The Catalina Island Field School, California
July 10-August 16, 2012
Santa Catalina Island is an important hub for the intermingling of people and the exchange of ideas and objects. Surrounded by rich marine and lithic resources, Island people were contributors to an extensive trade network throughout southern California and the Southwest. However, little has been synthesized about this rich cultural landscape. The Pimu Catalina Island Archaeology Project provides a RPA certified field school where students are immersed in 9,000 years of cultural history while developing field and lab skills as well as the application of cultural resource law and policies with lectures by local experts, Tongva professionals, and researchers.
Tuition: $4,200 CSU system students; $4,350 all others
Academic credits: 8 semester credit units from California State University Northridge
For more information, contact Dr. Wendy Giddens Teeter at wteeter@arts.ucla.edu
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Monday, November 28, 2011
Anthropology and Open Access
A long interview here on Savage Minds will be of interest to many Museum Anthropology blog readers -- it is with the journal's former editor, Professor Jason Baird Jackson, discussing the question of open access.
Sunday, November 27, 2011
Quietly, Google Puts History Online
When the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, home to the Dead Sea Scrolls, reopened last year after an extensive renovation, it attracted a million visitors in the first 12 months. When the museum opened an enhanced Web site with newly digitized versions of the scrolls in September, it drew a million virtual visitors in three and a half days.
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Thursday, November 24, 2011
Opening: Public Scholar of Curatorial Practices and Visual Art
Position Announcement
Position: Public Scholar of Curatorial Practices and Visual Art
Rank: Assistant or Associate Professor
Salary: Commensurate with experience and qualifications
Appointment: Beginning August 2012
Application deadline: Preference given to applications received by January 09, 2012
Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis is seeking a faculty member at the Assistant or Associate Professor level to be a Public Scholar of Curatorial Practices and Visual Art.
This faculty member will have a joint tenure-track appointment in Herron School of Art and Design and the Museum Studies Program, IU School of Liberal Arts. Candidates must have the academic qualifications and achievements consistent with an appointment as an assistant professor or higher in the Herron School of Art and Design, Department of Fine Arts.
Responsibilities:
Teach two courses per semester of the academic year.
Involve, teach, mentor, and inspire students in the application of his or her expertise in museums, galleries, and public spaces.
Build bridges among institutions and with community partners.
Contribute to the Herron and Museum Studies curricula through teaching and course development in such fields as contemporary art history, visual culture, art criticism, the history of public art, curatorial practices, management of public art projects, art and new media, and/or contemporary theory.
Pursue personal research/creative activities in accordance with university, campus, and department tenure and promotion guidelines.
Serve on school and university committees.
Collegial and active collaboration with faculty and administration in curriculum and project development.
Qualifications:
Requires a terminal graduate degree in his or her field of study (Ph.D. in art history or visual culture, or M.F.A. in studio art). /or/ Candidates pursuing the Ph.D. who have completed all course work and are now working on their dissertations may apply for consideration to be appointed as a Visiting faculty member who will be changed to tenure track upon the completion of the Ph.D.
University level teaching experience is preferred.
Museum or art gallery experience is preferred.
Requires expertise in visual art and specialized knowledge in one or more of the following: curatorial practices, public art project management, and exhibition planning.
Requires leadership and communication skills to build bridges among institutions and with community partners.
Applicants should submit:
Letter of application.
Curriculum vitae
Names of three referees
Visual documentation of professional projects and/or a sample of scholarly or critical writing should be submitted online.
In order to apply please create a guest account at https://ams.iu.edu/guests/GuestHome.aspx then e-mail your login ID (full e-mail address used) to Britt Booram in Human Resources. Please indicate "Public Scholar Candidate" in the subject line. You will then be added to an IUPUI project site and given directions to upload application materials. No physical mail required.
Please direct questions to:
Britt Booram, Human Resources
Herron School of Art and Design, IUPUI
735 W. New York Street, HR 148
Indianapolis, IN 46202
317-278-9478
bbooram@iupui.edu
Position: Public Scholar of Curatorial Practices and Visual Art
Rank: Assistant or Associate Professor
Salary: Commensurate with experience and qualifications
Appointment: Beginning August 2012
Application deadline: Preference given to applications received by January 09, 2012
Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis is seeking a faculty member at the Assistant or Associate Professor level to be a Public Scholar of Curatorial Practices and Visual Art.
This faculty member will have a joint tenure-track appointment in Herron School of Art and Design and the Museum Studies Program, IU School of Liberal Arts. Candidates must have the academic qualifications and achievements consistent with an appointment as an assistant professor or higher in the Herron School of Art and Design, Department of Fine Arts.
Responsibilities:
Teach two courses per semester of the academic year.
Involve, teach, mentor, and inspire students in the application of his or her expertise in museums, galleries, and public spaces.
Build bridges among institutions and with community partners.
Contribute to the Herron and Museum Studies curricula through teaching and course development in such fields as contemporary art history, visual culture, art criticism, the history of public art, curatorial practices, management of public art projects, art and new media, and/or contemporary theory.
