply to Joffe's essay. Read here for Dr. Chip's own personal response to the arguments.
Monday, March 14, 2011
Register Now!
This conference is going to be one of the hightlights of the year for the world of museum anthropology. Tomorrow is the deadline for early registration, though abstracts for papers or sessions or discussions can come later.
WAC Inter-Congress on Indigenous Peoples and Museums, 22-25 June 2011
For Details: http://wacmuseums.info
Call for Papers and Sessions
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) Museum Studies Program and the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art invite your participation in an Inter-Congress of the World Archaeological Congress (WAC) on the topic Indigenous Peoples and Museums: Unraveling the Tensions. The Inter-Congress will take place in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, in conjunction with the Eiteljorg’s Indian Market and Festival (25-26 June). The organizers invite proposals for sessions, workshops, demonstrations, poster papers, and contributed papers on topics related to the relationships between museums and Indigenous peoples. Proposals will be evaluated for their relevance to the theme by the Inter-Congress Academic Committee, which is chaired by Julie Hollowell. The deadline for session or workshop proposals is 15 April 2011 and for all other papers and posters, 1 May 2011. Proposals may be submitted using an online form, but session, demonstration, and workshop organizers should e-mail the academic committee at academic@wacmuseums.info. We especially encourage participation by students, and there will be a student session with awards for best student papers and posters. Conference registration is now open with reduced registration rates for early registrants until 15 March. Limited travel support may be available for Indigenous people who are presenters.
For additional information and resources, see the Inter-Congress web site at http://wacmuseums.info.
For other questions e-mail Larry Zimmerman at organizers@wacmuseums.info or by post at:
Prof. Larry Zimmerman
WAC Inter-Congress
IUPUI Museums Studies 433 Cavanaugh
425 University Boulevard
Indianapolis Indiana 46202-5140
USA
WAC Inter-Congress on Indigenous Peoples and Museums, 22-25 June 2011
For Details: http://wacmuseums.info
Call for Papers and Sessions
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) Museum Studies Program and the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art invite your participation in an Inter-Congress of the World Archaeological Congress (WAC) on the topic Indigenous Peoples and Museums: Unraveling the Tensions. The Inter-Congress will take place in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, in conjunction with the Eiteljorg’s Indian Market and Festival (25-26 June). The organizers invite proposals for sessions, workshops, demonstrations, poster papers, and contributed papers on topics related to the relationships between museums and Indigenous peoples. Proposals will be evaluated for their relevance to the theme by the Inter-Congress Academic Committee, which is chaired by Julie Hollowell. The deadline for session or workshop proposals is 15 April 2011 and for all other papers and posters, 1 May 2011. Proposals may be submitted using an online form, but session, demonstration, and workshop organizers should e-mail the academic committee at academic@wacmuseums.info. We especially encourage participation by students, and there will be a student session with awards for best student papers and posters. Conference registration is now open with reduced registration rates for early registrants until 15 March. Limited travel support may be available for Indigenous people who are presenters.
For additional information and resources, see the Inter-Congress web site at http://wacmuseums.info.
For other questions e-mail Larry Zimmerman at organizers@wacmuseums.info or by post at:
Prof. Larry Zimmerman
WAC Inter-Congress
IUPUI Museums Studies 433 Cavanaugh
425 University Boulevard
Indianapolis Indiana 46202-5140
USA
Sunday, March 13, 2011
Contract Professor
Contract faculty position available August 19, 2011. Major responsibility: teaching undergraduate and graduate courses.
Send cover letter that details experiences and interests, curriculum vitae, and contact information for three professional references to: Cultural Anthropology Instructors Search Committee Chair, Department of Anthropology, Ball State University, Muncie, IN 47306. Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled. (www.bsu.edu/anthropology)
Ball State University is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer and is strongly and actively committed to diversity within its community.
Requirements:
Minimum qualifications: ABD in anthropology by August 19, 2011, with a specialization in cultural anthropology and museum/visual anthropology--geographic region open; demonstrated excellence in teaching. Preferred qualifications: Ph.D. in anthropology; experience in museum/visual anthropology.