Pursue personal research/creative activities in accordance with university, campus, and department tenure and promotion guidelines.
Serve on school and university committees.
Collegial and active collaboration with faculty and administration in curriculum and project development.
Qualifications:
Requires a terminal graduate degree in his or her field of study (Ph.D. in art history or visual culture, or M.F.A. in studio art). /or/ Candidates pursuing the Ph.D. who have completed all course work and are now working on their dissertations may apply for consideration to be appointed as a Visiting faculty member who will be changed to tenure track upon the completion of the Ph.D.
University level teaching experience is preferred.
Museum or art gallery experience is preferred.
Requires expertise in visual art and specialized knowledge in one or more of the following: curatorial practices, public art project management, and exhibition planning.
Requires leadership and communication skills to build bridges among institutions and with community partners.
Applicants should submit:
Letter of application.
Curriculum vitae
Names of three referees
Visual documentation of professional projects and/or a sample of scholarly or critical writing should be submitted online.
In order to apply please create a guest account at https://ams.iu.edu/guests/GuestHome.aspx then e-mail your login ID (full e-mail address used) to Britt Booram in Human Resources. Please indicate "Public Scholar Candidate" in the subject line. You will then be added to an IUPUI project site and given directions to upload application materials. No physical mail required.
Please direct questions to:
Britt Booram, Human Resources
Herron School of Art and Design, IUPUI
735 W. New York Street, HR 148
Indianapolis, IN 46202
317-278-9478
bbooram@iupui.edu
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Opening: Clinical Faculty in Collections Care and Management
Position: Clinical Faculty in Collections Care and Management
Rank: Assistant or Associate Professor
Salary: Commensurate with experience and qualifications
Appointment: Beginning August 2012
Application deadline: Preference given to applications received by January 12, 2012
The Museum Studies Program at Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) invites applications for a full-time, non-tenure track, clinical faculty position with a specialty in museum collections management at the rank of assistant or associate professor beginning in August, 2012.
This faculty member will have a clinical faculty appointment in the Museum Studies Program, IU School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI. Candidates must have the academic qualifications and achievements consistent with an appointment as a clinical assistant professor or higher in the School of Liberal Arts, MA required; PhD or equivalent terminal degree in field is preferred; at least 3 years of professional museum experience with a demonstrated record of collections care and management or registration and teaching experience in college-level teaching or targeted professional development training is required. Successful candidates should have experience with or in collaborative community-based settings and record of participation in professional or field-based activities is required. Experience in areas of museum practice such as preventive conservation, ethical and legal issues in collections management and registration, digital collections, collections and descendant communities, NAGPRA (Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act), or materials science is preferred.
The faculty member will be expected to teach required museum studies courses including graduate and undergraduate students in “Collections care and management”, supervise internships and develop upper level graduate electives in the area of museum collections such as preventive conservation, ethical and legal issues in collections management and registration, collections data management, and digital collections. The faculty member may also develop special topics classes such as “collections and descendant communities,” NAGPRA (Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act), material culture research, and other topics relevant to his or her expertise. The faculty member will serve as academic advisor to graduate students and research advisor to students completing advanced research projects. The faculty member’s teaching and projects may focus on collections from a variety of disciplines – history, art, anthropology, and/or science.
Candidates must be skilled in the application of their training and experience to museum settings, and able to involve, teach, mentor, and inspire students in through collaborative, community-based work. As clinical faculty, this position will not be tenured, but instead will be eligible for a long-term, renewable contract and will be evaluated on the basis of excellence in teaching and service.
Applications materials consisting of cover letter, curriculum vitae, and three letters of reference, should be addressed to, Dr. Elee Wood, Chair, Search Committee. Materials may be sent by mail to: IUPUI Museum Studies Program, Cavanaugh Hall 419, 425 University Blvd. Indianapolis, IN, 46202 or as electronic attachments to email addressed to museum@iupui.edu.
Applications received by January 12, 2012 will receive priority review. Position will remain open until filled. The position will begin in August 2012, salary and benefits are competitive. IUPUI is an EEO/AA employer, M/F/D and prohibits discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation/preference and gender identity/expression. The Indiana University System provides benefits to domestic partners.
For more information visit http://liberalarts.iupui.edu/mstd/
Rank: Assistant or Associate Professor
Salary: Commensurate with experience and qualifications
Appointment: Beginning August 2012
Application deadline: Preference given to applications received by January 12, 2012
The Museum Studies Program at Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) invites applications for a full-time, non-tenure track, clinical faculty position with a specialty in museum collections management at the rank of assistant or associate professor beginning in August, 2012.
This faculty member will have a clinical faculty appointment in the Museum Studies Program, IU School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI. Candidates must have the academic qualifications and achievements consistent with an appointment as a clinical assistant professor or higher in the School of Liberal Arts, MA required; PhD or equivalent terminal degree in field is preferred; at least 3 years of professional museum experience with a demonstrated record of collections care and management or registration and teaching experience in college-level teaching or targeted professional development training is required. Successful candidates should have experience with or in collaborative community-based settings and record of participation in professional or field-based activities is required. Experience in areas of museum practice such as preventive conservation, ethical and legal issues in collections management and registration, digital collections, collections and descendant communities, NAGPRA (Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act), or materials science is preferred.