Send cover letter that details experiences and interests, curriculum vitae, and contact information for three professional references to: Cultural Anthropology Instructors Search Committee Chair, Department of Anthropology, Ball State University, Muncie, IN 47306. Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled. (www.bsu.edu/anthropology)
Ball State University is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer and is strongly and actively committed to diversity within its community.
Requirements:
Minimum qualifications: ABD in anthropology by August 19, 2011, with a specialization in cultural anthropology and museum/visual anthropology--geographic region open; demonstrated excellence in teaching. Preferred qualifications: Ph.D. in anthropology; experience in museum/visual anthropology.
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Pre-Doctoral Diversity Fellowship
ITHACA COLLEGE PRE-DOCTORAL DIVERSITY FELLOWSHIP
The School of Humanities and Sciences announces a Pre-Doctoral Diversity
Fellowship for Academic Year 2011-12. The fellowship supports promising
scholars who are committed to diversity in the academy in order to
better prepare them for tenure track appointments within liberal arts or
comprehensive colleges/universities.
Applications are welcome in the following areas: Anthropology, Communication Studies, Education, English, History, and Religion. The school also houses a number of interdisciplinary minors that may be of interest to candidates: African Diaspora Studies, Jewish Studies, Latino/a Studies, Latin American Studies, Muslim Cultures, Native American Studies, and Women's Studies.
Visit our website www.icjobs.org for a full description and to apply.
Questions about online application, call (607) 274-8000. Or contact
Brooke Hansen or Jack Rossen, Anthropology, Ithaca College,
kbhansen@ithaca.edu or jrossen@ithaca.edu.
The School of Humanities and Sciences announces a Pre-Doctoral Diversity
Fellowship for Academic Year 2011-12. The fellowship supports promising
scholars who are committed to diversity in the academy in order to
better prepare them for tenure track appointments within liberal arts or
comprehensive colleges/universities.
Applications are welcome in the following areas: Anthropology, Communication Studies, Education, English, History, and Religion. The school also houses a number of interdisciplinary minors that may be of interest to candidates: African Diaspora Studies, Jewish Studies, Latino/a Studies, Latin American Studies, Muslim Cultures, Native American Studies, and Women's Studies.
Visit our website www.icjobs.org for a full description and to apply.
Questions about online application, call (607) 274-8000. Or contact
Brooke Hansen or Jack Rossen, Anthropology, Ithaca College,
kbhansen@ithaca.edu or jrossen@ithaca.edu.
Monday, March 07, 2011
Postdoc in Natural and Cultural Heritage
Postdoctoral Position in Natural and Cultural Heritage, Stanford University The Stanford Archaeology Center announces a postdoctoral position in global heritage that specifically connects natural and cultural patrimony and conservation.
The main focus of the fellowship will be to work with Stanford Faculty at the Woods Institute for the Environment and the Stanford Archaeology Center, to create synergies between faculty and students and to link field projects. The candidate may be called upon to participate in a number of activities during the fellowship such as workshop organization, seminars, teaching, and international fieldwork and to engage with faculty and graduate students at both Woods and Archaeology. We expect that the successful candidate will be involved in their own research and field projects and will further develop their publications while at Stanford. The faculty sponsor of this postdoc will be Prof. Lynn Meskell.
The appointment carries a twelve-month salary commensurate with the University Provost established minimum pay levels based on research experience. The appointment may be eligible for renewal for up to two years based on satisfactory performance and the existence of funding.
Postdoctoral scholars are required to be in residence in the Stanford area during the term of the appointment. Applicants must have received their Ph.D. no earlier than September 1, 2008, and have completed all degree requirements by July 1, 2011. U.S. citizenship is not required.
The application receipt deadline April 15, 2011. The position will begin in September, 2011.
Submit your print materials via U.S. mail to:
Postdoctoral Search Committee Stanford Archaeology Center Stanford University P. O. Box 20446 Stanford, CA 94309
All applications must include the following:
- A current curriculum vitae
- A statement of proposed research
- A dissertation abstract or summary
- A writing sample (dissertation chapter or other paper)
- Three sealed letters of recommendation should be sent directly by the recommender to the address above.
Please direct inquiries to archaeology@stanford.edu.
The main focus of the fellowship will be to work with Stanford Faculty at the Woods Institute for the Environment and the Stanford Archaeology Center, to create synergies between faculty and students and to link field projects. The candidate may be called upon to participate in a number of activities during the fellowship such as workshop organization, seminars, teaching, and international fieldwork and to engage with faculty and graduate students at both Woods and Archaeology. We expect that the successful candidate will be involved in their own research and field projects and will further develop their publications while at Stanford. The faculty sponsor of this postdoc will be Prof. Lynn Meskell.
The appointment carries a twelve-month salary commensurate with the University Provost established minimum pay levels based on research experience. The appointment may be eligible for renewal for up to two years based on satisfactory performance and the existence of funding.
Postdoctoral scholars are required to be in residence in the Stanford area during the term of the appointment. Applicants must have received their Ph.D. no earlier than September 1, 2008, and have completed all degree requirements by July 1, 2011. U.S. citizenship is not required.
The application receipt deadline April 15, 2011. The position will begin in September, 2011.
Submit your print materials via U.S. mail to:
Postdoctoral Search Committee Stanford Archaeology Center Stanford University P. O. Box 20446 Stanford, CA 94309
All applications must include the following:
- A current curriculum vitae
- A statement of proposed research
- A dissertation abstract or summary
- A writing sample (dissertation chapter or other paper)
- Three sealed letters of recommendation should be sent directly by the recommender to the address above.
Please direct inquiries to archaeology@stanford.edu.
Wednesday, March 02, 2011
CFP: Indigenous Peoples and Museums
WAC Inter-Congress on Indigenous Peoples and Museums, 22-25 June 2011
For Details: http://wacmuseums.info
Call for Papers and Sessions
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) Museum Studies Program and the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art invite your participation in an Inter-Congress of the World Archaeological Congress (WAC) on the topic Indigenous Peoples and Museums: Unraveling the Tensions. The Inter-Congress will take place in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, in conjunction with the Eiteljorg's Indian Market and Festival (25-26 June 2011).
The organizers invite proposals for sessions, workshops, demonstrations, poster papers, and contributed papers on topics related to the relationships between museums and Indigenous peoples. All proposals will be evaluated for their relevance to the theme by the Inter-Congress Academic Committee, which is chaired by Julie Hollowell.
The deadline for session or workshop proposals is 15 April 2011 and for all other papers and posters, 1 May 2011. Proposals may be submitted using an online form, but session, demonstration, and workshop organizers should e-mail the academic committee at academic@wacmuseums.info.
We especially encourage participation by students, and there will be a student session with awards for best student papers and posters. Conference registration is now open with reduced registration rates for early registrants until 15 March.
Limited travel support may be available for Indigenous people who are presenters. For additional information and resources, see the Inter-Congress web site at http://wacmuseums.info. For other questions e-mail Larry Zimmerman at organizers@wacmuseums.info
For Details: http://wacmuseums.info
Call for Papers and Sessions
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) Museum Studies Program and the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art invite your participation in an Inter-Congress of the World Archaeological Congress (WAC) on the topic Indigenous Peoples and Museums: Unraveling the Tensions. The Inter-Congress will take place in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, in conjunction with the Eiteljorg's Indian Market and Festival (25-26 June 2011).
The organizers invite proposals for sessions, workshops, demonstrations, poster papers, and contributed papers on topics related to the relationships between museums and Indigenous peoples. All proposals will be evaluated for their relevance to the theme by the Inter-Congress Academic Committee, which is chaired by Julie Hollowell.
The deadline for session or workshop proposals is 15 April 2011 and for all other papers and posters, 1 May 2011. Proposals may be submitted using an online form, but session, demonstration, and workshop organizers should e-mail the academic committee at academic@wacmuseums.info.
We especially encourage participation by students, and there will be a student session with awards for best student papers and posters. Conference registration is now open with reduced registration rates for early registrants until 15 March.
Limited travel support may be available for Indigenous people who are presenters. For additional information and resources, see the Inter-Congress web site at http://wacmuseums.info. For other questions e-mail Larry Zimmerman at organizers@wacmuseums.info
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