The faculty member will be expected to teach required museum studies courses including graduate and undergraduate students in “Collections care and management”, supervise internships and develop upper level graduate electives in the area of museum collections such as preventive conservation, ethical and legal issues in collections management and registration, collections data management, and digital collections. The faculty member may also develop special topics classes such as “collections and descendant communities,” NAGPRA (Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act), material culture research, and other topics relevant to his or her expertise. The faculty member will serve as academic advisor to graduate students and research advisor to students completing advanced research projects. The faculty member’s teaching and projects may focus on collections from a variety of disciplines – history, art, anthropology, and/or science.
Candidates must be skilled in the application of their training and experience to museum settings, and able to involve, teach, mentor, and inspire students in through collaborative, community-based work. As clinical faculty, this position will not be tenured, but instead will be eligible for a long-term, renewable contract and will be evaluated on the basis of excellence in teaching and service.
Applications materials consisting of cover letter, curriculum vitae, and three letters of reference, should be addressed to, Dr. Elee Wood, Chair, Search Committee. Materials may be sent by mail to: IUPUI Museum Studies Program, Cavanaugh Hall 419, 425 University Blvd. Indianapolis, IN, 46202 or as electronic attachments to email addressed to museum@iupui.edu.
Applications received by January 12, 2012 will receive priority review. Position will remain open until filled. The position will begin in August 2012, salary and benefits are competitive. IUPUI is an EEO/AA employer, M/F/D and prohibits discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation/preference and gender identity/expression. The Indiana University System provides benefits to domestic partners.
For more information visit http://liberalarts.iupui.edu/mstd/
Sunday, November 20, 2011
Opening: Curator of Exhibits
The Maxwell Museum of Anthropology seeks an energetic and innovative leader for its exhibits program. The Curator of Exhibits must be dedicated to the museum profession and sensitive to community and cultural issues. Responsibilities include: participation in reviewing and evaluating exhibit proposals, hands-on exhibit design development and installation, budgeting, writing grant proposals, and instruction.
Requirements
Minimum Requirements: Master’s degree in Museum Studies, Anthropology, or related discipline. At least three years hands-on experience in exhibit design, development, and installation.
Salary: 50,000.00 - 53,000.00
Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico
Employer: University of New Mexico, Maxwell Museum of Anthropology
More here
Requirements
Minimum Requirements: Master’s degree in Museum Studies, Anthropology, or related discipline. At least three years hands-on experience in exhibit design, development, and installation.
Salary: 50,000.00 - 53,000.00
Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico
Employer: University of New Mexico, Maxwell Museum of Anthropology
More here
Friday, November 18, 2011
Natural History Museum of Utah Opens
The new Natural History Museum of Utah will finally get its chance to show off.
It will open its doors to the public on Friday, Nov. 18. The museum is located in the Rio Tinto Center, adjacent to Red Butte Garden at the University of Utah.
With more than 1.2 million objects in the collection, the museum represents all 29 counties in the state.
Of those 1.2 million items, the museum will display 3,600 in 10 galleries.
More here
It will open its doors to the public on Friday, Nov. 18. The museum is located in the Rio Tinto Center, adjacent to Red Butte Garden at the University of Utah.
With more than 1.2 million objects in the collection, the museum represents all 29 counties in the state.
Of those 1.2 million items, the museum will display 3,600 in 10 galleries.
More here
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Opening: Anthropology Museum Director
Northern Illinois University invites applications for an anticipated opening for a Director of the newly renovated Anthropology Museum scheduled to open in February 2012. The Director of the Anthropology Museum will have an excellent opportunity to develop a vision for the future that includes strategic planning for a new facility. The museum will have a newly renovated exhibition gallery and collections storage rooms with a new HVAC system. The Museum recently accomplished IMAP (2010) and CAP (2009) with a view toward accreditation.
The Director teaches a minimum of one course per year as part of the interdisciplinary Graduate Certificate in Museum Studies. The museum curates a collection of 12,000 ethnographic and archaeological artifacts with strengths in Southeast Asia, North America, New Guinea, Mesoamerica and Africa. Over 50% of the collection is linked to NIU’s Southeast Asian Studies Center, a U.S. Dept of Education Title VI National Resource Center. Salary is commensurate with experience. Position is available starting July 1, 2012. Send letter of interest, vita, and the names of three references to: Museum Search Committee, Department of Anthropology, Stevens Building, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL 60115-2854 or email rpierce@niu.edu. Initial review will begin January 1, 2012 and will continue until the position is filled. Pre-employment criminal background investigation required. NIU is an AA/EEO institution.
The Director teaches a minimum of one course per year as part of the interdisciplinary Graduate Certificate in Museum Studies. The museum curates a collection of 12,000 ethnographic and archaeological artifacts with strengths in Southeast Asia, North America, New Guinea, Mesoamerica and Africa. Over 50% of the collection is linked to NIU’s Southeast Asian Studies Center, a U.S. Dept of Education Title VI National Resource Center. Salary is commensurate with experience. Position is available starting July 1, 2012. Send letter of interest, vita, and the names of three references to: Museum Search Committee, Department of Anthropology, Stevens Building, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL 60115-2854 or email rpierce@niu.edu. Initial review will begin January 1, 2012 and will continue until the position is filled. Pre-employment criminal background investigation required. NIU is an AA/EEO institution.
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
HAU: A New Online Journal
HAU, Journal of Ethnographic Theory, is an international peer-reviewed, open-access online journal which aims to situate ethnography as the prime heuristic of anthropology, and return it to the forefront of conceptual developments in the discipline.
The journal is motivated by the need to reinstate ethnographic theorization in contemporary anthropology as a potent alternative to its 'explanation' or 'contextualization' by philosophical arguments, moves which have resulted in a loss of the discipline’s distinctive theoretical nerve. By drawing out its potential to critically engage and challenge Western cosmological assumptions and conceptual determinations, HAU aims to provide an exciting new arena for evaluating ethnography as a daring enterprise for 'worlding' alien terms and forms of life, by exploiting their potential for rethinking humanity and alterity.
HAU takes its name from Mauss’ Spirit of the Gift, an anthropological concept that derives its theoretical potential precisely from the translational inadequations and equivocations involved in comparing the incomparable. Through their reversibility, such inferential misunderstandings invite us to explore how encounters with alterity occasion the resurgence and revisitation of indigenous knowledge practices. As an online journal, HAU stresses immediacy of publication, allowing for the timely publication and distribution of untimely ideas. Aiming to attract the most daring thinkers in the discipline, regardless of position or background, HAU also plachttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifes no restriction on further publication of material published by the journal.
HAU welcomes submissions that strengthen ethnographic engagement with received knowledges, and revive the vibrant themes of anthropology through debate and engagement with other disciplines and explore domains held until recently to be the province of economics, philosophy and the natural sciences. Topics addressed by the journal include indigenous ontologies and systems of knowledge, forms of human engagement and relationality, cosmology and myth, magic, witchcraft and sorcery, truth and falsehood, indigenous theories of kinship and relatedness with humans and non-humans, hierarchy, materiality, perception, environment and space, time and temporality, personhood and subjectivity, alternative metaphysics of morality.
More here
The journal is motivated by the need to reinstate ethnographic theorization in contemporary anthropology as a potent alternative to its 'explanation' or 'contextualization' by philosophical arguments, moves which have resulted in a loss of the discipline’s distinctive theoretical nerve. By drawing out its potential to critically engage and challenge Western cosmological assumptions and conceptual determinations, HAU aims to provide an exciting new arena for evaluating ethnography as a daring enterprise for 'worlding' alien terms and forms of life, by exploiting their potential for rethinking humanity and alterity.
HAU takes its name from Mauss’ Spirit of the Gift, an anthropological concept that derives its theoretical potential precisely from the translational inadequations and equivocations involved in comparing the incomparable. Through their reversibility, such inferential misunderstandings invite us to explore how encounters with alterity occasion the resurgence and revisitation of indigenous knowledge practices. As an online journal, HAU stresses immediacy of publication, allowing for the timely publication and distribution of untimely ideas. Aiming to attract the most daring thinkers in the discipline, regardless of position or background, HAU also plachttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifes no restriction on further publication of material published by the journal.
HAU welcomes submissions that strengthen ethnographic engagement with received knowledges, and revive the vibrant themes of anthropology through debate and engagement with other disciplines and explore domains held until recently to be the province of economics, philosophy and the natural sciences. Topics addressed by the journal include indigenous ontologies and systems of knowledge, forms of human engagement and relationality, cosmology and myth, magic, witchcraft and sorcery, truth and falsehood, indigenous theories of kinship and relatedness with humans and non-humans, hierarchy, materiality, perception, environment and space, time and temporality, personhood and subjectivity, alternative metaphysics of morality.
More here
Monday, November 14, 2011
Opening: Curator of Archaeology
Job Title: CURATOR OF ARCHEOLOGY (Curator-Advanced) (#4481) - DCA
Closing Date/Time: Sat. 12/10/11 11:59 PM Mountain Time
Salary: $16.37 - $29.10 Hourly
$34,049.60 - $60,528.00 Annually
Job Type: Permanent Position
Location: Santa Fe (City), New Mexico
Department: Department of Cultural Affairs
Purpose of Position
The Curator of Archeology is a professional position necessary to carry out research leading to interpretive exhibitions, publications and educational programming on the archaeological collections pertaining to the Greater Southwest, in particular the State of New Mexico. The Curator of Archeology has the primary responsibility for compliance with the Native American Grave Protection and Repatriation Act of 1990. This involves ongoing tribal consultations regarding repatriation claims and determining the cultural affiliation of individual ancestral human remains and funerary objects in the collections. The Curator of Archeology reports directly to the Museum Director
Occupation Description
Administer affairs of museum and conduct research programs. Direct instructional, research, and public service activities of institution.
Nature of Work
Curators direct the acquisition, storage, and exhibition of collections, including negotiating and authorizing the purchase, sale, exchange, or loan of collections. They are also responsible for authenticating, evaluating, and categorizing the specimens in a collection. Curators often oversee and help conduct the institution's research projects and related educational programs. Today, an increasing part of a curator's duties involves fund raising and promotion, which may include the writing and reviewing of grant proposals, journal articles, and publicity materials, as well as attendance at meetings, conventions, and civic events. Curators usually handle objects with cultural, biological, or historical significance, such as sculptures, textiles, and paintings.
More here
Closing Date/Time: Sat. 12/10/11 11:59 PM Mountain Time
Salary: $16.37 - $29.10 Hourly
$34,049.60 - $60,528.00 Annually
Job Type: Permanent Position
Location: Santa Fe (City), New Mexico
Department: Department of Cultural Affairs
Purpose of Position
The Curator of Archeology is a professional position necessary to carry out research leading to interpretive exhibitions, publications and educational programming on the archaeological collections pertaining to the Greater Southwest, in particular the State of New Mexico. The Curator of Archeology has the primary responsibility for compliance with the Native American Grave Protection and Repatriation Act of 1990. This involves ongoing tribal consultations regarding repatriation claims and determining the cultural affiliation of individual ancestral human remains and funerary objects in the collections. The Curator of Archeology reports directly to the Museum Director
Occupation Description
Administer affairs of museum and conduct research programs. Direct instructional, research, and public service activities of institution.
Nature of Work
Curators direct the acquisition, storage, and exhibition of collections, including negotiating and authorizing the purchase, sale, exchange, or loan of collections. They are also responsible for authenticating, evaluating, and categorizing the specimens in a collection. Curators often oversee and help conduct the institution's research projects and related educational programs. Today, an increasing part of a curator's duties involves fund raising and promotion, which may include the writing and reviewing of grant proposals, journal articles, and publicity materials, as well as attendance at meetings, conventions, and civic events. Curators usually handle objects with cultural, biological, or historical significance, such as sculptures, textiles, and paintings.
More here
CMA Reception at AAA Meeting - Revised
Ed note: This reception is open and free -- no need to sign up, as indicated in the last posting. Please come and join us!
Friday, November 18
6-8 p.m.
Cocktails and hors d'oeuvres
Musée McCord Museum
690, rue Sherbrooke Ouest, Montréal (Québec) H3A 1E9
The reception is a 10-15 minute walk from the Hyatt Regency.
Friday, November 18
6-8 p.m.
Cocktails and hors d'oeuvres
Musée McCord Museum
690, rue Sherbrooke Ouest, Montréal (Québec) H3A 1E9
The reception is a 10-15 minute walk from the Hyatt Regency.
Sunday, November 13, 2011
Fellowship Announcement: Fred Plog Memorial Felowship
An award of $1,000 is presented in memory of the late Fred Plog to support the research of a graduate student with 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.
All student members of SAA in good standing who are ABD by the time the award is made at the Annual Meeting of the SAA are eligible to apply for the award. The application consists of 1) a research proposal no more than three pages long that describes the research and its potential contributions to American archaeology, 2) a curriculum vita, and 3) two letters of support, including one from the dissertation chair that indicates the expected date of completion of the dissertation. Nomination/Submission Deadline: December 9, 2011. All nominees must be ABD by the time the award is made at the Annual Meeting of the SAA.
Contact Committee Chair Wesley Bernardini, Department of Anthropology and Sociology, Wesley_Bernardini@redlands.edu or see http://www.saa.org/AbouttheSociety/Awards/FredPlogMemorialFellowship/tabid/171/Default.aspx
All student members of SAA in good standing who are ABD by the time the award is made at the Annual Meeting of the SAA are eligible to apply for the award. The application consists of 1) a research proposal no more than three pages long that describes the research and its potential contributions to American archaeology, 2) a curriculum vita, and 3) two letters of support, including one from the dissertation chair that indicates the expected date of completion of the dissertation. Nomination/Submission Deadline: December 9, 2011. All nominees must be ABD by the time the award is made at the Annual Meeting of the SAA.
Contact Committee Chair Wesley Bernardini, Department of Anthropology and Sociology, Wesley_Bernardini@redlands.edu or see http://www.saa.org/AbouttheSociety/Awards/FredPlogMemorialFellowship/tabid/171/Default.aspx
Friday, November 11, 2011
Opening: Peabody Museum of Natural History
The Peabody Museum of Natural History at Yale University announces an opening for an Associate Registrar for Special Projects/Repatriation Compliance Coordinator. This is an updated job listing and recent applicants for a similar job must re-apply to be considered (see details below). The Repatriation Coordinator will aid in museum compliance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) of 1990 under the direction of the Senior Collections Manager in the Anthropology Division. Applicants must have a Bachelor's degree in Anthropology, Archeology, Museum Studies or a related field and three years of collection management and/or registration experience in a museum or anthropological collection facility, or equivalent combination of education and experience. We are looking for someone with experience implementing NAGPRA or equivalent repatriation legislation. For a complete description visit the Yale University employment web site. Application: For more information and immediate consideration, please apply online at www.Yale.edu/jobs - the STARS req ID for this position is 14670. Please be sure to reference source code INHST when applying for this position. Yale University is an AA/EOE.
Wednesday, November 09, 2011
CMA Reception at AAA Meeting
If you are attending the AAA annual meeting next week in Montreal, please join us for the Council for Museum Anthropology reception:
Friday, November 18
6-8 p.m.
Cocktails and hors d'oeuvres
Musée McCord Museum
690, rue Sherbrooke Ouest, Montréal (Québec) H3A 1E9
The reception is a 10-15 minute walk from the Hyatt Regency.
Friday, November 18
6-8 p.m.
Cocktails and hors d'oeuvres
Musée McCord Museum
690, rue Sherbrooke Ouest, Montréal (Québec) H3A 1E9
The reception is a 10-15 minute walk from the Hyatt Regency.
Monday, November 07, 2011
SAA Native American Scholarships
Native American Scholarships Opportunity
Since 1998, the Society for American Archaeology has awarded the annual Arthur C. Parker Scholarship (up to $4,000) in support of archaeological training for Native Americans who are students or employees of tribal, Alaska Native, or Native Hawaiian cultural preservation programs. The SAA also each year awards three National Science Foundation Scholarships for Archaeological Training for Native Americans and Native Hawaiians (up to $4,000).
Since 2010, the SAA has presented two additional awards for undergraduate and graduate archaeology education. These awards (up to $5,000 for undergraduate students and up to $10,000 for graduate students) provide flexible financial support for Native American students, including but not limited to tuition, travel, food, housing, books, supplies, equipment, and childcare. These scholarships are open to all Native peoples from anywhere in the Americas, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, and Indigenous Pacific Islanders.
The annual deadline is December 15th. Application materials and more information may be found online at: www.saa.org/scholarships.
The Society for American Archaeology is an international organization dedicated to the research, interpretation, and protection of the archaeological heritage of the Americas. With more than 7,000 members, the Society represents professional, student, and avocational archaeologists working in a variety of settings including government agencies, colleges and universities, museums, and the private sector. SAA’s annual Meeting attracts more than 3,000 archaeologists from around the world. For more information on the Society for American Archaeology and its annual meeting, visit its website at www.saa.org.
Since 1998, the Society for American Archaeology has awarded the annual Arthur C. Parker Scholarship (up to $4,000) in support of archaeological training for Native Americans who are students or employees of tribal, Alaska Native, or Native Hawaiian cultural preservation programs. The SAA also each year awards three National Science Foundation Scholarships for Archaeological Training for Native Americans and Native Hawaiians (up to $4,000).
Since 2010, the SAA has presented two additional awards for undergraduate and graduate archaeology education. These awards (up to $5,000 for undergraduate students and up to $10,000 for graduate students) provide flexible financial support for Native American students, including but not limited to tuition, travel, food, housing, books, supplies, equipment, and childcare. These scholarships are open to all Native peoples from anywhere in the Americas, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, and Indigenous Pacific Islanders.
The annual deadline is December 15th. Application materials and more information may be found online at: www.saa.org/scholarships.
The Society for American Archaeology is an international organization dedicated to the research, interpretation, and protection of the archaeological heritage of the Americas. With more than 7,000 members, the Society represents professional, student, and avocational archaeologists working in a variety of settings including government agencies, colleges and universities, museums, and the private sector. SAA’s annual Meeting attracts more than 3,000 archaeologists from around the world. For more information on the Society for American Archaeology and its annual meeting, visit its website at www.saa.org.
Saturday, November 05, 2011
Critical Heritage Studies Conference 2012
Critical Heritage Studies Conference 2012
The International Journal of Heritage Studies is delighted to support the Inaugural Conference of the Association of Critical Heritage Studies which will be held at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, in June 2012.
The Association of Critical Heritage Studies, to be launched at this conference, will establish in association with the International Journal of Heritage Studies, an extensive network of heritage scholars across the globe in order to debate and discuss cutting-edge research in the field of heritage studies. We see heritage studies as a synthesis emerging from diverse disciplinary fields, in particular public history, memory studies, museology, cultural heritage, tourism studies, architecture and planning, conservation, as well as cultural geography, sociology, cultural studies and policy, anthropology, archaeology and ethnomusicology, and encourage people working in those areas to submit papers or propose sessions/workshops that address the inter-disciplinary nature of heritage studies.
Preliminary key note speakers at the conference include Sharon MacDonald, University of Manchester (tbc), Tom Selwyn, University of London and Laurajane Smith, Australian National University and Editor of the International Journal of Heritage Studies.
This conference will develop current theoretical debates to make sense of the nature and meaning of heritage. As such, we invite submissions from people working within the ‘broad church’ of the current flowering of contemporary heritage studies.
Papers should encourage cross cutting thinking and should not be afraid to try to theorise what heritage studies is and where it should go. They should be underpinned by an active move away from site- and artefact-based definitions of heritage in a traditional sense and should pursue instead a range of methodologies and questions aiming at interdisciplinarity stemming from social science, scholarly traditions, natural science, and also areas such as art and the performing arts.
Examples of Conference Subthemes:
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Critical heritage theory;
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Issues of representation;
*
Heritage and non-representational theory;
*
The politics of affect and a
consideration of emotion and the senses;
*
Memory and identity work of
communities, nations and other interests
in relation to heritage;
*
The utilisation of heritage discourses
in debates over multiculturalism/
nationalism/globalisation;
*
Heritage, power and recognition;
*
Heritage and human rights;
*
The exploration of methodologies for mapping and exploring the social and cultural consequences of heritagel
*
Intangible heritage and its implications for re-theorising heritage.
*
Non-Western challenges to dominant Western heritage concepts and characterisation of non-Western appreciations of heritage;
*
Work on digital heritage that goes beyond technical treatments of archiving and embraces a range of social media and other forms of interactivity.
*
The performative nature of heritage-theorising craft, art and creativity as dimensions in heritage;
*
Theorising and redefining heritage practices - the merging of discourses;
*
Re-thinking conservation science - the blending of creative discourse into social and natural sciences
*
The performative nature of heritage - artistic practices, artistic research and theorizing perspective in dialogue.
Abstract Submission
Submissions are encouraged for sessions and individual papers (20 minute duration). Submissions are also encouraged for workshops, panel discussions and performances.
Deadline for abstracts on sessions, workshops and panel discussions: November 30, 2011. Deadline for individual papers or performances: December 31 2011.
Selected papers and/or sessions will be published in International Journal of Heritage Studies.
Abstracts should be sent to:
Bosse Lagerqvist (Organisation Committee)
Email: bosse.lagerqvist@conservation.gu.se
Fax: +46 31 786 4703
Mail: University of Gothenburg, Conservation
P.O. Box 130
SE-405 30 Gothenburg, Sweden
Conference Information
Organisation Committee and Contact Details:
Bosse Lagerqvist, Department of Conservation, bosse.lagerqvist@conservation.gu.se
Christer Ahlberger, Department of Historical studies, christer.ahlberger@history.gu.se
Johan Öberg, Faculty of Fine and Performing Arts, johan.oberg@konst.gu.se
Mikela Lundahl, Department of Global studies, mikela.lundahl@globalstudies.gu.se
Fees
Registration fee 300 USD / 210 Euro per person.
Students and participants from non-OECD countries, 120 Euro per person.
Fees include lunches, coffee breaks and conference documentation.
Conference dinner 30 Euro (Preliminary)
Post-conference excursions (under development)
Venue Information
Conference centre Wallenberg, University of Gothenburg
http://www.konfoservice.adm.gu.se/english/conferencevenues/confwall
For further information please visit the conference web page here.
The International Journal of Heritage Studies is delighted to support the Inaugural Conference of the Association of Critical Heritage Studies which will be held at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, in June 2012.
The Association of Critical Heritage Studies, to be launched at this conference, will establish in association with the International Journal of Heritage Studies, an extensive network of heritage scholars across the globe in order to debate and discuss cutting-edge research in the field of heritage studies. We see heritage studies as a synthesis emerging from diverse disciplinary fields, in particular public history, memory studies, museology, cultural heritage, tourism studies, architecture and planning, conservation, as well as cultural geography, sociology, cultural studies and policy, anthropology, archaeology and ethnomusicology, and encourage people working in those areas to submit papers or propose sessions/workshops that address the inter-disciplinary nature of heritage studies.
Preliminary key note speakers at the conference include Sharon MacDonald, University of Manchester (tbc), Tom Selwyn, University of London and Laurajane Smith, Australian National University and Editor of the International Journal of Heritage Studies.
This conference will develop current theoretical debates to make sense of the nature and meaning of heritage. As such, we invite submissions from people working within the ‘broad church’ of the current flowering of contemporary heritage studies.
Papers should encourage cross cutting thinking and should not be afraid to try to theorise what heritage studies is and where it should go. They should be underpinned by an active move away from site- and artefact-based definitions of heritage in a traditional sense and should pursue instead a range of methodologies and questions aiming at interdisciplinarity stemming from social science, scholarly traditions, natural science, and also areas such as art and the performing arts.
Examples of Conference Subthemes:
*
Critical heritage theory;
*
Issues of representation;
*
Heritage and non-representational theory;
*
The politics of affect and a
consideration of emotion and the senses;
*
Memory and identity work of
communities, nations and other interests
in relation to heritage;
*
The utilisation of heritage discourses
in debates over multiculturalism/
nationalism/globalisation;
*
Heritage, power and recognition;
*
Heritage and human rights;
*
The exploration of methodologies for mapping and exploring the social and cultural consequences of heritagel
*
Intangible heritage and its implications for re-theorising heritage.
*
Non-Western challenges to dominant Western heritage concepts and characterisation of non-Western appreciations of heritage;
*
Work on digital heritage that goes beyond technical treatments of archiving and embraces a range of social media and other forms of interactivity.
*
The performative nature of heritage-theorising craft, art and creativity as dimensions in heritage;
*
Theorising and redefining heritage practices - the merging of discourses;
*
Re-thinking conservation science - the blending of creative discourse into social and natural sciences
*
The performative nature of heritage - artistic practices, artistic research and theorizing perspective in dialogue.
Abstract Submission
Submissions are encouraged for sessions and individual papers (20 minute duration). Submissions are also encouraged for workshops, panel discussions and performances.
Deadline for abstracts on sessions, workshops and panel discussions: November 30, 2011. Deadline for individual papers or performances: December 31 2011.
Selected papers and/or sessions will be published in International Journal of Heritage Studies.
Abstracts should be sent to:
Bosse Lagerqvist (Organisation Committee)
Email: bosse.lagerqvist@conservation.gu.se
Fax: +46 31 786 4703
Mail: University of Gothenburg, Conservation
P.O. Box 130
SE-405 30 Gothenburg, Sweden
Conference Information
Organisation Committee and Contact Details:
Bosse Lagerqvist, Department of Conservation, bosse.lagerqvist@conservation.gu.se
Christer Ahlberger, Department of Historical studies, christer.ahlberger@history.gu.se
Johan Öberg, Faculty of Fine and Performing Arts, johan.oberg@konst.gu.se
Mikela Lundahl, Department of Global studies, mikela.lundahl@globalstudies.gu.se
Fees
Registration fee 300 USD / 210 Euro per person.
Students and participants from non-OECD countries, 120 Euro per person.
Fees include lunches, coffee breaks and conference documentation.
Conference dinner 30 Euro (Preliminary)
Post-conference excursions (under development)
Venue Information
Conference centre Wallenberg, University of Gothenburg
http://www.konfoservice.adm.gu.se/english/conferencevenues/confwall
For further information please visit the conference web page here
Wednesday, November 02, 2011
CFP: How Are Digital Technologies Changing Our Views of the Past?
Call for Abstracts
HIGH-TECH HERITAGE:
How Are Digital Technologies Changing Our Views of the Past?
May 2 - 4, 2012
UMass Amherst Campus, Amherst, MA USA
http://scholarworks.umass.edu/hightechheritage
Digital technologies have led to a new means of envisioning past cultures, eras, and landscapes in a virtual, non-spatial, non-narrative immediacy. They are also introducing new methods and new perspectives that challenge traditional historiographical techniques. What implications does that have for historiographical representation in academic publications and in public interpretation? What role do the digital technologies play in complicating or simplifying the stewardship of historic resources? How do they enhance or trivialize the public interpretation of sites and monuments for the purposes of cultural tourism?
The goal of this conference is to bring together a wide range of academics, museologists, digital specialists, heritage professionals, and community leaders to examine the achievements, opportunities, and serious social challenges of digital heritage. The program will highlight ongoing projects, technological breakthroughs, educational assessments, economic evaluations, and philosophical reflections on the impact of new technologies on heritage research, on collective memory, and on the very concepts of “Place” and “Time.”
Abstracts for papers, demonstrations, posters, and symposia are being accepted until Dec. 15, 2011, in the following themes:
1. Urbanization, industrial development and climate change
2. Transdisciplinary collaboration
3. Marketization of culture
4. Heritage and identity
More information and submission guidelines available at:
http://scholarworks.umass.edu/hightechheritage
HIGH-TECH HERITAGE:
How Are Digital Technologies Changing Our Views of the Past?
May 2 - 4, 2012
UMass Amherst Campus, Amherst, MA USA
http://scholarworks.umass.edu/hightechheritage
Digital technologies have led to a new means of envisioning past cultures, eras, and landscapes in a virtual, non-spatial, non-narrative immediacy. They are also introducing new methods and new perspectives that challenge traditional historiographical techniques. What implications does that have for historiographical representation in academic publications and in public interpretation? What role do the digital technologies play in complicating or simplifying the stewardship of historic resources? How do they enhance or trivialize the public interpretation of sites and monuments for the purposes of cultural tourism?
The goal of this conference is to bring together a wide range of academics, museologists, digital specialists, heritage professionals, and community leaders to examine the achievements, opportunities, and serious social challenges of digital heritage. The program will highlight ongoing projects, technological breakthroughs, educational assessments, economic evaluations, and philosophical reflections on the impact of new technologies on heritage research, on collective memory, and on the very concepts of “Place” and “Time.”
Abstracts for papers, demonstrations, posters, and symposia are being accepted until Dec. 15, 2011, in the following themes:
1. Urbanization, industrial development and climate change
2. Transdisciplinary collaboration
3. Marketization of culture
4. Heritage and identity
More information and submission guidelines available at:
http://scholarworks.umass.edu/hightechheritage
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